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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
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…
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…
Reference J4 NAME Hollington Mottled TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Staffordshire COLOUR Pink with cream and darker red patches and bands 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…
Reference J3 NAME Hollington Red TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Staffordshire COLOUR Dull red TEXTURE Medium grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, dressings and weathering courses USES (1) Broken Wharf, London USES (2) Bracken House, Queen Victoria Street, London. USES (3) Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire USES (4) Stone…
Reference H10 NAME Woodkirk TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Coal Measures COUNTY West Yorkshire COLOUR Fawn/brown/grey with some coal flecks TEXTURE Fine grained BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, general building and paving USES (1) Tower of London USES (2) Palace of Westminster USES (3) Tobacco Dock, London USES (4)…
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