Sample of wattle and daub, from Penshurst, Kent, 14th century
1301-1400
Collection of samples of building materials used at the Building Research Station, Watford in the 1940s and '50s.
Collection of samples of building materials made by Dr. S.B. Hamilton and Dr. N. Davey of the Building Research Station, Watford
This collection of samples of building materials were used by Dr S.B. Hamilton and Dr Norman Davey of the Building Research Station (BRS), Watford. The collection of specimens were collected from all over Britain (and some further afield) in the 1940s and ‘50s, mainly from archaeological digs, and brought to the BRS so they could be materials tested in different ways.
Some samples were cut open and analysed, some were broken down with acid, some were coated in resin to bring out their features and photographed under a microscope.
Stone from "vitrified fort" at Finavon, Scotland
Stone from "vitrified fort" at Finavon, Scotland
Yellow half brick
Four pieces of 12th century concrete
1101-1200
Specimen of Roman slaking pit concrete
Ten pieces of wattle and daub panel
1301-1400
Stone from St. Pauls Cathedral, (pink discolouration caused by the Great Fire, 1666)
Stone from St. Paul's Cathedral
Pink stone taken from old St. Paul’s Cathedral
Specimen of stone from old St. Pauls Cathedral
Stone from old St. Paul’s Cathedral (built from 1087 to 1314)
Three fragments of stone from St. Pauls Cathedral
Sample of wall plaster, Exeter, 1500-1599
Sample of wall plaster, Exeter, 1500-1599
Sample of wall plaster, Exeter, 1500-1599
Sample of wall plaster, Exeter, 1500-1599
Seventeen samples of floor structure, 1838, Leicestershire
Concrete from Sassanian Dam, ostensibly c.600 A.D, Persia
Sample of concrete, from Sassanian Dam, 600 A.D
Concrete from Sassanian Dam, ostensibly c.600 A.D, Persia
Mathematical Tile, from Sussex
Mathematical Tile, from Sussex
Lime Concrete Floor Specimen, early 19th century, Leicestershire
