stone foundations
Masonry below ground
Stone foundations are the base structures of buildings constructed from stone, typically supporting walls and distributing weight to the ground.
Common in older architecture before concrete became standard, they remain visible in historic buildings and ruins.
The term often appears in real estate and construction contexts: The 1820s farmhouse still has its original stone foundations.
Figuratively, anything built on stone foundations suggests permanence and solidity.
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
ancient ruins · marble · quartzite · frost line · gneiss · dolomite · travertine · cyclopean · sandstone · retaining wall · Roman aqueducts · excavation · mortar · ashlar · bedrock · shale · fieldstone · load-bearing
- frontier relicsarrowheads, covered wagons, wagon wheels, log cabins, sod houses
- rural structuresbarns, stables, farmhouses, outbuildings, silos
- Dutch architecturegabled houses, Dutch doors, brick facades, gables, merchant houses
- timber framingtimber frame, exposed beams, timber framing, wooden beams, timber joints
- tropical architecturebreezeway, cross ventilation, hurricane shutters, lanai, louvers