| P number: | P526481 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Cat Castle buff sandstone, Catcastle Quarry, Lartington, Barnard Castle, Durham. |
| Description: | Sample of Cat Castle buff sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a pale orange-brown colour. Cat Castle sandstone is one of a number of sandstones currently available for the repair of historical buildings in the Edinburgh New Town. This specimen is of Carboniferous age. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 34. The Edinburgh New Town was far more spacious and airy than the medieval Old Town. Despite containing houses for the very rich, it contained spaces for merchants and shopkeepers and even cowkeepers and stable hands in the mews lanes. At first the main streets had no shops, but early in the 19th century a few select shops opened on the ground floor of houses. In Victorian times the projecting shop-front was developed, built out over the basement area. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 281.49 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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