- an excellent book by Patrick McAfee called "Stone Buildings - Conservation, Repair, Building". (Price IR£ 18.99) ISBN 0-86278-577-4. P. McA. is also the author of the bestselling "Irish Stone Walls". Apart from a lot of background information and practical advice on stone buildingsh he provides recipes and pricings for lime mortars, lime washings, internal and external renderings etc. Highly recommended.