| P number: | P526524 |
|---|---|
| Caption: | Specimen of Sycamore sandstone, Kerridge, Macclesfield, Cheshire. |
| Description: | Sample of Sycamore sandstone from the building stone collection of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust. The stone has a natural rough surface with a very pale orange grey colour. This sandstone is fine grained with a pale colour and has similar characteristics to several original sandstones used in Edinburgh. As such it has been used as a replacement stone in the city. This specimen is of Carboniferous age. Edinburgh World Heritage Trust sample no. EWHT 77. Replacement masonry should be carefully matched to the original `to achieve an architectural whole?, but it should be distinguishable from the old, possibly by discrete dating. Despite the initial `raw? appearance of identical stone used for masonry repair, new stone will weather sympathetically over time, whereas different materials chosen at the outset will match less well with age. |
| Date taken: | 25/06/1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 359.43 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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