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THEORY OF AllCIIlTECTURE.
OOLITIC STOifES conlinued.
Book IL
Si (0
^V
Name of
Quarry, and
where &ituatea
Proprietor of
Quarry.
Component Parts Colour. 111! Where used.
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lb. oz. s.d. s. d.
Tavntin, or Lord Dyne- Carbonate of Streaky
135 15 Any prac- 10 2 4 Blenheim, Corn-
Tktnton, vor.
lime, partly brown. ticable to bury Park,
iipar Bur- oolitic ana size.
1 Harrington
ford, 0x011.
friable, witli
very small
fragments of
sliflls, irregu-
larly lami-
nated.
'I'hick-
est bed,
about
7 ft.
Park, the in-
terior of .St.
Paul's and
many other
churches in
London and
Oxford, and in
variousbridges
in O.xford-
shire.
Wass, neai
Martin Sta- Compact car- I5rown. 141 11 Beds va-
. . . .
West front and
riiirsk, pletoii. bonate of lime. suft.
1
riable. a l.irge propor-
Yorkshire. Esq. with oolitic 162 8 about tion of Bj land
grains and an hard. 16 iu. Abbey.
argillo - calca-
reous cement
;
carbon disse-
minated.
WlNDRUSH, Lord Shel- Fine oolitic Cream. 118 2 5 to 40 ft. 8 2 7 Windrush
near Hiir- Liurne. grains, with soft,
i
Thickest Church, Bar-
ford, Clou- calcareous ce- l.!5 15, bed, 2 ft. rington House,
ceatershire. ment, and a
few IVagraeiit;
of shells.
hard. ia. and all the old
buildings
within many
miles of the
quarry.
1665. The following very useful enumeration of the stones used in buildings of the
Island, arranged under that liead, and divided into the sorts of stone employed in them,
tve add, verbatim, from the Report which we liave so much u.sed. The heads are under
Sandstone buildings, Limestone buildings, and Magnesian Luiestone buildings.
SANDSTONE BUILDINGS.
Bakewei.i,, Derbyshire. The houses generally are of sandstone, and in fair condition.
A
new bank now erecting of sandstone from Bakewell Edge.
Bakevvei.l Church (14th century), of a sandstone of the vicinity, very much decomposed.
Baknaki) Castle, Durham (14th century). Circular keep, apjiarently of Stenton stone, in
excellent condition. In modern works, the Joint Stock Bank and Market-house of
Stenton stone, in good condition.
Beli'eiv New Church, Derbyshire. Built 10 years since, of sandstone from Ilungerhill,
in an incipient state (in parts) of decomposition.
Blandford Parish Church, Dorsetshire
(1769). Of a green siliceous line-grained sand-
stone, the dressings being of a stone similar to the Portland oolite; the former much
decom))osed ; the latter in very good condition. Town Hall, about 80 years old, of
stone similar to the Portland oolite, in good condition.
Brancepeth Castle, Durham. Of ancient date, of sandstone of the vicinity ; recently
restored extensively
;
older parts in various states of decomposition.
Briavel's, St., Castle, Glocestershire. In ruins (l.'Jth or 14tli century). Entrance gate-
way (the chief remains of the castle) built of red sandstone, decomposed.
Bristol Cathedral (13th and l^ith centuries). Built of red sandstone and a yellow
limestone (magnesian?) strangely intermixed
;
tiie red sandstone in all cases decom-
))osed, the limestone more rarely decayed
;
the tracery, &c. of the windows, which are
of the limestone, are in good condition
;
but the pinnacles and other dressings, which
are of the same material, are much decomposed. The east end of the catiiedral is a
remarkable instance of the decay and preservation of the two stones employed. Nor-
man gateway, west of the cathedral (the upper part of the 15th century)
; the Norman
arcliway and its enrichments, which are of a very florid character, built of yellow
limestone (magnesian?), in excellent condition.
Btlasi) Abbev (12th century). In i)art of a siliceous grit (])rinclpally in the Interior),
fjid in part (chiefly- on the exterior) of a compact oolite, from the Wass quarries ii' the
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