Ashlars and bond in a stone wall
- Ashlar: these are dressed rectangular or square blocks of masonry fixed by stonemasons in regular courses to create a wall face.
- Banker: a stonemason's bench, usually built out of scrap stone. A banker bag is the piece of soft material put on the banker's surface to protect the piece that the stonemason is working on.
- Batting: decorative and very precise deliberate chisel marks made by the stonemason to the face of a piece of masonry.
- Bed: the top and bottom faces of a piece of stone masonry forming the horizontal joints. Also, the natural stratified layers of the stone.
- Boaster: this is a wide chisel used by stonemasons to dress flat faces.
- Bond: the positioning of stones or bricks by stonemasons so that they overlap those on the course below.
- Chamfer: a bevelled edge.
- Chase: a groove carved by a stonemason into a piece of masonry to receive lead flashing or similar.
- Cornice: the projecting moulding on top of a section of masonry wall.
- Dogs: lifting hooks attached to a loop of chain that, when inserted into holes cut in a quarry block, can be used to lift it.
- Drag: this is a flat-toothed steel stonemason's tool resembling a section of saw blade, used for final dressing of flat faces on soft limestone.
- Dripstone: a piece of masonry designed to carry rainwater clear of the building and literally drip it onto the ground.
- Fixer mason: the stonemason who builds the finished stone work into the building.
- Mason's mallet: traditionally, this is made of cherry, holly or apple wood. Stonemason's mallets have a large cylindrical head and weigh up to 4lbs. Modern stonemason's mallets are made of a very hard white plastic.
- Mason's mark or banker mark: each stonemason traditionally has their own trademark, usually a simple design composed of straight cuts. This mark originally was issued to the stonemason by the trade guild, but now it is just the invention of the individual.
- Punch: a stonemason's pointed chisel, for use with a hammer.
- Scutch: this is a hand-held stonemason's tool similar to an ice axe.
- Vent: these natural flaws in a piece of stone are also known as cricks.
All guides on Yell.com are provided for general guidance only, do not constitute legal or professional advice and are not intended to be exhaustive.
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