| P number: | P526487 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Kerridge sandstone, Kerridge, Macclesfield, Cheshire. |
| Description: | Sample of Kerridge sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a light grey colour. This specimen is of Carboniferous age. This sample is used to help select the best type of sandstone in order to preserve the character and fabric of historic buildings in the Edinburgh New Town. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 40. Some of the most important buildings in the Edinburgh New Town are by famous architects such as Robert Adam, William Chambers and George Gilbert Scott. These men were masters of their craft and in particular understood how to work with sandstone, producing some of the most impressive stone buildings ever built in Britain. Much of the New Town is built from Craigleith sandstone, and was obtained from a vast quarry only a few miles from the city centre. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 288.46 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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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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