Drayton Hall will close at 1:30pm on Saturday, December 21, 2024. We will return to normal hours on Sunday, December 22.
Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.
Voted the Best Place to See by Condé Nast Traveler.
We’re happy to welcome back to the blog Trish Smith, Drayton Hall’s Preservation Technician. Trish isn’t afraid to roll up her sleeves and get her hands dirty- you might remember earlier this year she blogged about the re-pointing project on the privvy? Well, she’s at it again….chipping away at the stucco to uncover the brownstone lintels behind it. Read on to see what she discovered……
As the team from 4SE (Structural Engineering firm) was conducting their structural assessment of the portico they became concerned about cracks in the stucco covering the lintels. Their fear was that the cracks in the stucco were indicative of cracks in the brownstone lintels behind it.
Since the lintels are an important part of the structure supporting the second floor of the portico they were anxious to see them and assess their condition. Joe and I chiseled away the stucco to expose the brownstone in the areas of concern and were happy to discover that the lintels are in great condition!
We are going to make some test batches of stucco before we repair anything, but we intend to fix our patches within the next few months as time and weather allows.
Preserving a house as old as Drayton Hall is both an art and a science. Take our work on the conservation of the decorative cast plaster ceiling in the Great…
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Hannah Truman is a graduate student completing her MS in the Clemson University Historic Preservation program. As the 2024 Riley Collections Fellow, Hannah documented nail holes, extant hanging…
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I recently found a photo from the day my graduate school cohort first visited Drayton Hall. In this 2009 photograph, I’m seated on the portico with my classmates listening to…
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3380 Ashley River Road
Charleston, SC 29414
Open Wednesday - Monday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Closed on Tuesday (gate closes at 3:30 pm). The gate will accept no cash transactions.
