Table of Contents

Introduction, Ian Brocklebank; Section 1 New understandings of historic materials; The Lime Spectrum, Ian Brocklebank; Lime after Vicat, Pierre Begoin, tr. Ugo Spano; Structural Properties of lime-mortared masonry, Pete Walker and Zhaoxia Zhou; Portland cement strengths through the ages, Paul Livesey; Developments in the use of lime in London c.1760-1840, Ian Brocklebank; The History, use and analysis ofRoman Cement, David Hughes, Simon Swann, Alan Gardner & Vicenzo Starinieri; Section 2 Materials analysis, testing and standards; Building Limes Standard BS EN459:2010, Steve Foster; Laboratory investigation of lime mortars, plasters and renders, Jeremy Ingham; Diagnosing defects in lime-based materials, Jeremy Ingham; Sands and aggregates for use in lime mortars, Roz Artis; To Wake a Gentle Giant - Grey Chalk Limes Test the Standards, Stafford Holmes; Section 3 Rediscovering methods and techniques; Lime Mortars: The myth in the mix, Gerard Lynch; The use of pozzolans in lime mortars, Geoff Boffey, Elizabeth Hirst and Paul Livesey; The use of lime mortars and renders in extreme weather conditions, Paul Livesey; Hot-lime mortars, Alan Forster; Hot Lime mortar in Conservation: Repair and replastering of the facades of Lacko Castle, Ewa Sandstrom Malinowski and Torben Seir Hanse; A study of historic lime mortars at Ardfert Cathedral,Grellan Rourke; Nano-lime for consolidation of Plaster and Stone, Paul D'Armada and Elizabeth Hirst;