Last edited 30 May 2022

Blocking course

Short Guide, Maintaining Your Home, published, on 1 November 2014 by Historic Scotland, defines a blocking course as a: ‘plain course, usually stone, forming a low parapet superimposed on a cornice and usually concealing a gutter.’

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