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brick and window heads in gauged work, the architect would not encourage the
whim; his reasons would be sound enough. First, the cost of material and labour
would be high. Second, contemporary fashion is out of tune with the kind of ele-
vational effect, which can be produced with rubbers….
….The walls were faced externally with red rubbers, carved in the cornice and frieze
and with wall panels which, though apparently intended for carving, were never fin-
ished. The general treatment was classical, with external pilasters of rubbed brick
with Corinthian-type capitals carved from the same material (Figs 155 and 156).
Figure 155
Carved brick capitals set
in a frieze of rubbers,
at The Church of Our
Lady of Grace and of
St Edward, Chiswick,
London, from The Brick
Bulletin , March 1954.
The architect for this project was D. Plaskett Marshall, FRIBA, who recorded
for the benefit of others who might undertake such restoration or carved work
(1954, 5):
…The carving of the rubbed brick capitals presented certain problems and the
sculptor, Mr. Joseph Cribb, encountered difficulties caused by hard nodules
which occurred in the bricks themselves. The importance of very careful filling of
all joints for work which is to be carved cannot be overstressed.
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