wiveliscombe

Sat within a Conservation Area, this small end-of-terrace period cottage was suffering from damp due to the earlier use of cement-based mortars. Woodlouse Conservation re-pointed the property in carefully prepared matched lime mortar to compliment the stone and allow the structure to ‘breathe’.

Traditional buildings need to `breathe` in order to allow moisture inherent in a traditional construction to evaporate from the external stonework or render