However in the United Kingdom, pioneering research into painting materials and conservation, ceramics, and stone conservation was conducted by Arthur Pillans Laurie, academic chemist and Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1900.

The original mid-18th-century wharf is no longer standing at Charlestown, but the town has built a reproduction of the wharf at the end of a stone pier that was laid over the remains of the original cribbing for archeological conservation.

Ashlar is, however, reserved for the highest status buildings and the majority of properties in the conservation area are faced with coursed stone, which adds an element of texture to the stonework not present in ashlar.

In January 2012, two German stone conservation experts spent 10 days at the site analyzing the temples and making recommendations to ensure their long-term preservation.

In June, Germany agreed to contribute $ 130, 000 to UNESCO for the second phase of rehabilitation, in which six experts in stone conservation, microbiology, structural engineering and chemical engineering will spend a week in Borobudur in June, then return for another visit in September or October.

After a lengthy controversy on the best conservation / restoration approach, the terrace was reinstated in 2005 with a traditional stone façade.

Castlethorpe has grown up around the church and some traditional old stone cottages at the centre of the village which is currently designated a conservation area.

Upon adopting the property, the National Trust undertook a large-scale programme of restoration and re-construction adopting the orthodoxy of 1950's conservation practice which saw the Victorian smoking room demolished, large portions of the house stripped back to stone and all the rooms re-arranged to reflect their appearance when first constructed.

He was the first ruler in history to advocate conservation measures for wildlife and even had rules inscribed in stone edicts.

The City of Bradford has architecture designated as being of special or historic importance, most of which were constructed with local stone, with 5, 800 listed buildings and 59 conservation areas.

The area around St Wilfrid's Church is designated a conservation area, and consists of former farm buildings built from local stone, some of which are listed.

He was perhaps the first ruler to advocate conservation measures for wildlife and even had rules inscribed in stone edicts.

The village centre is a designated conservation area and the stone built housing and other buildings make Newbottle a surprisingly picturesque place for walkers and other visitors.

In 1883, Castlerigg stone circle was scheduled ; one of the first scheduled ancient monuments in Great Britain and Ireland, thus occupying a small place in the history of archaeological conservation.

The village of stone houses is largely an architectural conservation area that has several listed buildings, including Lloyd George's residences ( Tŷ Newydd and Highgate ), and the local inn, Tafarn y Plu ( also known in English as " The Feathers ").

The World Monuments Fund has been working on a conservation project at the palace, including surveying structural integrity and cleaning and restoring the stone and plasterwork.

Architectural conservation deals with issues of prolonging the life and integrity of architectural character and integrity, such as form and style, and / or its constituent materials, such as stone, brick, glass, metal, and wood.

Most small buildings in the conservation area are built of local cream and honey-coloured stone.

Much of the village is in a conservation area which is shown on a map on the Parish Council website and has many traditional Northamptonshire stone cottages, a large number of which have thatched or pantiled roofs.

The students from Phnom Penh participate in courses of stone conservation and some of them have written their diploma theses with the joint supervision of the Royal University of Fine Arts and the GACP consultants.

In the year 2000 new trainees for stone conservation will be recruited by the GACP.

During that time, a team led by the National Museum of the Philippines started archaeological site conservation and site development of the petroglyphs in which a mini-museum, viewdeck and stone path among others were constructed.

William Gowland oversaw the first major restoration of the monument in 1901 which involved the straightening and concrete setting of sarsen stone number 56 which was in danger of falling.

The last restoration was carried out in 1963 after stone 23 of the Sarsen Circle fell over.

After a pointed lawsuit with Henry Hucks Gibbs, first Baron Aldenham over who should direct the restoration, Grimthorpe had the vault remade and reproportioned in stone, made the floor in black and white marble ( 1893 ), and had new Victorian arcading and sculpture put below the canopy work.

The area appears to have been of some importance in the early Christian period, as evidenced by the Pictish stone carvings found during the restoration of St Vigeans church, and now housed in the small museum there.

The first project was the restoration of the west front, with the original quarry that was used for stone at Caerbwdi Bay being reopened.

After undergoing thorough and careful restoration works, they are now exhibited, on their original columns, in these 6 rooms of the museum, which are traversed by an ancient wall in great blocks of stone, a remnant of an earlier version of the Palace.

The original station buildings-gabled and highly decorated, built in Kentish ragstone with Caen stone dressings, with windows which replicate those at Aylesford Priory-have been used as a fast food restaurant in recent years following restoration to an award-winning standard in the 1980s.

The most famous building built with Ardbraccan stone is Leinster House, once the Dublin residence of the Duke of Leinster, Ireland's premier peer, and now the seat of the Irish parliament, Oireachtas Éireann. Ardbraccan limestone was also used on the restoration of The Custom House in Dublin after it was burned down by the IRA in 1921.

He found time, however, to execute his collation of the Harleian manuscript of the Odyssey, published in the Grenville Homer in 1801, and to present to the Society of Antiquaries his conjectural restoration of the Rosetta stone.

The restoration fund included over £ 100, 000 raised by local people, with a £ 90, 000 National Lottery grant and £ 5, 000 from Monmouthshire County Council which paid for repairs to the roof and stone walls.

Permission to quarry stone for this restoration from Whittlebury Forest was granted by Edward IV and later confirmed by Richard III on his way towards Leicestershire and his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

In 1982, David Stewart-Smith, director of restoration at Mystery Hill, conducted an excavation of a megalith found in situ in a stone quarry to the north of the main site.

The machine is used in construction, for example in cutting deep square holes in walls or floors, in stone sculpture for removing large chunks of stone during pre-carving, by fire departments for gaining access to buildings and in restoration of buildings and monuments, for removing parts with minimal damage to the surrounding structure.

At the west end of the cathedral is a fully integrated stone bridge, leading to the former synod hall, which was built on the site of St Michael's, a prebendal church of Christ Church's which was demolished by Street during his restoration of the cathedral.

In February 2005, the square was closed to pedestrians for a two-month restoration project, including the replacement of the red asphalt concourse, and the cleaning of stone and the statues in the square, most notably that of Walter Scott.

Although his retainer exceeded that of all other stonemasons in the papal employ, he is documented at only two projects: as furnishing hoists for the large round tower at the Vatican Palace and in doing restoration work at the early Christian church of San Stefano Rotondo ( window and door frames, vaulting, stone paving ).

In 855 a stone church was built on the same site, fragments of stone have been found during restoration work which provide strong evidence of this Saxon church.

When the Rangers returned their Quasar Sabers to the stone they were pulled from, Kendrix was revived as part of the restoration of Mirinoi.

The complex is divided into three major sections: restoration work area, stone statue area, and the burial site.

After completing the restoration of the Sphinx, he placed a carved stone tablet, now known as the Dream Stele, between the two paws of the Sphinx. The restoration of the Sphinx and the text of the Dream Stele would then be a piece of propaganda on Thutmose's part, meant to bestow legitimacy upon his unexpected kingship.