Author: Elizabeth Laycock

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I 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…

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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,…

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Reference B7 NAME Clipsham (honed) TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Inferior Oolite COUNTY Leicestershire COLOUR Cream/blue, blue and cream TEXTURE Coarse, shelly oolite  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, walling, monumental and carving  USES (1) Ely Cathedral  USES (2) Christ’s College, Cambridge  USES (3) King’s College Chapel, Cambridge  USES (4) Blue…

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Reference B6 NAME Clipsham (honed) TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Inferior Oolite COUNTY Leicestershire COLOUR Cream/blue, blue and cream TEXTURE Coarse, shelly oolite  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, walling, monumental and carving  USES (1) Ely Cathedral  USES (2) Christ’s College, Cambridge  USES (3) King’s College Chapel, Cambridge  USES (4) Blue…

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Reference B5 NAME Clipsham (sawn) TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Inferior Oolite COUNTY Leicestershire COLOUR Cream/blue, blue and cream TEXTURE Coarse, shelly oolite  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, walling, monumental and carving  USES (1) Ely Cathedral  USES (2) Christ’s College, Cambridge  USES (3) King’s College Chapel, Cambridge  USES (4) Blue…

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  NAME Primary Colour Cream / Buff Surface Appearance Oolitic/Pisolitic Grain Sorting Moderately well sorted Grain size Medium Localities used at Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey: Walls Prior Park, Bath: Ashlar/Facing Stone Known use Modern uses include walling and dressed stone. Known quarries Mount Pleasant Quarry, Combe Down, Upper Lawn Quarry, Combe Down Ref and…

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