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