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Combe Down Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> changes Geological Formation of Combe Down Limestone Combe Down Limestone is a white to cream-coloured limestone that was formed during the Jurassic period, between 201 and 145 million years ago. The stone was formed in a shallow marine environment, from…
<stone name> Reference A9 A10 NAME Stoke Ground Base Bed Stoke Ground Top Bed TYPE Limestone Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Great Oolite Jurassic. Great Oolite COUNTY Avon Avon COLOUR Cream/buff Cream/buff TEXTURE Medium grained oolite with shell fragments. Slightly open texture Fine grained oolite BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3500x1500x1000mm 3500x1200x1600mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding and weathering…
<stone name> Reference A8 NAME Monks Park TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Great Oolite COUNTY Wiltshire COLOUR Cream TEXTURE Fine grained oolite with some shells BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 750mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, projections and carving USES (1) Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square, London USES (2) Cliveden House, Berkshire USES (3) USES (4) Stone…
A7 Reference A7 NAME Ham Hill TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Lias COUNTY Somerset COLOUR Pale orange/brown with rusty patches. Some grey/brown TEXTURE Cross bedded, coarse shelly fragments with sporadic voids BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 600mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, walling, flooring and roofs USES (1) 96-100 Picadilly, London USES (2) Hampshire House, Hyde…
<image> Stone Name Locality for past extraction of this stone (from Building Stones of England English Heritage – excel file) Cleeve Hill Oolite Gloucestershire Buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/building-stones-england/bse-excel-gloucestershire/); Crickley Oncolite Gloucestershire Buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/building-stones-england/bse-excel-gloucestershire/); Devil’s Chimney Oolite Gloucestershire Buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/building-stones-england/bse-excel-gloucestershire/); Fiddlers Elbow Limestone Gloucestershire Buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/building-stones-england/bse-excel-gloucestershire/); Frocester Hill Oolite Gloucestershire Buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/building-stones-england/bse-excel-gloucestershire/); Lower Freestone Gloucestershire Buildings (https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/building-stones-england/bse-excel-gloucestershire/);…
A5 <stone name> Reference A5 NAME Doulting TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Inferior Oolite COUNTY Somerset COLOUR Cream/brown TEXTURE Fine to coarse grained, with fragments of sea lilies BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 600-750mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, copings, dressings and walling USES (1) All Saints Russian Orthodox Church, London USES (2) Hornimans Museum, Forest Hill,…
Magnesian Limestone <NOTE: CONTENTS ARE BETA VERSION – SUBJECT TO FACT CHECK AND VERIFICATION> Geological Formation of Magnesian Limestone Magnesian limestone, also known as dolomitic limestone, is a sedimentary rock formed during the Permian period between 299 and 251 million years ago. It was formed from the accumulation of sedimentary particles on the bed of…