Buildings Book III, Chapter 13, Section 1a
Chapter 13, Item 12a
Wall types
Walls how several ways made. Walls of Castles, Churches, Houses, or Forts, both now and in former ages have bine made these wayes.
1. That way called Reticulate, or Net Worke, walls made Net-wayes or Lozeng-wise, whose Foundation, Coignes, and Cornices, were Square Stone.
2. A Quadrell Wall, that is a wall of Artificiall Stone, as Brick, Tyle, &c. And it is made either a Single wall, that is of a Brick length. or a Double wall, wich is of a Brick and an half in length. or a Nogged wall, being only of a Brick breadth.
3. A Cement Wall, that is a wall made of River Pebbles, or Marble Stones Split in the middle, that side Smooth being layd outward, makes even walls; Of this kind of work a part of White Hall in London built by Cardinal Wolsey, with other ancient Fabricks, are made. Whose Foundation, Coignes, and Cornices, generally are Free Stone, Greet Stone, or Brick.
4. A Rough Wall, that is a wall made of Irregular stones, Rubbish stones, and Stones never hewed, or made even. Such kind of walls are much used for the fence of Gardens, Orchards, &c. being pointed, and made even with Cement, Morter, or Clay.
5. A Square Wall, is a Stone wall made of squared stone, hewed wrought and smoothed. Of these square stones is made the Rustick wall, of which there are two sorts, as Revealed rustick, that is when the edges of the Stones are ciphered off, or worked Bevile. Or a Rabbat rustick, that is when there is a Rigget or a Channel in every joynt of the square Stones. A perpitt wall, is a Single stone wall.
6. A Rampiar Wall, of some called a Riempiut pall, or Coffer worke; this is made of Planks set edgwayes the thickness of the wall, and so bound up with pieces of Timber, then filled with Morter and Stones of all sorts mixt togather, and so on from Course to course, till it be made the height agreed upon. After this manner are walls made of only Earth, or Sodds, or else Clay and Straw mixt; commonly called Mud walls. So Baskets filled with earth, are good defence in tymes of warr and hostility.
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