It is a centuries-old construction technique which helped create some of the region's most beautiful buildings, before falling out of fashion.
Now, James Collier is trying to revive the lost art of pargeting.
The technique involves adding decorative, weather-proof plaster to the exterior walls of buildings.
It became popular during the Tudor period, but fell out favour, particularly from the industrial revolution onwards, as more buildings were constructed with machine-made brick facades.
Mr Collier, a former builder and bricklayer, taught himself the trade in early 2021 after buying a clay lump cottage in Tivetshall St Mary, near Diss.
"It had cement, pebble dash rendering, which when I pulled it off I saw that the wall was crumbling underneath.
"I began researching what to do with old buildings and came across lime pargeting as a way of covering walls on old buildings."
He believes lime pargeting - also known as pinking in Norfolk - could make a resurgence, as it provides a sustainable way of covering timber and clay buildings, without the damage and decay that cement covering can cause.
"Cement isn't breathable but lime pargeting is highly breathable and flexible," he added.
"Old buildings need to breath and if they don't then timber frames will rot and clay will decay."
After the initial work on his home, Mr Collier decided to use pargeting to create a plaque commemorating the date the cottage was built.
"While I was outside working on it people would stop and asked about it," he went on.
"I ended up starting to do work for locals in the area."
He was inspired to do it full-time after the person who owns the company he buys his lime supplies from saw his work and said his talents "had been wasted all these years".
Mr Collier's business has grown through word-of-mouth and his Facebook and Instagram accounts.
"Pargeting is on a list of endangered trades," he said.
"There are only about four to five people in the country able to do it and I believe I'm the only one in Norfolk who is a dedicated pargeter.
"I specialise in doing the ornate work.
"I can do anything from a massive nature scene to a small piece that can be hanged inside.
"The designs I do are bespoke - they are individual, unique designs."
THE PROVENANCE OF PARGETING
Pargeting derives from the word 'parget', a Middle English term probably derived from the Old French pargeter or parjeter, to throw about, or porgeter, to roughcast a wall.
Ornamental lime plastering was a familiar technique before and during the Roman empire.
The skill was almost completely forgotten, but several artists during the Renaissance revived the technique.
Henry VIII helped popularise the style in England, and there were later revivals after the Restoration in 1660, and during the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 1800s.
In England, the technique is now most associated with East Anglia, especially Essex and Suffolk, where many fine examples remain.
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