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Author: Elizabeth Laycock

Intro: Hillend Black Dolerite (L3)

Reference L3 NAME Hillend Black TYPE Dolerite GEOLOGY Permian/Carboniferous COUNTY Strathclyde COLOUR Black/charcoal grey TEXTURE Very fine and even grained, with barely distinguishable crystals  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1500x1000x1000mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering  USES (1) Black Rod’s Garden, Palace of Westminster  USES (2) Brook House, Park Lane, London  USES (3) Royal…

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Carboniferous

Intro: Shap Granite (L1)

Reference L1 NAME Shap Light TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Devonian COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Grey/pink TEXTURE Large rectangular feldspars in a finer grained crystalline matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200x600x600mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names Shap Granite   Intro: Shap Granite (L1) – Stone…

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Devonian

Intro: Merrivale Granite (K10) Devon Granite

Reference K10 NAME Merrivale TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Armorican COUNTY Devon COLOUR Light grey TEXTURE Fine/medium even grained. Feldspar, quartz and mica  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3500x1200x1200mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering  USES (1) London Bridge  USES (2) Trafalgar Square, London  USES (3) Biochemical Laboratory, University College, London  USES (4) Stone Names Dartmoor…

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Carboniferous

Intro: De Lank Cornwall Granite (K9)

Reference K9 NAME De Lank TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Armorican COUNTY Cornwall COLOUR Silver/grey with some light brown markings TEXTURE Fine/medium even grained. Feldspar, quartz and mica  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3500x1200x1200mm SUITABILITY Cladding, paving, kerbs, setts, monumental and engineering  USES (1) Corn Exchange, Mark Lane, London  USES (2) Ludgate Circus, London  USES (3) Salford Quay,…

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Igneous

Intro: Midhurst Sandstone (K8)

Reference K8 NAME Midhurst TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY West Sussex COLOUR Light buff/green TEXTURE Very fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, masonry and walling  USES (1) Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex  USES (2) Leconfield Memorial Hall, Petworth, Sussex  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Cretaceous

Intro: Folkestone Rag (K4)

Reference K4 NAME Folkestone Rag TYPE Sandy Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Cretaceous

Intro: Cove Sandstone (K3)

Reference K3 NAME Cove TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Red TEXTURE Fine grained. Bedding structures often visible  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2000x1000x400mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and engineering  USES (1) Great St. Helens, London  USES (2) Stag Place Piazza, London  USES (3) Scottish National Gallery, Glasgow  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Gatelawbridge Sandstone (K1)

Reference K1 NAME Gatelawbridge TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Warm red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1) Kilmarnock Sheriff Court  USES (2) Caledonia Hotel, Edinburgh  USES (3) Elphinstone House, Glasgow  USES (4) Paisley Post Office, Glasgow Stone Names  

Sandstone

Intro: St Bee’s Red Sandstone (J9)

Reference J9 NAME Red St. Bees – BANK END TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. St. Bees Sandstone COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Dull red. Darkens considerably when wet TEXTURE Very fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 900mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, walling and weathering courses  USES (1) 52-55 Picadilly, London  USES (2) 25-26 Lovatt Lane, London…

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Sandstone

Intro: Myddle Sandstone (J8)

<stone name> Reference J8 NAME Myddle TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Shropshire COLOUR Bright red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

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