Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Pebble dash
AKA Roughcast

Flat stucco embedded with pebbles for a texture effect

Usually applied in two coats of cement and sand on to which pebbles are thrown before the second coat is dry

Rock dash:  A stucco finish in which crushed rock or pebbles are embedded in the stucco base

Found in Arts & Crafts, Queen Anne styles

See also Masonry

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Engine #15 Fire Station
  
  
• 406 Linwood Ave
  
  
• 874 Elmwood Ave
  
  
• 1131 Delaware Avenue
  
  
• 42 Argyle Place
  
  
• 8 St. John's Place
  
  
• 12 St. John's Place
  
  
• 25 Summer St.
  
  
• 94 Jewett
  
  
• Sinclair House, 94 Jewett Pkwy.

• 27 University Avenue

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