| P number: | P526536 |
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| Caption: | Specimen of Stancliffe Gritstone, Stancliffe Quarry near Matlock, Derbyshire. |
| Description: | Sample of Stancliffe Gritstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a cut surface with a very pale greyish-buff colour. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 89. Stancliffe stone is obtained from the Stancliffe Quarry at Darley Dale, which exploits Carboniferous rocks of the Millstone Grit. It has been used extensively for repair work in the Edinburgh New Town, for example at Nos. 15-21 Palmerston Place which was originally constructed in the 1880s using Binny Sandstone from Dalmeny Quarry in West Lothian. Because all of the local sandstone quarries in Edinburgh and the Lothians are now disused, all the sandstone used in Edinburgh has to come from outside sources. Over 90% of the stone being used for both repair work and new build comes from the north of England, namely Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire and Derbyshire. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 265.38 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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