Courtyard Entrance. Lebanon PA.

Here we have a close up view of the courtyard entrance for this stone masonry project. The stone pier on the right is essentially the way it looked in it’s previous setting. This wall was buitl with stone that came from two seperate walls. When the walls were taken apart and brought to this location. Some sections of wall were still together in large chunks. Most of the chunks of wall were taken apart to be relayed, but some sections were just set into this wall. The bottom half of the pier on the right was built with stone that were all individually relayed. The top half was not taken apart and relayed. That is how it was put together in it’s previous setting. I honestly can’t say that I understand why it was done that way. Given the high probability of breaking the stone trying to take that section of pier apart. It was determined that the best course of action was just to continue with that look.

The stone pier on the left sie of the stone wall used to be a walk way. So, they were the only stone that were not previously in a wall. They in fact were pulled out of the ground and brought to this location. Fortunatly they had nice square ends, making them perfect to build a pier with. The pier has a four inch thick stone cap that overhangs two inchs all the way around. The top of the cap is flat making it a good place to set things on, like a potted plant.

The short wall that spans the distance between the stone piers was built with stone that are all close to the same size. This creates a uniform looking backround for the centerpiece. The centerpiece of this wall is a large stone block with what appears to be some type of flower carved out of it. The wall is topped off with a course of triangular shaped stone or “points” as I call them. Finally the wall is pointed with an off white mortar color.

This stone masonry project is located at a popular resturant in Campbell town / Palmyra, Lebanon county P.A.