Michette, M;
Viles, H;
Vlachou-Mogire, C;
Angus, I;
(2020)
Assessing the Long-term Success of Reigate Stone Conservation at Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London.
Studies in Conservation
, 65
(sup1)
pp. 225-232.
10.1080/00393630.2020.1752427.
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Abstract
Reigate stone was extensively used in medieval London and is prone to rapid decay. A variety of different conservation treatments has been applied in the past; in many cases, these have not mitigated on-going decay. This paper presents an overview of wax, limewash, silane and ammonium tartrate treatment at the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace. Documentary analysis and visual inspection indicate that whilst these methods have provided protection to some stones, no single method has resulted in the protection of all stones. Non-destructive and minimally-destructive testing is used to more closely assess the effects of ammonium tartrate treatment. The results imply that inherent stone mineralogy, past decay pathways and/or present environmental factors are a greater influence on on-going decay than treatment histories.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Assessing the Long-term Success of Reigate Stone Conservation at Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00393630.2020.1752427 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2020.1752427 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114754 |
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