method of finishing a mortared surface in which pebbles are incorporated as an aggregate to give a rough texture. This method was employed at Biltmore Estate and Biltmore Village in the1890s and soon entered the popular regional building vocabulary. Although Richard Sharp Smith and Richard Morris Hunt used the term “roughcast” on their drawings for this finishing method, pebbledash was in local use by the late 1890s.

External plaster surfaced with small stones.