Author: Elizabeth Laycock

Reference L6 NAME Peterhead TYPE Granite GEOLOGY Caledonian COUNTY Grampian COLOUR Warm red/pink TEXTURE Medium grained. Quartz, feldspar, mica and hornblende  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm)   SUITABILITY    USES (1)    USES (2)    USES (3)    USES (4)   Stone Names  

    <stone name> Reference B3 NAME Bath Stone (Farmington) TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Jurassic. Great Oolite COUNTY Gloucestershire COLOUR Cream TEXTURE Fine grained oolite with some shell fragments and cross bedding  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1400x800x500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings and weathering courses and flooring  USES (1) University College, Oxford  USES (2) American Museum, Bath  USES…

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Reference N6 NAME Portmadoc (honed) TYPE Slate GEOLOGY Ordovician. Llandeilo Series COUNTY Gwynedd COLOUR Blue/grey. Occasional pyrite flecks TEXTURE Extremely fine grained. Finely cleaved  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm)   SUITABILITY Roofing, cladding, flooring and architectural  USES (1)    USES (2)    USES (3)    USES (4)   Stone Names  

<image> Reference K2 NAME Corsehill TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Pink/red. darkens noticeably when wet TEXTURE Fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1400mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1) National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh  USES (2) Reading Town Hall  USES (3) Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney  USES (4) Sheriffs Court, Falkirk Stone Names

Reference J6 NAME Hollington Tearne TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Staffordshire COLOUR Pink TEXTURE Medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, dressings and weathering courses  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names   Intro: Hollington Mottled (J4) Sandstone – Stone Library (shu.ac.uk) Intro: Hollington…

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Reference J5 NAME Hollington Tearne TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Staffordshire COLOUR Red/pink TEXTURE Medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, dressings and weathering courses  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names   Intro: Hollington Mottled (J4) Sandstone – Stone Library (shu.ac.uk) Intro: Hollington…

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