Most of them want as much as possible of the original stone to be used, if it can be traced.
Some of the original stone markers can still seen at the prize-winning winery Quinta Nova da Nossa Senhora do Carmo, one of dozens of local quintas (estates) where you can dine or stay in charming and authentic surroundings.
The converted 18th-century colonial mansion has three courtyards, the original massive stone fireplace in the lounge and Alma Restaurant, which features New Andean cuisine in four different chic salon spaces.
In addition, the report notes that the original rough stone from which The Vivid Yellow was cut must have possessed an extraordinary intensity and thus required no modified faceting in the cutting process to help bring out the color.
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The burden could be lessened by extending the filing deadline to give companies time to get their info to the IRS. We tend to think of April 15 as a date set in stone, but the original filing deadline was in March.
The perfect artificial smoothness becomes a comment on how time has assaulted the creations of the past, even if the original sculpture started out as smooth white stone.
One of the first Tudor homes to be made from brick, many of its original features -- including a vast stone fireplace and a wall of intricately carved dark wood panels -- remain to this day.
He retained the original front doors and fireplace--each stone was numbered so it could be replaced just so--adding new windows in the exact positions as those in the old building.
While everyone wants a pristinely restored stone house, full of character and original features, if you are prepared to do some work, you could find a house you really love at a reasonable price.
Built in 1926, the log cabin has original leaded windows, a claw-foot tub, stone fireplace and darling nook-sized bedroom.
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In the courtyard, the stone St Patrick's cross replicates the worn original in the Rock of Cashel's 15th-century Hall of the Vicars Choral, which was built to house the cathedral's male choristers.
Grit-blasting usually takes off original texture and detail as well as grime which often, funnily enough, protects the stone underneath.
The original error was down to confusion at the Wales Office over the location of its Cardiff office, a stone's throw from the National Assembly for Wales.
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