Included are the mixing proportions for mortars in masonry, brickwork and glazed tile. The exterior blends brickwork with tile, limestone, and terra cotta. They each have two parapet gables edged with "mouse toothing" ornamental brickwork. The church's exteriors had rich, decorative ornamentation with alternating belts of stone and brickwork. Italianate elements emerged in the 1840s including cupolas, verandas, ornamental brickwork, or corner quoins. They are open-concept spaces with high ceilings, large windows, brickwork and cement ceilings. The Cottage was built of thin, buttressed brickwork, roughcast and painted cream. Garden clearing removes habitat, especially when greenery is replaced with paving, brickwork or lawns. Glass paneling was added to the front and all the original outside brickwork was kept. Dada's redesign was done in the Mughal style, with red, hand-laid brickwork and arches. White glazed brickwork is used externally on the approach roads. Repairs to the smoke-damaged rooms and exterior brickwork were completed in December 2009. The most common building material was brickwork, followed by mortar. Some of the piers had to be reconstructed because of failures in the Victorian brickwork. Dan Kniley was responsible for landscaping and Josef Albers for the brickwork intaglio mural.