Magnesian Limestone Lower Permian The Magnesian Limestone is the only dolostone (dolomite) which has been used on a relatively large scale for building in the UK. It ranges in colour fromalmost white, through pale to dark yellow brown, andmay even be fine, even textured or coarsely crystalline in nature. It has provided stone for some of our most beautiful religious buildings and for village housing along the whole of its outcrop, which stretches from Nottingham to the Tees.
The Lincolnshire Limestones Bajocian Middle Jurassic The Lincolnshire Limestone has been the source of several of the country’s most famous building stones including Ancaster, Barnack, Clipsham (used for repairs at the Houses of Parliament) andmany others. They are dominantly oolitic (sedimentary rock) with variable proportions of shell debris. They range in colour frompale whitish brown to yellowish brown. They have been quarried since at least Roman times and have been used extensively in many prestigious buildings as well as in the vernacular houses in themany villages along the limestone outcrop.
York Minster
Wollaton Hall
Magnesian Limestone
Lincolnshire Limestone
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Polar White
Atlantic Blue
B6740N
Iberis White
B9770J
C6850G
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F1320J
Black
BrandyWine
Q4112E
Pea Green
Obsidian
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