| We did use local stonemasons, but I had to teach them how to build the two-foot-thick walls in a particular style. |
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| Their origins as a firm of stonemasons can be seen in the quality of their stonework, which was described as second to none. |
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| Edinburgh has us to thank for the beautiful buildings in the city which were designed and built by stonemasons, in the days before architects. |
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| Scaffolding is being put up so stonemasons can begin work on the tower and spire in about three weeks. |
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| The temple, the first to be built in America entirely from stone, is taking shape with seven master stonemasons in residence. |
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| Last week stonemasons were working on the surrounding drystone walls in preparation for the unveiling. |
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| The aristocrats were the skilled tradesmen and craftspeople such as stonemasons, carpenters, engineers and printers. |
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| It was said of the stonemasons who made those never-to-be-seen gargoyles that they carved for the eye of God. |
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| Fraktur were also produced by scriveners, artists, and possibly by stonemasons. |
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| He needed men for his army, smiths for his forges, cooks, hunters, healers, servants, woodcutters, stonemasons and more. |
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| There were blacksmiths, carpenters and stonemasons who built and repaired dwellings. |
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| Civil engineers, stonemasons, sculptors, hard landscapers, and plumbing and heating engineers are among the firm's list of clients. |
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| The restoration business needed additional stonemasons and bricklayers, but not full time. |
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| The damage was discovered by stonemasons carrying out the renovation when they arrived for work on Thursday morning. |
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| But the stonemasons who built the small parish church in Skelton invested it with the same love and care as they had lavished on York's cathedral. |
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| Early unions followed the British model of craft-based associations among printers, tailors, cordwainers, cabinet-makers, shipwrights, carpenters, and stonemasons. |
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| The area was immediately cleared and scaffolding erected to enable stonemasons to examine the cause of the problem and assess what needs to be done. |
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| Pugin demanded the highest quality of workmanship from his craftsmen, particularly the stonemasons. |
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| A huge amount of work was undertaken in the first summer, with an average of 1,800 workmen, 450 stonemasons and 375 quarriers on the site. |
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| In this respect he differed from his English counterpart Ruskin, as he often replaced the work of mediaeval stonemasons. |
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| Craft specialization would have required dedicated stonemasons and plasterers by the Late Preclassic, and would have required planners and architects. |
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| Edward Strong later claimed it was laid by his elder brother, Thomas Strong, one of the two master stonemasons appointed by Wren at the beginning of the work. |
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