Intro: Beer (D10) Sandstone
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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)…
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
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…
St Bees Sandstone St Bees Sandstone was sourced from at least eighteen quarries near the towns of Annan and Kirkpatrick Fleming, in Dumfriesshire. The stone consisted originally of sand that was deposited by rivers during the early part of the Triassic Period (c. 250 million years ago), when Scotland was at roughly the same…
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
J3J4 J5J6 Reference J3 J4 J5 J6 NAME Hollington Red Hollington Mottled Hollington Tearne Hollington Tearne TYPE Sandstone Sandstone Sandstone Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic. Keuper Sandstone Triassic. Keuper Sandstone Triassic. Keuper Sandstone Triassic. Keuper Sandstone COUNTY Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire COLOUR Dull red Pink with cream and darker red patches and bands Red/pink Pink TEXTURE…
<stone name> Reference D10 NAME Beer TYPE Sandstone GEOLOGY Triassic COUNTY Devon COLOUR Predominantly pale yellow, cream or grey, with some orange and pink variations. TEXTURE Fine to medium-grained sandstone with some thin, shale partings. BLOCK SIZE LXBXH (mm) SUITABILITY Walling,cladding,paving USES (1) Exeter Cathedral USES (2) Castle Drogo USES (3) Buckfast Abbey USES…