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I4 <stone name> Reference I4 NAME Springwell TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY Tyne and Wear COLOUR Buff TEXTURE Fine to medium grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding and general building USES (1) Culzean Castle, Ayrshire USES (2) County Hall, Durham USES (3) Leith Walk,…
I3 Reference I3 NAME Stainton TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY Durham COLOUR Buff with fine brown speckle and iron banding TEXTURE Fine grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding and general building USES (1) Castle Terrace, Edinburgh USES (2) John Lewis, Edinburgh USES (3) George Street,…
I1 Reference I1 NAME Dunhouse Buff TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY Durham COLOUR Buff TEXTURE Fine grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1000mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building and carving USES (1) Mausoleum, Castle Howard USES (2) Durham Cathedral USES (3) King’s College, Durham USES (4) Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh Stone Names …
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H2H5H6 Reference H2 H5 H6 NAME Howley Park Cromwell Rustic Cromwell TYPE Sandstone Sandstone Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY West Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire COLOUR Buff Buff/cream to grey Green/brown to blue/grey TEXTURE Fine to medium grained Fine grained Fine grained BLOCK SIZE…
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Bearl Sandstone Reference E4 NAME Bearl TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Lower Carboniferous COUNTY Northumberland COLOUR Grey TEXTURE Medium to coarse grit BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, building, grindstones and carving USES (1) USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
Caithness Flagstone Caithness Flagstone was quarried from more than seven hundred sites in Caithness. The stone consisted originally of mud and fine sand that was deposited in layers on the floor of a lake filling a large inland basin (the Orcadian Basin) during the middle part of the Devonian Period (c. 390 million years ago),…
<stone name> Reference E1 NAME Totternhoe Clunch TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Portland Group COUNTY Wiltshire COLOUR Cream with fine green flecks TEXTURE Fine grained. No shell but glauconite grains visible BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 500mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Building and monumental USES (1) Salisbury Cathedral USES (2) USES (3) USES (4) Stone Names
Beer Sandstone Reference D10 NAME Beer TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic COUNTY Devon COLOUR Predominantly pale yellow, cream or grey, with some orange and pink variations. TEXTURE Fine to medium-grained sandstone with some thin, shale partings. BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling,cladding,paving USES (1) Exeter Cathedral USES (2) Castle Drogo USES (3) Buckfast Abbey USES…