| P number: | P526454 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Darney sandstone, Darney Quarry, West Woodburn, Northumberland. |
| Description: | Sample of Darney sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a variable pale orange-buff colour. This specimen is of Carboniferous age. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 7. Darney sandstone has been much favoured in Edinburgh because of its pale colour, quartz-rich nature and fine-grained texture and is considered a good match for the Craigleith stone from which much of Edinburgh was built, but which is no longer available. Darney stone wa used in the construction of the Usher Hall (1910-14) and the City Chambers extension (1930-34) in Cockburn Street. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 256.53 KB; 775 x 1000 pixels; 66 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 205 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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