Ashlar

Description

Square or rectangular cut building stones. Ashlar stones usually have a smooth face. The true-cut, right-angle edges allow the stones to be set with very little mortar.

Synonyms and Related Terms

silhar (Port.);

Authority

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Anne Grimmer, Glossary of Building Stone Terms, A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments, National Park Service, Washington DC, 1984