Skip to content

Stone Library

Online content for a physical construction material

  • Sedimentary
    • Limestone
    • Sandstone
  • Igneous
  • Metamorphic
  • Toggle search form

Category: Sandstone

Intro: Hillhouse Edge (G3) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference G3 NAME Hillhouse Edge TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY West Yorkshire COLOUR Buff with iron banding TEXTURE Medium grained grit  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, walling, monumental and paving  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Into: Gillsons Gritstone (G2) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference G2 NAME Gillsons Gritstone TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY West Yorkshire COLOUR Buff/brown with iron banding TEXTURE Medium to coarse grained grit  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling and building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Flappitt (G1) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference G1 NAME Flappitt TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY West Yorkshire COLOUR Buff/brown/green with iron banding TEXTURE Medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Paving and general building  USES (1) Carfax, Horsham, Sussex  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Gillsons Brown (F10) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference F10 NAME Gillsons Brown TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY West Yorkshire COLOUR Brown/blue TEXTURE Medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling and building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire (F9) Gillsons Multicolour

Reference F9 NAME Gillsons Multicolour TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY West Yorkshire COLOUR Brown TEXTURE Medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling and building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone
Intro: Crosland Hill (F8) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Intro: Crosland Hill (F8) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Sandstone

Intro: Stoke Hall (F6) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference F6 NAME Stoke Hall TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY Derbyshire COLOUR Buff TEXTURE Fine to medium grained grit  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, weathering courses and dressings  USES (1) Sheffield Town Hall  USES (2) Old Covent Garden, London  USES (3) Sheffield Registry Office  USES (4) Exeter Bridge, Derby Stone Names…

Read More “Intro: Stoke Hall (F6) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire” »

Sandstone

Intro: Stancliffe Palmers (F5) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference F5 NAME Stancliffe PALMERS TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY Derbyshire COLOUR Buff and occasionally pink, with some iron banding TEXTURE Medium grained grit with some coarser material  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, weathering courses and dressings  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names Ashover Grit   Reference…

Read More “Intro: Stancliffe Palmers (F5) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire” »

Sandstone

Intro: Hall Dale (F4) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

  Reference F4 NAME Hall Dale TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY Derbyshire COLOUR Pink with fine brown speckle TEXTURE Fine to coarse grained grit  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x3000x1500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, weathering courses, dressings and cladding  USES (1) The Pump House, Water Street, Manchester  USES (2) Deansgate Manchester  USES (3) Restoration projects…

Read More “Intro: Hall Dale (F4) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire” »

Sandstone

Intro: Dukes (F3) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire

Reference F3 NAME Dukes TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Upper Carboniferous. Millstone Grit COUNTY Derbyshire COLOUR Pink/lilac, often with pronounced reddened bands TEXTURE Medium grained grit with some coarser material  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1400x900x700mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, weathering courses and dressings  USES (1) Mappa Mundi Chained Library, Hereford  USES (2) Trent Bridge, Nottingham  USES (3) Railway Stations…

Read More “Intro: Dukes (F3) Millstone Grit – Yorkshire and Derbyshire” »

Sandstone

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 3 4 5 … 8 Next

Copyright © 2025 Stone Library.

Powered by PressBook Masonry Dark