External sites
Stone enthusiasts are recommended to Prof Ruth Siddall’s amazing site https://www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk/geo-sites/ The site covers cities around the UK and is regularly added to .
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Adlingfleet: What is the work about?
Adlingfleet is a beautiful building in a rural environment. It does suffer from areas of damp and work by SHU and the Diocese of Sheffield hopes to understand this. If the sources of water into the building can be verified then cost effective solutions can be explored to improve the internal environment. What SHU have…
A Brief History of Adlingfleet
The parish church of All Saints Adlingfleet is a Grade I listed building that was built during the 13th century. It has a cruciform (cross-shaped) plan with a nave, chancel, south aisle, north and south transepts, and a square tower. (HE, Nd) “The finest medieval church in the Marshland region of the lower Trent and…
Intro: Hollington Mottled (J4) Sandstone
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…
Intro: Folkestone 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