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Category: Sandstone

Intro: Newington Rag Limestone (K6)

Reference K6 NAME Newington Rag Blue TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green/brown TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names     RELATED MATERIALS Intro: Newington Rag Blue Limestone (D8) – Stone Library…

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Cretaceous

Intro: Newington Rag Limestone (K5)

Reference K5 NAME Newington Rag Brown TYPE Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green/ blue TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names     RELATED MATERIALS Intro: Newington Rag Blue Limestone (D8) – Stone…

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Cretaceous

Intro: Midhurst Sandstone (K8)

Reference K8 NAME Midhurst TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY West Sussex COLOUR Light buff/green TEXTURE Very fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Ashlar, masonry and walling  USES (1) Cowdray House, Midhurst, Sussex  USES (2) Leconfield Memorial Hall, Petworth, Sussex  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Cretaceous

Intro: Folkestone Rag (K4)

Reference K4 NAME Folkestone Rag TYPE Sandy Limestone GEOLOGY Cretaceous. Lower Greensand COUNTY Kent COLOUR Grey/green TEXTURE Medium grained rounded silica/glauconite in fine calcite matrix  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY General Building  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Cretaceous

Intro: Cove Sandstone (K3)

Reference K3 NAME Cove TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Red TEXTURE Fine grained. Bedding structures often visible  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 2000x1000x400mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and engineering  USES (1) Great St. Helens, London  USES (2) Stag Place Piazza, London  USES (3) Scottish National Gallery, Glasgow  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Gatelawbridge Sandstone (K1)

Reference K1 NAME Gatelawbridge TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. COUNTY Dumfries COLOUR Warm red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1500mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1) Kilmarnock Sheriff Court  USES (2) Caledonia Hotel, Edinburgh  USES (3) Elphinstone House, Glasgow  USES (4) Paisley Post Office, Glasgow Stone Names  

Sandstone

Intro: St Bee’s Red Sandstone (J9)

Reference J9 NAME Red St. Bees – BANK END TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. St. Bees Sandstone COUNTY Cumbria COLOUR Dull red. Darkens considerably when wet TEXTURE Very fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 900mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, walling and weathering courses  USES (1) 52-55 Picadilly, London  USES (2) 25-26 Lovatt Lane, London…

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Sandstone

Intro: Myddle Sandstone (J8)

<stone name> Reference J8 NAME Myddle TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Shropshire COLOUR Bright red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1200mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Grinshill Sandstone (J7)

Reference J7 NAME Grinshill TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Shropshire COLOUR Cream with fine brown fleck, white and red TEXTURE Fine to medium grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 1000mm depth on bed SUITABILITY Ashlar, dressings, weathering courses and carving  USES (1)  USES (2)  USES (3)  USES (4) Stone Names

Sandstone

Intro: Clashach Sandstone (I10)

I10 Reference I10 NAME Clashach Dark TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Permo-Triassic. Hopeman Sandstone COUNTY Grampian COLOUR Golden to pale brown with dark mottling TEXTURE Fine grained  BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) 3000x1800mm SUITABILITY Ashlar, cladding, dressings and weathering courses  USES (1) Chandos House, London  USES (2) National Gallery, Edinburgh  USES (3) Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire  USES (4) New…

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