The purpose of these elaborately detailed, bizarre and often hellish church carvings was two-fold – firstly, to remind parishioners of the perils of non-attendance and secondly, to provide a channel for rainwater to track away from the building, thereby protecting its façade. The word “gargoyle” is derived from the French gargouille, meaning throat. The oldest, a stone crocodile in Turkey, is thought to be 13,000 years old. The practice of adorning buildings with decorative, creature-themed water drain spouts dates back several millennia – including examples from ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek architecture. How façade gommage® helps restore historic gargoyles and grotesques to their original “beauty”Īlthough gargoyles and grotesques are most commonly associated with the building of cathedrals and churches across Europe from the mid 12 th century to the start of the 16 th century, they actually originate much earlier.
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