Needle and Eye through brickwork

Here is a true needle and eye well 2 actually set up for supporting brickwork while working underneath for a number of purposes.

Single stone gate pier

Here a single stone gate pier shaped and scutched to sit next to a ribbon pointed stone wall.

Quadruple brick arch with basket weave

A quadruple brick arch with basket weave backing forming a cove. Such inetnse work for such a small building.

Sandstone gate pier

A carved sandstone gate pier with floral carving to the corbel.

Small stone building

A small stone building with some intensity. Great from an ideas perspective if your a mason looking for ideas which may have taken centuries to conceptualise.

Shaped stone entrance

A shaped stone entrance down the side of a building.

Round stone pier with direction reshape

A stone pier changes shape all sculptured by hand. I liked it but most people probably wouldnt realise the time and effort it takes to do something like this.

Round sandstone pier next to an entry

Here a round sandstone pier, quite intense sits next to an intricate entry.

Williamson brick and stone tunnel crockery

Many of the tunnel crockery found during excavation of the tunnels. Some 200 tonnes already excavated by hand.

Williamson Stone Tunnel Liverpool

Besides the sights there is some fantastic history into the era how many drank beer and Gin instead of water because of poor water quality.
http://www.williamsontunnels.co.uk/

Double stacked brick Wiliiamson tunnel

A double stacked tunnel though some were triple stacked there are also many that were built of sandstone.
The tunnels had since the death of Williamson been back filled with building rubble though recognised as a signifcant part of Liverpool history 2% of the tunnels have been excavated by hand with wheel barrows.
Some may never be open to the public due to instability caused by water ingress etc.
http://www.williamsontunnels.co.uk/

Williamson brick tunnels Liverpool

Williamson brick tunnels extend some distance under Liverpool built in the mid 1800s they spiratically extend some huge some stacked on top of each other.
The average life expectancy was 22 for many people of the period.

Read more » http://www.williamsontunnels.co.uk/

Round brick turrent with copper roof

A round brick turrent with copper roof bullseye arches to second floor. I love it.

Stonemasons tools assortment 3

An assortment of stonemasons tools although some sit outside the scope of stonemasons tools.

Stone entrance in Cathederal

A stone entrance in a cathederal I thought would make a great gate entrance down the side of a house one day.

Arched stone ceiling

A good example of a stone ceiling. Im unsure at rpesent whether this is still classed as a vaulted ceiling.

Stonemasons tools 2

Another view of stonemasons tools a little more close up.

Rubble wall Cemetry head stone

Looking like a stack of dry rubble this headstone is actually one stone.

Stonemasons tools

Stonemasons tools displayed in a showcase. Shown are compass, hammers and assorted chisels.

Some items such as a scutch or comb hammer are missing but a good assorted range.

Stonemasons Benchmark

A stonemasons benchmark indication of his works whether that be per stone or the whole project.

Usually something relatively simple so he is paid for his work. Sometimes a simple benchmark is noted for a whole project purely noting he has done the project as a reference placed in a bottom corner of a building.