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- M&S Victoria StationGrey granite columns adjacent to entrance.
- Mabley GreenGranite boulder which is a piece of sculpture intended for climbing. This is one of the Hackney Boulders (t…
- Machynlleth War MemorialColumns of pink granite. This is possibly Clinterty Granite.
- Machynlleth War MemorialBase of columns. This is probably Cairngall Granite.
- Malaya & Borneo Veteran's MemorialMemorial stone.
- Malt & Hops PubRed granite cladding on the facade of the pub.
- Mandela GardensCladding behind the retaining wall for the garden planters on the East of the Millennium Square across Clav…
- Mansion House StationCladding on building. A coarse grained, sheared, rapakivi granite.
- Mappin & WebbPillars and cladding around shop windows.
- Mappin & WebbDisplay window of Mappin & Webb. Beautiful granite with brown matrix and large, well formed pink crystals
- Margaret Jones's GravestoneMain building stone.
- Margaret McMillan ParkStone furniture and signage in the park in white granite
- Margaret McMillan ParkStone furniture and signage in the park in white granite
- Marischal CollegeMain building stone.
- Market SquareKerbstones of megacrystic granite.
- Marks & Spencer'sGrey granite cladding on the front of the building.
- Marks & SpencersGrey granite cladding.
- Marylebone StationFoundations.
- Matchbox BarOnce a victorian shop front, the facade has pillars of granite at each end.
- Matilda Drinking FountainBoulders used in construction of the grotto.
- Media City PiazzaPink-yellow granite paving slabs.
- Media City PiazzaGrey granite paving slabs.
- Memorial Avenue, City of London CemeteryA crescent of Victorian memorials and tombs, most of which are made of Peterhead Granite. This stone was ex…
- Memorial Drinking FountainPink granite bollards surrounding the fountain.
- Memorial Drinking FountainColumn shaft. This is well above eye level and therefore not possible to obtain close-up photographs.
- Memorial Drinking FountainFountain pedestal and basins.
- Memorial to Edith CavellMonument plinth. The photos below are from the axe-dressed granite at the rear of the monument.
- Memorial to Joseph Wright of DerbyGranite plinth on the pavement outside the pub, under the metal sculpture commemorating the artist Joseph W…
- Memorial to Lord ClydeStone used for plinth. Two facies of Cornish granite are used here; one is a polished small megacrystic gra…
- Memorial to Lord ClydePink granite pillar.
- Memorial to Percy & Eleanor BrandLarge funerary monument, commemorating Percy Edward Brand (1870-1955) and his wife Eleanor (1870-1963).
- Memorial to the Franklin ExpeditionStone used for plinth.
- Mercure HotelMain building stone.
- Mermaid Conference CentrePale grey granite cladding the building.
- Mess CaféGranite used for cladding the pillars around the windows.
- Metropolitan Cattle TroughThe stone used for the main trough and side drinking water fountain.
- Midland HotelMain facing stone to the ground floor around the arched entrances and windows of the hotel, the larger prop…
- Midland HotelDark grey granite socles along the front of the hotel.
- Midland HotelThe hotel has granite cladding at ground floor level. Shap Granite is used as a decorative darker band in t…
- The MillEngaged pillars on either side of the doorway.
- Millenium Bridge HouseCladding
- Millennium SquareGrey granite paving in the square.
- MillersPillars
- Minerva HousePale granite cladding on the columns either side of the large windows and central door of this building. Th…
- Morgan StanleyCladding on building. A coarse grained, sheared, rapakivi granite.
- Mr. Thomas's Chop HouseThe building is on the corner of St Ann's Alley and Cross Street. The exterior pillars around the entrance…
- Muse of London Hair SalonColumns between the windows of this former public house.
- Museum Garden ErraticsA group of erratic boulders which are used as a landscaping feature in the gardens. Several blocks are of S…
- Museum Gardens Drinking FountainBasin and pilasters of the fountain in pink granite.
- Museum Gardens Drinking FountainGranite slab forming the back of the fountain mechanism.
- Muslim World League MosquePaving on Charlotte Street facade
- Muswell Hill BroadwayParade of shops of the west side of the Broadway. Shop fronts are divided by engaged columns of pink granite.
- Nat West BankCladding at pavement level.
- National Gallery, Sainsbury WingFoundations.
- National Museum of WalesStone used to frame the main doorway.
- National Portrait GalleryStone around the entrance. This is the 'small-megacrystic variety of Cornish granite which was quarried at…
- National Westminster BankGranite forming the entrance steps on the left of the main doors.
- Nature’s ThroneMain building stone, made from granite blocks salvaged from 'Victoria', an old beam engine house. Also know…
- NatWest BankDoorstep at entrance.
- NatWest BankFoundations. This is a two-mica granite from the Carnmenellis Pluton; probably from Carnsew Quarry at Mabe.
- Natwest BankColumns near windows. Possibly Tvedestrand Granite from Norway or Ben Cruachan Granite from Scotland.
- Natwest BankColumns near windows.
- Natwest BankPink granite around doorways.
- NatWest BankColumns at the entrance to the bank.
- NatWest BankCladding on the front of the building
- NatWest BankStone used for the columns at the entrance.
- NatWest Bank ShoreditchCladding and columns.
- NatWest Bank, Brompton RoadGrey granite cladding. Very little is know about the source of this Polish granite.
- NatWest Bank, PiccadillyStone used for columns around doorway.
- Natwest IlfordGranite used for foundations.
- Needless AlleyGrey granite cladding.
- Nelson's ColumnMain building stone for the column and pedestal. Note how some of the blocks on the pedestal are beginning…
- The New Cross HouseEngaged pillars.
- The New Cross HousePanels below the windows.
- New Look StoreCladding on the building.
- New Scotland Yard North BuildingGranite used for the lower storeys and for dressings. The granite was, of course, quarried by convicts from…
- New Street StationPaving, steps, planters and benches outside the station.
- New Street StationPaving and kerbs outside the station.
- Newman Street TavernPillars
- Nobel HouseCladding on ground floor.
- North Bay (Dock 9)Engineering stone used in the original construction of the dock basin.
- The North Face DeansgateRed granite columns between the ground-floor windows.
- Notes CafeFacade.
- O'Neill's BarFoundation stones creating a socle for the columns. NB: due to a bad cleaning project in the 1970s using ac…
- ObeliskMonument to George Brown of Caysham Park. Main building stone.
- ObeliskMonument to the Chalmers Family. Main building stone.
- The Old BankGrey granite used as cladding at foundation level.
- The Old Coffee HouseCladding on ground floor.
- Old Red LionRed granite columns.
- Optical ExpressCladding of porch, steps and column.
- Orion HouseCladding. Both honed and polished varieties of the same granite are used on this building.
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History ErraticAn erratic boulder of Shap Granite is displayed outside the OUMNH. Although originally from Shap Fell in Cu…
- Park LaneKerbstones near Bus Stop R. A red granite paving stone has a remarkable, subhedral, pink feldspar megacryst…
- Passmore Edwards LibraryFoundations.
- Paternoster MonumentFountains and fountain basins.
- Pavement behind Town HallStones used for setts.
- Peabody MemorialPlinth beneath seated bronze statue.
- Peace Garden FountainRed granite squares used in the fountain design.
- Peace GardensOuter ring with at least 3 granite cobbles/sets, outside the decorative wall surrounding the garden. A mixt…
- Pearl Assurance BuildingsAll exterior ground floor building stone above foundation levels. The upper stories are Portland Stone. Aft…
- Peascod StreetKerbstones of granite on the western end of the street.
- Peckham Rye Park Water FountainStone used for basin and finial of the fountain.
- Peninsula SquareRed granite paving. A coarse grained red granite with biotite.
- Peninsula SquareBlack granite paving used on the stripes parallel to the Greenwich Meridian.
- Peninsula SquareWhite granite paving used on the stripes parallel to the Greenwich Meridian.
- Peninsula SquareGrey granite paving.
- Peninsula SquareYellow granite paving used for the fountain basins.
- Pennine HouseColumns at doorway.
- Pennine HouseGrey granite plinths of the columns at the doorway.
- Peterloo MemorialStone used for the first (lowest) step.
- Peterloo MemorialStone used for the seventh step.
- Philharmonic Dining RoomsGrey granite columns.
- The PhoenixSingle pillar of red granite, supporting the portico at the pub entrance.
- Picturehouse CentralFoundations on Great Windmill Street and engaged pilasters on Shaftesbury Avenue.
- Picturehouse CentralGranite used to repait cladding just inside the Great Windmill Street entrance.
- Pinner War MemorialSteps and plinth. A megacrystic granite.
- Plas Roald DahlA megacrystic granite is used for the old, dock walls. This is probably from either the Land's End or St Au…
- Pole Hill ObeliskMain building stone.
- Pole Hill ObeliskGranite plinth. A coarse grained granite of unknown origin.
- Police BoxThis was once London's smallest police station, with room for one policeman who could monitor events in the…
- Polish War MemorialMain building stone. This may be Polish Strzelin Granite, but I have not been able to find anything which c…
- Polpo RestaurantPilasters
- Port of London Authority BuildingGranite on the ground floor facade.
- Portcullis HouseFoundations
- Porth Mawr (Exchequer Gate)Stone used for the pillars on each side of the gate.
- Preston MarketPaving stones at the front of Preston Market. This is probably Chinese Grey granite which is commonly used…
- Pret-a-MangerWall cladding either side of the large windows.
- Prince Consort MemorialFoundations.
- Prince Consort MemorialPlinth to bronze statue.
- Princess Diana Memorial FountainMain building stone for the circular fountain.
- Princess Louise PubColumns
- Punjabi National BankMain building stone.This is a non-megacrystic granite, probably from the Carnmenellis Pluton.
- Purbeck House HotelThe building is clad with a variety of granite chips pressed into concrete. They include stones from Cornis…
- Quebecs ApartmentsDark pink granite doorframes.
- Quebecs ApartmentsTwo large, polished, grey, granite columns supporting the portico in front of the main door.
- Queen Elizabeth HouseCladding on building.
- Queen Margaret BridgeThe bridge parapets are red granite (the rest of structure is reinforced concrete which is clad in corncock…
- Queen Victoria MonumentPodium and steps onto the monument.
- Queen's GalleryFoundations.
- The Queen's Head PubA small pub with a lot of interesting geology. A red granite is used for the upper sections of the engaged…
- Queen's HotelColumns at the main entrance.
- RADA Chenies Street BuildingsColumns at doorway and engaged columns along the ground floor facade.
- Radcliffe SquareRed sets on the path from the Radcliffe Camera to the Bodleian.
- The Railway TavernRed granite dressings and engaged columns.
- The Railway TavernGrey granite Foundations
- Rayner Memorial Clock TowerGranite plaque with inscription.
- The Red HerringWhite granite cladding.
- Reuter MemorialMain building stone.
- The Ritz HotelMain building stone on the ground floor. The Upper stories are Portland Stone Whitbed.
- River HouseColumns next to the entrance.
- Riverside HouseGranite foundations of the brick building.
- Road BridgeBridge on the A229 crossing the Medway River, southern side. Large, zoned feldspar crystals are prominent i…
- Robert Gordon UniversityMain building stone. A pale grey granite. None of this is at eye-level, but I am assuming that it is Kemnay…
- Robert Gordon UniversityPink Granite dressing.
- The RocketRed granite cladding.
- Rosewood LondonMain building stone on ground floor. A weakly foliated, two-mica granite.
- Royal Arcade, 28 Old Bond StreetFoundations of the rectangular section pillars at each end of the Arcade frontage.
- Royal Arcade, 28, Old Bond StreetFoundations
- Royal Arcade, 28, Old Bond StreetCladding
- Royal Bank of ScotlandPink granite pillars either side of the main pedestrian entrance
- Royal Bank of ScotlandDoorsteps at the main pedestrian entrance.
- Royal Courts of JusticeGrey-brown granite used in the pillars around the entrance. This is a megacrystic Cornish granite, probably…
- Royal Courts of JusticePink granite used in the pillars around the entrance.
- Royal Exchange War MemorialFoundations.
- Royal Exchange, CornhillFoundations, steps and retaining walls in the piazza.
- Royal Liver BuildingThe facade of the building is clad in a pale-coloured granite.
- Royal Mint CourtPaving. Both dark and light varieties of Shap Granite are used in the paving slabs at the entrance to Royal…
- The Royal StandardRed granite used for the engaged columns between the windows.
- Royal Sun Alliance BuildingFoundation levels of the building are of a brown, rapakivi granite.
- Royal Sun Alliance BuildingBetween the main sandstone blocks on the exterior of the walls there are thin strips of a dark, equigranula…
- Ruabon War MemorialStone used for the construction of the memorial.
- Rubens HotelRed Granite cladding on the ground floor.
- Rudd's BarFoundations of square-section pillars.
- Rudd's BarPillars
- Ryder & AmiesPink granite foundations.
- Ryder & AmiesGrey granite pillars between the windows.
- Ryman's, Lamb's Conduit StreetPillars at porch.
- Salem ChapelPink granite columns.
- Savills Estate AgentsCladding over the entire building.
- Savings BankMain building stone.
- The ScotsmanPink granite foundation course.
- Scottish Parliament
- Sculpture: 'Between the Lines'Stone used for sculpture. This sculpture is made from an erratic boulder. It is of a red granite, probably…
- Seething Lane GardensWalls.
- Selfridges FoodhallFoundations around the food hall on Baker Street. The origin of this beautiful megacrystic granite is unkno…
- Sheep & ShepherdSculpture by Elizabeth Frink. Plinth.
- Ship Canal HouseFoundation-level stonework of granite with white feldspar phenocrysts.
- Shoreditch ParkGranite boulder which is a piece of sculpture intended for climbing. This is one of the Hackney Boulders (t…
- Sir Norman Ray BarBuilding cladding.
- Sir Norman Ray BarBuilding cladding.
- Sisyphus FountainSteps, plinth and basin of the fountain which is surmounted with a marble Sisyphus and his dolphin.
- Skipton HouseRed Granite cladding on the facade of the building.
- Sloane Square Drinking FountainGranite used for pedestal and basin.
- Sloane Square Drinking FountainGarnite used for the urn on the top of the fountain.
- Sloane Square FountainStone used for the pedestal for the central bronze figure.
- Smeaton's PierLong pier extending from the north side of the harbour.
- Smithfield MarketCladding on the modern part of this building.
- Smithfields Metropolitan Cattle TroughThis is the largest Metropolitan Cattle Trough that I have ever seen and not suprisingly it is close to the…
- Sotheby's, New Bond StreetColumns at porch.
- South African War MemorialPink granite used of steps and the plinths for the lamps.
- South Docks Surrey QuaysBlocks used to construct the dock walls. A megacrystic granite, derived from either Lamorna or the St Auste…
- South Docks Surrey QuaysBlocks used to construct the dock walls. A granite with 'small megacrysts' probably from the Carmenellis or…
- South End Green Bus TerminusCobblestones
- Southover War MemorialThe memorial is in the form of a wheel-headed Celtic Cross made from Cornish Granite. The names of the fall…
- Southwark Bridge StairsBuilding stone used at the head of the stairs on the north end of the Bridge. Giant granite contains very l…
- The Spice of LifeBands around columns
- Spitalfields Drinking FountainMain building stone.
- Spring Gardens Drinking FountainAt the west end of the pedestrianised Spring Gardens in Central Buxton is a drinking fountain constructed f…
- St Aelhearn's Church19th Century renovations at the east end of the church.
- St Aelhearn's WellMain building stone of he well house.
- St Anne's PassageCobbles.
- St Botolph Drinking FountainFountain basin and granite dressings.
- St David & St Helen's Church, TwthillMain building stone.
- St George's BloomsburySteps. Very weathered and dirty Cornish Granite, but the small, white, feldspar megacrysts stand out.
- St Georges HotelColumns either side of main entrance
- St Georges HotelColumn bases either side of main entrance.
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Ia's ChurchMain building stone.
- St Ia's WellMain building stone.
- St James's Park StationFoundations, columns and dressings around the doorway are in a honed, Norwegian grey granite, possibly Idde…
- St John HoxtonGranite slabs at the gateways to the entrances to the church.
- St Lawrence & Mary Magdalen Drinking FountainPink Granite Pilasters.
- St Lawrence & Mary Magdalen Drinking FountainPink granite drums supporting the basins.
- St Lawrence Whitchurch (Little Stanmore)An impresssive set of grave monuments in Peterhead Granite, including to obelisks commeorating members of t…
- St Martin's HousePillars between windows.
- St Martin's HouseFoundations.
- St Mary Aldermanbury Drinking FountainOn the edge of the pavement next to St Mary Aldermanbury Gardens
- St Mary Magdalen Churchyard BermondseyRed granite used for this chest tomb.
- St Mary Magdalen Drinking FountainSteps, basins and plinth of the fountain. A megacrystic granite.
- St Mary Magdalen Drinking FountainPilasters supporting the fountain canopy.
- St Mary with St Leonard's Church BroomfieldEdward Nash's gravestone
- St Mary with St Leonard's Church BroomfieldConstance Louisa Nash's gravestone.
- St Mary's Churchyard CholseyChest tomb of Elizabeth Deane, d. 1890 in pink granite.
- St Mary's Churchyard Harrow-on-the-HillAn ornate memorial to James.
- St Mary's Churchyard Harrow-on-the-HillRev. William Oxenholme's Tomb. A Cornish megacrystic granite.
- St Mary's Churchyard HornseyStone used for the construction of this chest tomb.
- St Mary's Churchyard HornseyStone used for this chest tomb.
- St Mary's Churchyard Llanfair ClydogauGriifiths memorial stone. A monolithic block of pale grey granite.
- St Mary's Churchyard Monken HadleyRed granite used for this chest tomb.
- St Mary's Churchyard South WoodfordThe wall on High Road is made of recycled cobbles of mainly Leicestershire granitoids, Mountsorrel Granodio…
- St Mary's Hospital Clarence Memorial WingStone around doorway.
- St Matthew's ChurchStone used for the foundations.
- St Matthew's Church GatepostsGranite used for the gateposts at the entrance to the churchyard. This is much weathered and dirty, but it…
- St Michael's Church, CornhillPilasters
- St Michael's Church, HelstonStone dressings and tower.
- St Nicholas Shopping CentreGrey granite used for decorative paving at the entrance to the shopping mall.
- St Nicholas Shopping CentreRed granite used for decorative paving at the entrance to the shopping mall.
- St Nicholas Shopping CentrePale pink granite used for decorative paving at the entrance to the shopping mall.
- St Nicholas Shopping CentrePink and grey coarse grained granite used as coping stones on the ramps.
- St Nicholas's ChapelStone used for quoins and window dressings. The chapel was rebuilt in 1911, following the demolition of the…
- St Nicholas's ChurchyardRed granite cross marking George Woolner's grave.
- St Pancras Drinking FountainVictorian drinking fountain outside St Pancras Station.
- St Pancras HotelColumns at main entrance
- St Pancras HotelPilasters around windows
- St Pancras New ChurchThe front steps of the Church are Cornish Granite with large feldspar phenocrysts.
- St Pancras Renaissance HotelDressings on brick pillars outside entrance to the hotel on Euston Road.
- St Pancras StationColumns along the Euston Road facade.
- St Paul's Cathedral PiazzaGranite bollards marking the boundary of the Piazza.
- St Paul's Cathedral PiazzaLarger slabs of granite, dividing up the paving.
- St Paul’s FountainMain stone used for the construction of the fountain base, basin and the central decorative urn.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardJoseph Ludbrook's Memorial Stone. A brick red, very coarse-grained granite pillar.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardThomas Armstrong's Memorial Stone. A pink granite cross, inscribed with the words 'Waiting' and 'Resting'.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardArthur G. R. Martyn's Grave Marker. An Art Deco styled slab in pink granite.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardFrederick W. Carter's Memorial. A grey granite chest tomb.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardThomas Nelson's Memorial. A grey granite chest tomb.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardMary Brown's Memorial. A red granite cross.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardArthur W. Atkinson's Memorial. A Celtic Cross in white granite.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardWilliam H. Shenstone's Memorial. A red granite chest tomb.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardFrederick Augustus Snow's memorial. A large grey granite cross, propped on a stone. The granite contains sc…
- St Thomas's SquareEdwardian granite water fountain on the Mare Street side of the park.
- St Thomas's Square Drinking FountainEdwardian granite water fountain on the Mare Street side of the park.
- St Wilfrid's ChurchColumns adjacent to entrance.
- St Winwaloe's ChurchStone used for quoins and window dressings as well as blocks scattered throughout the rubble masonry. An eq…
- Staple Inn BuildingsCladding on ground floor.
- Star of the EastCladding on ground floor.
- Station HotelMain building stone.
- Station HotelHammer-dressed stone courses.
- Statue of Abraham LincolnStone used for the plinth of the bronze sculpture.
- Statue of Abraham LincolnPlinth of the statue of Abraham Lincoln. At some point since 2018 the original Peterhead granite was replac…
- Statue of Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith ParkPlinth of the statue.
- Statue of Alfred the GreatThe plinth upon which the statue of Alfred the Great stands on rough hewn Cornish granite.
- Statue of Aneurin BevanGranite used for the plinth of the statue. Both the coarse and fine grain facies of Balmoral Granite are us…
- Statue of BeaconsfieldPlinth to statue of Lord Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli.
- Statue of BurnsPlinth
- Statue of CanningPlinth. Giant Granite has huge feldspar megacrysts and tourmaline.
- Statue of Charles James FoxThe plinth is of unpolished Peterhead Granite.
- Statue of ChurchillPlinth of Churchill's statue.
- Statue of CoramPlinth of seated bronze statue of Thomas Coram, outside the Foundling Museum.
- Statue of David Lloyd GeorgePlinth of statue.
- Statue of DerbyPlinth
- Statue of EisenhowerGranite paving. A spectacular megacrystic granite with large zoned feldspars.
- Statue of EisenhowerGranite walls. A pale grey, medium grained, biotite granite of unknown origin. It may well be from the USA.
- Statue of General GordonPlinth
- Statue of Greyfriar's BobbyPlinth
- Statue of Horse & RiderA bronze statue by Elizabeth Frink stands on a plinth of porphyritic pink granite.
- Statue of James WattPlinth of statue. Feldspar megacrysts and clots of black tourmaline.
- Statue of JennerPlaque on the statue's plinth.
- Statue of John BatchelorGranite used for the plinth of the statue.
- Statue of John Fox BurgoyneStone used for plinth.
- Statue of Lord LawrenceStone used for plinth.