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Intro: Ancaster Limestone (B8)

Posted on 12 October 20239 April 2025 By Elizabeth Laycock No Comments on Intro: Ancaster Limestone (B8)

150 x 150mm square sample of stone

Reference B8 B9
NAME Ancaster Weatherbed Ancaster Hard White
TYPE Limestone Limestone
GEOLOGY Jurassic. Inferior Oolite Jurassic. Inferior Oolite
COUNTY Lincolnshire Lincolnshire
COLOUR Cream/blue, blue and cream. Some pink Cream/white
TEXTURE Coarse, shelly oolite Fine to medium grained, with shells and distinct ripple structures
 BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1800x1000x400mm 700mm depth on bed
SUITABILITY Ashlar, weathering courses, paving and polished. Ashlar, building, paving, fireplaces and carving.
 USES (1) British Museum, London Holborn Town Hall, London
 USES (2) Rosebury Avenue, London The Guildhall, Lincoln
 USES (3) Windsor Castle Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
 USES (4)
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