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ROUGH

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CAST (the
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French
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equivalent is crepis)  , in
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architecture, the exterior coating originally given to the walls of
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common dwellings and outbuildings, but now frequently employed for decorative effect on
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country houses, especially those built in
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half
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timber . It is a
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composition of small
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gravel and
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sand, mixed with strong
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lime
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mortar, and is thrown on the walls already covered with two
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ordinary coats of
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plaster . Variety can be obtained on the
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surface of the
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wall by small pebbles of different
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colours, and in the Tudor
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period fragments of
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glass were sometimes embedded . The central
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tower of St
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Alban's
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cathedral, built with
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Roman tiles from Verulam, was covered with rough
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cast believed to be coeval with the
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building . The rough cast was removed about 187o .

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