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<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…
This sample of cob in tile format was provided by Earth Blocks UK, Cornwall (https://earthblocks.co.uk/) courtesy of Leslie Cornell (St Austell). <IMAGE HERE> Cob is a mixture of clayey soil, straw and water which are evenly mixed. Cob is traditionally made in situ, however it can be preformed into cob blocks / bricks for additional…
Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social 16 March 2025 at 17:22 The Scotsman Steps, #Edinburgh Work No. 1059 Martin Creed, 2011 104 steps clad in a different #marble from such diverse places as Italy, Lebanon, Namibia & Portugal, Post link: Malcolm Stoneman: “The Scotsman Steps, #Edinburgh Work No. 1059 Martin Creed, 2011 104 steps clad in a different #marble…
Stone enthusiasts are recommended to Prof Ruth Siddall’s amazing site https://www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk/geo-sites/ The site covers cities around the UK and is regularly added to .
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A damp building is a cold building. Damp reduces the effectiveness of insulation and increases heating costs. Water in a material increases heat loss over the same material when dry. A dry building has lower energy costs. A damp historic building is at risk of material degradation. Damp can be linked to degradation by salt,…
Adlingfleet is a beautiful building in a rural environment. It does suffer from areas of damp and work by SHU and the Diocese of Sheffield hopes to understand this. If the sources of water into the building can be verified then cost effective solutions can be explored to improve the internal environment. What SHU have…
The parish church of All Saints Adlingfleet is a Grade I listed building that was built during the 13th century. It has a cruciform (cross-shaped) plan with a nave, chancel, south aisle, north and south transepts, and a square tower. (HE, Nd) “The finest medieval church in the Marshland region of the lower Trent and…