ThePebble
dash is a form of rendering where pea shingle or stone chippings are
thrown onto sand and cement base. Roughcast is crushed stone mixed with
cement and applied to walls. Arts
& Crafts or Tudorbethan
style homes used pebble dashing as a design feature. External walls
were red brick at the lower end and pebble dashed above. The wall surface
was often left unpainted. Pebble dashing obtained a poor image after
it was over used in post war housing. Due to the lack of skilled bricklayers
after the Second
World War pebble dashing was bought back as a way of covering up
poor brickwork, especially on council estates.
Pebble
dashing in 1920's & 1930's Houses
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