Guidelines for Cemetery Conservation - National Trust of Australia
Guidelines for Cemetery Conservation - National Trust of Australia
Guidelines for Cemetery Conservation - National Trust of Australia
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GUIDELINES FOR CEMETERY CONSERVATION<br />
PART FOUR -- APPENDICES<br />
Appendix 5. <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>of</strong> monuments<br />
TABULATED GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS<br />
The following notes are intended as a general guide to the conservation <strong>of</strong> cemetery monuments. The recommendations should be regarded as<br />
options and not as definitive answers, as they will not apply in every case. It is recommended that pr<strong>of</strong>essional advice be sought prior to<br />
restoration work commencing.<br />
LIST OF POSSIBLE PROBLEMS COVERED<br />
1. Leaning and fallen monuments<br />
2. Monuments disassembled but not broken<br />
3. Breaks in sturdy stone monuments<br />
4. Multiple breaks in relatively thin slabs.<br />
5. Cracked or broken mortise in monument plinth<br />
6. Masonry cracking<br />
7. Spalling, fretting and delamination <strong>of</strong> monuments<br />
8. Inscriptions fretting on monuments<br />
9. Rusting <strong>of</strong> cast iron memorials and loss <strong>of</strong> inscriptions<br />
10. Rusting <strong>of</strong> wrought iron memorials and surrounds<br />
11. Iron monuments broken in parts<br />
12. Monuments astray from their original location<br />
13. Odd alignment <strong>of</strong> monuments<br />
14. Deterioration <strong>of</strong> leaded lettering on marble monuments<br />
15. Red staining on white marble from lead lettering<br />
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