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There was a small sandstone turret to be raked out and pointed with hydraulic lime mortar. The picture below shows it fully raked out.

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This one shows it fully pointed.

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Pointing was also needed to the adjacent small set of crow steps and the mortar skew between them and the turret.

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A view up from the base of the turret.

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Looking down on the turret, crow steps, and skew.

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All of the new lime work was wrapped in hessian sheeting to protect it from the weather, and slow down the initial curing phase.

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A much larger set of crow steps that was also raked out and lime pointed. The following two pictures were taken after pointing had been completed.

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New lime protected by heavy hessian sheeting.

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In one corner of the roof a long term leak had completely rotted the sarking boards and the joist below them. These obviously had to be replaced.

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This was taken after all rotten timbers had been removed and a replacement joist had been spliced in.

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Getting the sarking boards on.

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Breathable membrane fitted.

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Slating up now.

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Corner fully repaired.

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There were a lot of large hoppers on the castle and they tended to get blocked. One was a particular problem as birds kept building a nest in it. All of the hoppers were capped with stainless steel 1 inch x 1 inch mesh to prevent these problems.

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