Galleting

This detail from St. James Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, PA (U.S.) shows a typical use of galleting.

Galleting, sometimes known as garreting or garneting,[1][2][3][4][5] is an architectural technique in which spalls (small pieces of stone) are pushed into wet mortar joints during the construction of a masonry building. The term comes from the French word galet, which means "pebble."[6] In general, the word "galleting" refers to the practice while the word "gallet" refers to the spall.[6][7] Galleting was mostly used in England, where it was common in South East England and the county of Norfolk.

  1. ^ Arnott, Colin J. "Brief guide to Galleting" (PDF). Domestic Buildings Research Group. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. ^ Gillian Darley (1983). Built in Britain. George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd. pp. 68, 144. ISBN 0-297-78312-2.
  3. ^ Trotter, W.R. (1991). "Galleting: An Addendum". Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society. 35: 161–162.
  4. ^ Sharpe, Geoffrey R. (2011). Historic English Churches: A Guide to Their Construction, Design and Features. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 41–44.
  5. ^ Sharpe, Geoffrey R. (2011). Traditional Buildings of the English Countryside: An Illustrated Guide. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 151.
  6. ^ a b "Galleting". The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2008. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199532988.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-953298-8 – via Oxford Reference.
  7. ^ "Gallet". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2006. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198606789.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9 – via Oxford Reference.