This infographic details the heritage brickwork restoration of Windsor Station. A case study covering the history, restoration process, and some fun facts! Windsor station was restored by Brickwork Restoration, Melbourne

1. Infographicprovidedby:
www.brickworkrestoration.com.au
Sources
http://www.walkingmelbourne.com/building827_windsor-railway-station.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_railway_station,_Melbourne#History
WindsorStationwasbuiltin1859 Thestationwastheterminusfor
trainsontheBrightonBeachline
WindsorStationwasoriginallycalled
"Chapelst.Station"
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TheWindsortrainstationFeaturespolychromebrickwork,roundarchedwindows,a
truncatedhiproof,eavesconsolesandprominentchimneystacks.Acappedbrickwallanda
footbridgesupportedoncastironEgyptianstylecolumnswithdecorativebrackets.
WindsorStationwasbuiltinthelate1800'sandwasinpoorcondition,havingbeenleft
with very little maintenance over the last 50 years. The Hawthorn bricks were still in
reasonable condition but the mortar had been severely washed out in some places,
leavingtheTuckPointingvirtuallynonexistent.
- Rob Meates - Project Manager Valley Maintenance Services
Firstlytheatmospheric(trainengine)grime,paintspotsand `patch`
repointingrepairworkfromthebrickfacewaspainstakinglycleanedand
removed...
Nextallofthemortarjointswereraked/cutback...
Finally,thejointswererefilledwiththeappropriatelycolored
basemortar(multiple)and TuckPointingwasapplied.
Therestorationtookaround6monthstocomplete.
Thechimneybrickworkwasdismantled,brickbybrick,eachbrickwascleaned,
thenthechimneyswererebuiltexactlyastheywere(withnewmortarandTuck
Pointing).