masonry

Mentmore Towers, in rural Buckinghamshire, was served a listed-building repairs notice in August, urging the owners to carry out a survey of the flying mammals and repair masonry.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

Renata Pintus, who heads the masonry department at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence's famous restoration workshop, told AFP it had been a "privilege" to work on Giotto's famous fresco cycle.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Steel beams can be installed against masonry walls to give older spaces added protection from reverberations, but it’s unclear whether any were installed at Golestan or Chehel Sotoun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

He jammed his knee against the masonry and let out a gasp.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Some time later he went to a church-builder in the same place, and under the architect's direction became handy at restoring the dilapidated masonries of several village churches round about.

From Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

I see the nameless masonries, venerable messages of the unknown events, heroes, records of the earth.

From Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Stately masonries, long-drawn arches, cloisters, sounding aisles buttress it, begirdle it far and wide.

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Thomas Carlyle

Stately masonries, longdrawn arches, cloisters, sounding aisles buttress it, begirdle it far and wide.

From Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

The portals of the palaces of Venice have one or other of these masonries, almost without exception.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin