{"id":826,"date":"2017-06-21T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T14:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7dials.hyperlinkmedia.co.uk\/?page_id=826"},"modified":"2023-08-15T03:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:07:43","slug":"painting-brickwork","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/specifications\/paintwork\/painting-brickwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting Brickwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Old brickwork should not be painted. Modern paints are generally not vapour permeable and can cause damage as well as looking unsightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stucco-work in London is traditionally painted and, since the 19th<\/sup> century, a cream colour has been the most popular shade, though stone colour is more authentic. Brilliant white paint is best avoided and a deep cream is usually preferable. The Crown Estate and the Grosvenor Estate both use Buttermilk in Regent\u2019s Park and Belgravia (BS 08C 31, British Standard Colour) and this gives a good effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A good rule of thumb for old buildings is that stucco, woodwork and ironwork were always painted, but external brickwork and stone rarely were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Off-white painted stucco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Old brickwork should not be painted. Modern paints are generally not vapour permeable and can cause damage as well as looking unsightly. Stucco-work in London is traditionally painted and, since the 19th century, a cream colour has been the most popular shade, though stone colour is more authentic. Brilliant white paint is best avoided and… View Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":6932,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8098,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/826\/revisions\/8098"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sevendials.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}