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- 'London Pub', Royal National HotelPanels of 'quarry-matched' stone on the rear entrance to the pub in the beer 'garden'. An excellent substit…
- 1, Bartholomew LaneWalls
- 1, Bow ChurchyardLimestone cladding on the upper stories.
- 1, Bunhill Row; London.Main stone cladding used on the walls.
- 1, New Fetter LaneMain cladding on building stones.
- 1, Old JewryMain building stone.
- 1, Rating RowDressings around the archway and windows.
- 1, St Giles (Balliol College)Main building stone. W. J. Arkell describes this stone as being an 'offensive chrome yellow colour'. This i…
- 1, St James's SquareMain building stone used for dressings on ground floor.
- 1-3 StrandFoundations and dressings.
- 1-3 StrandMain building stone.
- 10 Bloomsbury WayCladding above foundations.
- 10 Bloomsbury WayCladding on foundations.
- 10 Trinity Square (Four Seasons Hotel)Main building stone.
- 10 Trinity Square (Four Seasons Hotel)Main building stone. Sculpture on the Muscovy Street facade.
- 10, Arthur StreetMain building stone.
- 10, Gresham StreetMain building stone.
- 10, South ParadeAfter a facelift in the 1990s, new cladding covering the columns between the large windows to the right of…
- 10-4 Pentonville RoadPaving around building. A black limestone with large, white fossils. Madrepore is a generic name for fossil…
- 100, PiccadillyMain building stone
- 101, MoorgatePanel to the right of the doorway.
- 11, StrandMain building stone on upper stories.
- 111-112 Jermyn StreetMain building stone. The stone has been quarry-dressed on the ground floor.
- 12-14, Upper St Martin's LaneWall cladding. The Jura marble used here is vein cut.
- 122-124 Colmore RowStone cladding in the soffits of the doorway,
- 13-14, Sloane Square (Rag & Bone)Main building stone.
- 138, Fetter LaneMain building stone.
- 14, Great Peter StreetWhite stone dressings, door and window frames.
- 14, Grosvenor StreetDressings and decorative panels, interspersed with Portland Whitbed.
- 14, Grosvenor StreetCladding on walls.
- 14, Tothill StreetFoundations.
- 14, Tothill StreetMain building stone.
- 141, High Street (Black Sheep Coffee)Main building stone.
- 15, Grosvenor SquareMain building stone.
- 164 Shaftesbury AvenueCladding over the building frontage.
- 2, Gresham StreetMain building stone and columns.
- 2, Gresham StreetCladding on upper stories.
- 2, Gresham StreetCladding on upper stories.
- 2, Gresham StreetCladding on upper stories.
- 20, Dorset SquareCladding on main building. The stone is vein cut, to give a striped appearance.
- 20, Gracechurch StreetWalls.
- 20, Gracechurch StreetFoundations and windowsills.
- 20, Grafton StreetMain building stone & sculpture on the front of the building.
- 23 Howland StreetPillars between windows are of fossiliferous Ashburton Marble. These are found all round this block. See al…
- 23 King StreetUsed in panels.
- 23 King StreetMain building stone. There are good examples of cross-bedding on the slabs exposed here.
- 23-24 Newman StreetA fossiliferous limestone is used to clad the facade of the building. The shells are leached out leaving ex…
- 24 Monument StreetCladding on walls and portico.
- 24, Ludgate HillCladding in porch soffits.
- 25 Cannon Street GardensPaving setts in the walkway between 25, Cannon Street and the adjacent garden.
- 25, Cannon StreetMain building stone.
- 25, Hanover SquareCladding on the building's ground floor.
- 26, High StreetA distinctive, streaky, fine grained, calcarenite limestone is used for the upper storeys of this building.
- 26, High StreetA coarse grained calcarenite limestone, rich in shell fragments, is used for the foundation courses of this…
- 264-267, Tottenham Court RoadMain building stone
- 3 New Street SquareMain cladding on the building.
- 3, George StreetCladding used around the shop front.
- 3, New Street SquareCladding.
- 3, St James's SquareBuilding material on the ground floor.
- 30, Gresham StreetBands of this shelly Whited are used on the columns of plain Whitbed.
- 30, Gresham StreetMain building stone.
- 36, Eastcastle Street (Vital Ingredient)Cladding on the sides of the shop front. A black and yellow limestone.
- 36, Queen StreetCladding at pavement level.
- 36, Queen StreetCladding on upper stories.
- 38 Sloane Square (Hugo Boss)Main building stone.
- 39, St James's Street & PiccadillyCladding below windows
- 4, Coleman StreetCladding on foundations.
- 4, Merchant SquareCladding on building. Unfortunately this stone is all above eye-level and I have not been able to photograp…
- 4, Triton SquareCream and brown stone cladding on upper stories and in the entrance foyer to 1, Triton Square.
- 40, Berkeley SquareLeaping Salmon sculpture by Michael Cooper, outside 40, Berkeley Square.
- 41, Botolph LaneMain building stone
- 45, Old Bond StreetMain building stone.
- 48, Gresham Street (Be At One)Red limestone used for the engaged pillars and porch soffits. This is a reef limestone with white veining k…
- 5, Aldermanbury SquareBlack stone used for seating bases.
- 5, StrandColumns & wall cladding
- 52, CornhillPaving in porch.
- 55, Baker StreetMain building stone.
- 55, New Bond StreetCladding on the building.
- 6, St James's SquareMain building stone.
- 692 Chigwell RoadSmall blocks of this black and white and yellow ochre-stained limestone are used as an effective cladding o…
- 7, LothburyMain building stone
- 7, St James's SquarePorch and other dressings.
- 71, Fenchurch StreetMain building stone.
- 76, Mare StreetMain building stone.
- 77, Gracechurch StreetMain building stone.
- 79-95 Regent StreetMain building stone.
- 8, Lloyd's AvenueMain building stone.
- 8, Shirehall StreetStone dressings around windows and doors
- 8, St Paul's StreetNarrow, square section pillars either side of the large glass doors.
- 84 Colmore RowMain building stone.
- 85 London Wall (Sri Thai Restaurant)Yellow coloured limestone dressings.
- 85 London Wall (Sri Thai Restaurant)Pale grey stone cladding on this large office and retail block housing Sri Thai Restaurant, Jonathan Pink etc.
- 86, Devonshire StreetMain building stone
- 89, Whitfield StreetPillars and cladding between windows. See also 23 Howland Street.
- 9, Argyll StreetMain building stone.
- 90, Fetter LaneCladding on main part of the building.
- 90, Queen StreetMain building stone. An unusual facies of Portland Stone, rich in Bryozoa fossils.
- Abford HouseStone cladding on pillars.
- Adelaide HouseMain building stone.
- Albert MemorialBuff geometric paving slabs around the monument.
- All Saints Church HemblingtonSpolia in the rubble masonry.
- All Souls ChurchMain building stone
- All Souls ChurchSteps.
- AlmshousesMain building stone.
- Amin Taha Architects OfficeStone used to clad the facade. It has been used rough (quarry dressed), cut and carved.
- Animals at War MemorialMain building stone.
- Anne of Cleeves HouseCaen Stone is used in the porch and also for chequerboard flintwork, with alternating panels of knapped fli…
- Anne of Cleeves HouseStone used for the doorway. Although much weathered, close inspection reveals this to be Sussex Marble (als…
- Anne of Cleves House, LewesEntrance portico and a table top inside house.
- Apsley House (1, London)Main building stone.
- ArenaStone used for sculpture by John Maine. This maybe from the Chert Series of the Portland Stone Formation as…
- Artillery LaneA panel of limestone on the Artillery Lane facade of Snappy Snaps.
- Ashmolean MuseumAxe-dressed Portland Stone used for the foundations on Beaumont Street. This is an unusual facies composed…
- Ashton MemorialBaycliff limestone with large productids is used for the interior steps of the memorial.
- Athene PlaceMain stone used for cladding the building. A cross-bedded calcarenite.
- Aubaine CafeStonework around curved windows
- Aurelia HouseMain building stone on the podium of this block of flats.
- Aviva BuildingMain building stone.
- Bangor CathedralStone used for masonry in the the Cathedral walls.
- Bangor Independent SchoolQuoins and basement window dressings. It is not possible to access the grounds to take close-up photos.
- Bangor War MemorialMain building stone.
- Bank of America Merrill LynchStone cladding on the building.
- Bank of America Merrill LynchStone used for benches in the central garden. This is the variety Admiralty Roach.
- Bank of ConwyMain building stone, a white weathering limestone rich in stylolites.
- Bank of EnglandMain building stone
- Bank Place ChapelStone dressings, pillars and steps. Now being converted into flats, this building was formerly the Garth Ca…
- BAPS Shri Swaminarayan MandirNeasden Temple. The limestone used for the construction of the ornamental gateway at the main entrance to t…
- BAPS Shri Swaminarayan MandirNeasden Temple. The main building stone for the temple.
- Barclays Bank ElyDressings around the doors and windows.
- Barclays Bank, Charterhouse StreetMain building stone.
- Barclays Bank, Saffron WaldenStone dressings and carvings in this otherwise brick-built building.
- Bardsey Wesleyan ChapelMain masonry of chapel.
- Baskerville HouseMain building stone.
- Baskerville MemorialMain building stone.
- Bath AbbeyMain building stone.
- BBC Broadcasting HouseWalls of the new wing of Broadcasting House.
- BBC Broadcasting HouseWalls of both the old and new wings of Broadcasting House.
- Beaumaris CastleStone used for rubble masonry in the Castle Walls.
- Beaumaris War MemorialMain building stone.
- BelstaffThe paving in porch is an unusual, very finely laminated, brown limestone.
- Berry's The JewellersCladding around the windows on the corner of Albion Street and Albian Place.
- Bevin Boys MemorialStone used for standing stones and plaques.
- Birkbeck CollegeStone pilasters on ground floor.
- BMA HouseMain building stone
- BNP ParibasWhite stone dressings.
- BNP ParibasSoffits in porch. A red and yellow calcarenite of unknown origin.
- Bonham-Carter HouseWalls on lower stories. Typical, weathered Portland Stone.
- Boots the ChemistMain building stone.
- Borough HallThe stone dressings for the doorway.The stone is very much stained with ochre (goethite). It is possibly Ba…
- The Botanist (10, Church Street)Cladding on this curved building's facade.
- Boucheron JewellersCladding on main building
- Brent Cross Shopping CentreRed limestone paving.
- Brent Cross Shopping CentreBrown marble paving and wall cladding on the ground floor.
- Brighton Pavillion GateStone used for the construction of the gate.
- Bristol CenotaphMain building stone. This is a cross-bedded shelly limestone. Its origin is unknown but it is most likely t…
- British Korean Veteran's MemorialLimestone boulders.
- British LibraryPaving in courtyard
- British MuseumLions and walls at entrance on Montague Place. Oyster shells are weathering out.
- British MuseumMain building stone.
- British Museum Great CourtPaving in the Great Court. Bioturbated limestones with abundant well preserved fossils.
- British Museum Great CourtPortico at the south entrance of the Great Court.
- British Museum, New ExtensionMain building stone.
- British SchoolMain building stone.
- British SchoolSteps at the north gateway have spectacular fossils of colonial corals.
- Brixton Assembly RoomsWhite stone used for dressings on the brick-built building.
- Brompton OratoryMain building stone.
- Bronze Lion PlinthStone used for the plinth of the bronze lion. The stone is stained turquoise blue with copper salts derived…
- Brunel MemorialMain building stone.
- Bryn Celli Ddu Car ParkThe information display in the carpark is built from a muddy facies of Penmon Limestone, rich in brachipod…
- Buckingham PalaceMain building material for the east front.
- The Bulkeley HotelMain building stone.
- The Bull HotelMain building stone. Two facies of the local limestone are used on this building.
- BullringYellow limestone paving predominantly used throughout the mall.
- The Bulls HeadThe floor flags in the entrance to pub from the village green are a polished limestone with a large number…
- BUPA HouseArtwork 'Beneath the Skin' by Peter Randall-Page (1991) outside the Bury Street entrance of BUPA house.
- BUPA HouseMain building stone. Cross-bedded and fossiliferous Whitbed. Some good bioturbation is seen on the cleaned…
- Burberry's, New Bond StreetWalls
- Burlington ArcadeThe floor of the Arcade was re-paved in 2015, in a decorative style, using a range of British Stones, prima…
- Burlington House porchChequer-board paving in the pedestrian pathway through the entrance to the courtyard. Portland Stone and Ma…
- Burnaby MemorialPlinth and steps.
- Burnaby MemorialMain building stone.
- Cabot SquareCladding on plant buildings at E end of the square.
- Cadogan HallMain building stone.
- Caernarfon CastleMain building stone.
- Caernarfon LibraryMain building stone.
- Cafe NeroFluted columns between all the windows and the corner door entrance.
- Campion HallStone used for quoins and other dressings.
- Canada HouseMain building stone.
- Canada HouseColumns at entrance.
- Cannon Bridge HouseMain building stone
- Cannonbury GardensOrnamental boulders used for landscaping in the gardens. These are karstic limestones from a limestone pave…
- Cannonbury GardensOrnamental boulders used for landscaping in the gardens. These are karstic limestones from a limestone pave…
- Cardiff CastleStone used for Roman-period castle walls.
- Cardiff CastlePink, yellow and grey mottled limestone used in the castle walls.
- Cardiff CastleGrey Limestone used in the castle walls.
- Cardiff Central StationEngaged columns in the station hall.
- Cardiff City HallMain building stone.
- Cardiff City Hall ObelisksMain building stone. The top part of the obelisks have been painted, but they are made of Portland Stone th…
- Cardiff HiltonMain building stone.
- Cardinal HouseWall-cladding to the left and right of the large glass and steel porch. At most levels there are examples…
- Carlton Square & OmniCladding on the Carlton Square and Omni buildings.
- Carluccio's & Smolensky's RestaurantsCladding on building and other structures in the square. This is a spectacular stone packed with crinoid fr…
- Cartier, Old Bond StreetCladding on the front of the building.
- Castle DitchMain building stone.
- Castle Moat HouseNodular limestone used for the foundations.
- Catesby's BuildingWhite stone trimmings on upper stories.
- Cavendish LaboratoriesMain building stone.
- CBRE Building, 55 Temple RowWhite, shelley limestone on Needless Alley facade.
- Celtic Cross in the Cathedral YardMain construction stone.
- CenotaphMain building stone
- Central Square, BrindleyplaceSteps at the east end of the square.
- The Centre, LivingstonWall beside door entrance from car park beside Debenhams
- Chalybeate WellUpper part of well head.
- Chamberlain Square FountainMain building stone.
- Charing CrossMain building stone.
- Charles TyrrwhittCladding on the building.
- Chatila, Old Bond StreetCladding
- Chelmsford CathedralStone used to contrast with the flint in the flushwork. Portland Stone is not original and has been used in…
- Chelmsford CathedralStone used to contrast with the flint in the flushwork. Clipsham Stone is not original and has been used in…
- Chelmsford CathedralStone used to contrast with the flint in the flushwork.
- Chelmsford CathedralStone dressings and quoins. Note that the pale coloured material used in the central section of the church…
- Chelmsford Cathedral YardMain construction stone for a pair of chest tombs in the graveyard.
- Chelsea War MemorialMain building stone.
- Cherhill (Oldbury) White HorseChalk hill figure.
- Chilkwell Street WallMain building stone. The wall is built with slabs of Blue Lias limestone, with blocks representing bedding…
- Chiltern Firehouse (Marylebone Fire Station)Stone dressings. Whitbed is used in both the restoration and for the original dressings.
- Chingford Mount Cemetery1st World War Memorial
- Chingford Mount Cemetery2nd World War Memorial.
- Chingford Old Church (All Saints)Rubble masonry. Although most of the stone is Ragstone, a few 'one-offs' occur. The church dates from t…
- Christ Church SpitalfieldsMain building stone.
- Christ-the-King Church BloomsburyMain building stone
- Christie's Auctioneers, 8 King StreetPilasters
- Christie's Auctioneers, 8 King StreetGrey stone surrounding windows.
- Christie's Auctioneers, 9 King StreetMain building stone
- Church House (Parish Hall)Grey limestones packed with shell fragments. This is either Purbeck Burr or Inland Freestone.
- Church's Shoe ShopCladding on shop front. This is an example of this stone which is particularly rich in fossil corals.
- Church's shoe shop, New Bond St.Brown limestone cladding. The slabs are quarry-matched, so they appear as a seamless piece of stone.
- Church's shoe shop, Regent's StreetCladding around windows
- Cider TapMain building stone.
- City Information Sign, BishopsgateStone plinth, with spectacular, large crinoid fossils.
- City Information Sign, BishopsgateStone plinth, with spectacular, large crinoid fossils.
- City Information Sign, MonumentThe stone plinth to the map and information sign has enormous fossils crinoids.
- City of London Cemetary ChapelStone dressings. A lot of this has been patched with a concrete rich in a quartz sand aggregate. Look for t…
- City TempleMain building stone.
- Clare CollegeRoofing slates. It should be stated that the roof of Clare College is not open for access!
- Claridge'sDoor frame.
- Claridge'sWhite stone cladding around entrance.
- Clements House (LSE)Paving and steps in porch
- Cleveland HouseMain building stone.
- Cleveland HousePaving in porch.
- Clifton ObservatoryThe main building material is the local limestone.
- Clio LoungeStone dressings around the doorway.
- The Club at the IvyCladding.
- Colchester CastleMasonry around the entrance. A fine grained, non-oolitic, white limestone, with no fossils.
- Colchester CastleRubble masonry.
- Colchester CastleQuoins.
- Cold Knap Roman SiteStone used for the structures uncovered in the excavations. These are from the Bull Cliff Member of the Lia…
- Conisborough CastleMain building stone.
- Conwy Municipal OfficesStone used for the doorway, a white weathering limestone rich in stylolites.
- Conwy Station Car Park EntranceTwo large pillars at the entrance from the road.
- Conwy Suspension BridgeMain building stone.
- Coronation HouseMain building stone at street level.
- Costa Coffee Arndale CentreThe wall-cladding on the steps leading to the main entrance from Corporation Street and Exchange Square to…
- County HallStone used for steps, dressings and columns.
- County OfficesLimestone dressings around windows and quoins.
- CP+B, 32 York WayFront of the office building; a fossiliferous limestone with shell lags.
- Credit Suisse, 1, Cabot SquareMain cladding on walls.
- Crewkerne StationMain building stone.
- Crewkerne Station Goods ShedStone used for quoins and window dressings.
- Crewkerne Station Goods ShedMain building stone. A distinctive, rubbly limestone.
- Cross BathsMain building stone.
- Crown CourtMain building stone.
- Crystal Palace Geological Illustrations #7The groups of vertebrate models represents geological time periods and stand on artificial islands made of…
- Cypriot High CommisionMain building stone.
- Daks, Old Bond StreetMain building stone
- David Morris, New Bond StreetMain building stone
- Deniol CenttreMain building stone.
- Department of ZoologyMain wall stone at the junction of Downing Street and Corn Exchange Street.
- Deptford Town HallDeptford Tpwn Hall is now Part of Goldsmiths, University of London. Main building stone.The beautiful carvi…
- The Design MuseumThe Design Museum signage wall, next to the Design Museum Shop
- Din Lligwy Iron Age FarmHut circles and rectangular barns constructed of field stones of the local limestone karst.
- Dixon HouseMain building stone.
- Doc Fictoria (Victoria Dock)Large blocks of limestone forming the edge of the quay are crammed with fossils.
- Domino's PizzaOn the corner Barnet High Road and Park road. Stone dressings of the middle section of wall, below the bric…
- Doncaster MinsterMain building stone.
- Dorset HouseFacade and carved sections beside the doorway.
- Dorset HouseCladding in the porch. A spectacular use of this beautiful marble.
- Dorset HouseMain building stone.
- Doubletree HotelThe cladding on all major exterior walls.
- DoubleTree HotelCladding on the building.
- Dowgate Hill HouseWalls
- Dowgate Hill HouseWalls
- Drayton HouseThe steps are of the variety of Whitbed known today as 'Fancy Beach'. It is packed with fossil debris.
- Duke Street HouseCladding around building porch.
- Eagle Place, PiccadillyWalls
- East Chapel, City of London CemetaryPortland Stone Whitbed
- East London Family CourtCladding.
- Easy HotelPillars on either side of the hotel doors.
- Ebenezer ChapelMain building stone.
- Ebenezer Thomas's GravestoneMain building stone.