Filling stone work

[thornton_chris]

Hi all.

I live in a mid-terrace house and when we moved in there was an ugly hole in the front to the buiding which had been rendered over. We asumed it was a window but after some talking with neighbours we found out that it was an old plaque (covered in the 60s because it says 'built by oddfellow lodge, loyal poor mans friend'. The previous owners took offence at this.

We decided to start chipping the render off. Underneath is a large stone plaque.

There are some small holes around the edge which need filling and I am also worried because there is a small gap all the way around that it needs to be sealed to stop water getting in and causing damp.

Does anyone know what I can fill the holes and around the edge with? Obvioulsy I need something the same colour.

See a pic below. I have finished getting all of this render off now but this is the only picture I have....

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• thornton_chris
• 26 Feb 2010
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Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If you want it the same colour as the stone, you can either use a compo mix for filling it in, this will need toning so could be hard to match, I'd also mix a waterproof agent in witrh it.
You could consider a silicone sealant, they can be bought in various stone colours or as the brick work is red, a red mastic maybe?

 

[joinerjohn]

It's a real shame the previous owners had this piece of history rendered over. Very nice period feature.

 

[1john]

sorry this is completely irrelevant but any chance of a picture of the complete plaque uncovered, only 'cos i'm nosy.

 

[joinerjohn]

Good idea ijohn Let's see a photo of the uncovered plaque.

 

[thornton_chris]

Here you go. There is still a lot of tidying up and I still need to get the render out of some of the lettering.

As you can see the stone work has been marked quite a lot while taking the render off.

The text reads:
"Erected by the loyal poor mans friend.
Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F
1678
Registered friendly society No. 2414.A.
MDCCCLIII"

People in the area believe that these were the first council houses built in the town (1853). It is a row of 4 houses and this plaque is in the middle.

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• thornton_chris
• 27 Feb 2010
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• thornton_chris
• 27 Feb 2010
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