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Ashlar
ashlar masonry laid in parallel courses on an Inca wall at Machu Picchu , Oxfordshire red Longmeadow sandstone in random ashlar was specified by architect Henry Hobson Richardson for the North Congregational Church (Springfield, Massachusetts, 1871). Ashlar ( ) is cut and dressed stone worked to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular; a structure built from such stones; and the look created by the dressing technique. Ashlar stone may be dry laid or bedded in mortar.
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ashlar masonry laid in parallel courses on an Inca wall at Machu Picchu , Oxfordshire red Longmeadow sandstone in random ashlar was specified by architect Henry Hobson Richardson for the North Congregational Church (Springfield, Massachusetts, 1871). Ashlar ( ) is cut and dressed stone worked to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular; a structure built from such stones; and the look created by the dressing technique. Ashlar stone may be dry laid or bedded in mortar.
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