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A
geologists guide to English building stones Eric Robinson
Stone used in buildings varies from
place to place throughout England. What follows is an attempt to review
the basic features and introduce some of the language used by architects
and art historians in describing stone, and to a lesser extent, by the
trade. Geological terminology may come a poor fourth. >
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The
building stone industry in Britain: past and present Graham Lott
Britain produces building stone
from sedimentary rocks (sandstones and limestones), coarse and finely crystalline
igneous rocks (granites, dolerites, basalts etc.) and some metamorphic
rocks (slates and marbles). >
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The
intrinsic value of building stone Terry Hughes
The English Heritage pilot study
into the historic use of building stones and the need for particular stones
for repair and to conserve the built heritage has raised the issue of how
to determine the relative value of individual stones. This value derives
from a number of intrinsic factors which will each provide a level of importance
against which the stone could be assessed. Aggregating these levels for
a particular stone will make it possible to rank its value in relation
to other stones using a subjective grade similar to the listing grades
of buildings. >
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