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BOND WORK [1 record]

Record 1 2008-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Masonry Practice
CONT

Built in the form of an eighteenth century mansion, the Ordinary is a two-story rectangular structure with a facade of five bays. The front wall is laid in all-header bond with rusticated stone quoins at the corners and a fine rusticated stone doorway. It is believed that the Ordinary is the only building left in Virginia with all-header bond construction.

OBS

bond: The system in which bricks, blocks and stones are laid in overlapping courses in a wall in such a way that vertical joints in any one course are not immediately above the vertical joints in an adjacent course.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

Construction formée d'un appareil en profondeur ou en revêtement.

OBS

Appareil en profondeur. Maçonnerie entièrement appareillée sans fourrure.

OBS

Appareil de [ou en] revêtement. Appareil à un seul parement couvrant une fourrure ou un terrassement.

OBS

Appareil. Disposition que l'on donne aux pierres et aux briques dans la construction d'un mur, d'un arc, d'une voûte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de construcciones
  • Albañilería
CONT

Se trata de una construcción aparejada en mampostería en 3 alturas. La fachada principal presenta un gran arco de medio punto y el acceso se realiza por una escalera lateral de piedra.

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