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- The Queen's Head PubA small pub with a lot of interesting geology. The paved yard in front of the pub is edged with black Ashb…
- Queen's StaitheA wide variety of glacial erratic cobbles are used for paving on the Staithe. These include fossiliferous l…
- Radcliffe CameraBuilding stone used for the large, grey ashlars forming the foundation course of the Camera.
- Radcliffe CameraFace-bedded white limestone used as the lowest course of stone around the building.
- RAF Bomber Command MemorialMain building stone
- RAF Bomber Command MemorialMain building stone.
- RAF MemorialMain building stone.
- Ralph Lauren, New Bond StreetMain building stone
- Rayner Memorial Clock TowerMain building stone.
- Rear Admiral Beaufort's GraveMain stone used in the sarcophagus. Admiral Beaufort developed the 'Beaufort Scale' for measuring wind stre…
- Red Lion PubRight outside the pub, well-preserved dessication cracks in Purbeck Stone flagstones, probably from the Pur…
- Regenare SculptureStone used to construct the sculpture. Frosterley Marble is a local limestone. The back of the monument pro…
- Reiss, Regent StreetFoundations
- Rhodes HouseStone used for quoins and other dressings.
- Richard Green, New Bond StreetMain building stone
- River HouseStone used around the doorway of River House.
- River Island StoreStone cladding on the shop front.
- Riverwalk ApartmentsWhite limestone used to clad the curved bands - which are intended to represent strata - on this new apartm…
- Rockery, Botanic GardenThe stones from the rockery were brought from the limestone pavements of the Lancashire Pennines.
- Rocket RestaurantCladding on building.
- Roman BathsThe Victorian restorations of the Roman Baths are all in the local Bath Stone.
- The Round ChurchMain building stone.
- The Round ChurchRoofing tiles of Collyweston Slate from the Lower Lincolnshire Limestone are used in the roof along with Ox…
- Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtsMain building stone
- Royal Artillery MonumentMain building stone.
- Royal Banqueting House, WhitehallMain building stone. This building designed by Inigo Jones, inspired the widespread use of Portland Stone i…
- Royal Courts of JusticeSeating along the Strand.
- Royal Courts of JusticeMain building stone.
- Royal ExchangeMain building stone.
- Royal Exchange War MemorialMain building stone.
- Royal Festival HallColumns at the doorway on the elevated section of Concert Hall Approach. Just inside, better examples of th…
- Royal Festival Hall foyerPaving slabs of polished, crinoidal limestones. This stone is also used to great effect cladding the walls…
- Royal Institute of Chartered SurveyorsStonework.
- Royal National HotelCladding on columns and panels adjacent to both the North and South entrances in the courtyard. Good exampl…
- Royal Naval CollegePaving in the colonnades.
- Royal Naval CollegeMain building stone.
- Royal Naval College FountainMain building stone.
- Royal Oxford HotelMain building stone. W. J. Arkell describes this stone as being an 'offensive chrome yellow colour'. This i…
- Royal School of MinesMain building stone.
- Royal Welsh Yacht ClubMain building stone. This is a micritic, poorly fossiliferous variety of Penmon Limestone.
- Ryder CourtStonework around door and alternating with bands of red brick.
- Ryman's, 20 Temple StreetColumns.
- Sacrist's GateMain building stone used for the gateway.
- Saffron Walden War MemorialMain building stone.
- Said Business SchoolMain building stone.
- Sainsbury Wellcome CentreSeating area on the corner of Howland Street and Cleveland Street.
- Sainsburys & 42 Mincing LaneMain building stone. This is a fossilifereous variety of Portland Stone with a section of a large ammonite,…
- Salem ChapelMain building stone, quoins and dressings. Two types of Penmon Limestone are used on this building. The fos…
- Salem ChapelStone dressings and columns around the entrance.
- Salisbury CathedralMain building stone.
- Sammy Ofer Wing, National Maritime MuseumMain building stone.
- Samuel Pepys MemorialStone for plinth.
- Sandro, Marylebone High StreetCladding around shop windows.
- Scotsman StepsScotsman's Steps is an installation of multicoloured stones. It is an urban geology gem, but there is room…
- Scotsman StepsScotsman's Steps is an installation of multicoloured stones. It is an urban geology gem, but there is room…
- Scotsman StepsScotsman's Steps is an installation of multicoloured stones. It is an urban geology gem, but there is room…
- Sculpture: Monolith (Empyrean)Stone used for the sculpture. A biosparite packed with crinoid fragments.
- Sculpture: St PeterStone used for sculpture. St Peter holds a Yale key.
- Sedding Telephone ExchangeWhite stone dressings.
- Sedgwick MuseumStone bears on the steps, outside the museum entance.
- Segontium Roman FortPaving around the well head.
- Seilo Welsh Calvinistic Methodist ChurchWalls along Gloddeath Avenue. Dressed limestone blocks.
- Selfridges Arndale CentreFacing Exchange Square, the exterior walls of Selfridges are clad in limestone which display fossils. Benea…
- Senate HouseMain building stone.
- Seven Dials MonumentMain building stone.
- Sheep & ShepherdSculpture by Elizabeth Frink. Base of statue.
- Shilling Brewing CompanyMain building stone.
- Ship Canal HouseMain building stone.
- The Ship InnThe pub is roofed with local tilestones from the Purbeck Stone, as are many of the buildings in Swanage. Fl…
- Shire HallMain building stone.
- Shri Sanatan Hindu MandirMain building stone. The stone was carved in India and transported to London for assembly on this site. Jai…
- Siege of Malta MemorialMain building stone
- Simply Street CafeMain building stone.
- Sir Henry Tate MemorialThe Portland Stone used for the plinth of the bronze bust of Tate (d. 1899) has been very strongly stained…
- Sir Huw Owen StatuePlinth of statue.
- The SkerriesMain building stone.
- Sloane Square FountainStone used for the basin.
- Somerset HousePaving in the entrance porch at the entrance to the Strand.
- Somerset HousePaving in the entrance porch on the Strand
- Somerset HouseMain building stone. The Portland Stone has been rusticated here, transforming its appearance.
- South Africa HouseMain building stone and sculpture
- South African War MemorialStone used for central plinth.
- Southover Grange Registry OfficeMain building stone.
- Southwark CathedralMain building stone used for quoins, window frames and dressings between panels of flint.
- Southwark CathedralPilasters around doorway.
- Southwark Cathedral Chapter HouseMain building stone
- Southwark Cathedral PorchPilasters around doorway.
- Space NK ApothecaryThe wall-cladding either side of the main windows has mutliple fossil bivalve fragments and foraminifera.
- St Alphege's GreenwichMain building stone.
- St Andrew's Parish ChurchMain building stone.
- St Andrew's Parish ChurchCommorative panels on exterior, one to the right of the West door. Extreme weathering has removed all trace…
- St Andrew's Parish ChurchStone dressings on doorways and windows.
- St Andrew’s Infant SchoolMain building stone.
- St Anne's LimehouseMain building stone.
- St Augustine's TowerStone dressings, steps and quoins.
- St Bartholomew the GreatPale, cream-coloured stone used for dressings.
- St Botolph Drinking FountainWhite limestone dressings on the fountain.
- St Botolph's PrioryRubble masonry. Pale brown-colured cobbles.
- St Botolph's PrioryChest Tomb
- St Clement DanesMain building stone. The north side of the church has a lot of WW2 shrapnel damage affecting the stonework.
- St Cyriac's ChurchMain building stone.
- St David's Shopping CentrePaving in the mall.
- St David's Shopping CentreStone used for paving. Many slabs are rich in Toucasia sp. Rudists with D-ring shaped cross sections to the…
- St David's Shopping CentreStone used for paving. Many slabs are rich in Toucasia sp. Rudists with D-ring shaped cross sections to the…
- St Eleth's ChurchLimestone blocks are used for the foundations of the church and the quoins and window dressings.
- St George's BloomsburyMain building stone. The Portland Stone here is very weathered and the surface has been destroyed by pollut…
- St George's Cathedral SouthwarkStone dressings around main doorway.
- St George's Cathedral SouthwarkStone gateposts in front of the cathedral. These are built of a variety of portend stone with large, well p…
- St George's MinsterAll the exterior stonework, with repairs at various stages in it history.
- St George-in-the-EastMain building stone.
- St German's ChurchThe main coursed walling of the church, which is snecked, rock-faced stone. Sweldon Stone is from the Barry…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Helen's Church RanworthLimestone used for dressings, quions and buttresses, and the carved plinths to the buttresses around the to…
- St Helen's Stonegate ChurchMain building stone.
- St Illtyd's War MemorialBuilding stone for the war memorial, which is in the grounds of St Illtyd's Church.
- St James's MarketSt James's Market on the corner of Regent Street Saint James & Jermyn Street. Main building stone.
- St James's Park StationMain building stone.
- St John HoxtonStone dressings on the brick-built church, much patched with modern concrete.
- St John the Baptist CathedralMain building stone. Beer stone is a variety of hard Chalk called clunch.
- St John the Baptist CathedralLimestone used for quoins and dressings.
- St John the Baptist CathedralFossiliferous limestones used for pillars surrounding the doors.
- St John the Baptist CathedralFossiliferous limestones used for steps.
- St John the Baptist ChurchMain building stone of the Victorian phases.
- St John the Baptist ChurchThe main building stone used in the church tower.
- St John the Baptist ChurchMedieval Cross outside the main door of the church.
- St John the EvangelistThe church in Havering-atte-Bower is a typical flint-clad building with limestone quoins and dressings.
- St John's Methodist Church LlandudnoWest door arch.
- St John's Smith SquareMain building stone.
- St John's Smith SquareVery good examples of fossilised oysters are preserved in large block on the south side of the Portico.
- St John-at-Hackney ChurchStone used for dressings, columns, porch and tower.
- St Lawrence's Church South WalshamLimestone used for quoins and dressings.
- St Leonard's Church ShoreditchAshlar stone dressings.
- St Luke's Old StreetMain building stone.
- St Margaret's WestminsterMain building stone.
- St Margaret's WestminsterA rare example of a bone in Portland Stone. This brown object is a bone, probably from a marine reptile.
- St Martin in the Bull RingPaving in the church porch.
- St Martins-in-the-FieldsMain building stone. The steps are particularly good for fossils and sedimentary structures.
- St Mary Redcliffe ChurchMain building stone.
- St Mary the VirginRestoration stone used for dressings.
- St Mary the Virgin ChurchMain building stone
- St Mary with St Leonard's Church BroomfieldSome parts of the walls are built from brown cementstones, concretions extracted from the London Clay.
- St Mary WoolnothMain building stone
- St Mary's and St Nicholas's ChurchThe local Penmon Limestone is used in the rubble masonry. Several favies of this stone occur.
- St Mary's Bishophill Junior ChurchMain building stone for the nave.
- St Mary's Church CheshamA few boulders of chalk clunch occur amongst the rubble. These have weathered in and today are witewashed t…
- St Mary's Church ConwyStone used in the window dressings.
- St Mary's Church Menai BridgeQuoins and dressings.
- St Mary's Church Saffron WaldenStone dressings.
- St Mary's Church South WalshamPurbeck stone spolia.
- St Mary's Church South WalshamLimestone used for flushwork, quoins and dressings.
- St Mary's Church WallingfordA block of Purbeck Limestone (Green Marble) can be found in the rubble masonry walls on the south side of t…
- St Mary's Church, LlandudnoMasonry in the west wall.
- St Mary’s ChurchMain building stone. The ragstone is stained red.
- St Michael le BelfreyMain building stone.
- St Michael's Tower, Glastonbury TorMain building stone.
- St Michael's Tower, Glastonbury TorStones forming arches and both ancient and modern paving around the tower.
- St Michael's-at-the-NorthgateRubble masonry used to construct this Saxon Tower. Coral Rag is the predominant lithology used here.
- St Nicholas Shopping CentreBuff limestone used for both exterior and interior masonry.
- St Nicholas's ChurchWindow dressings and quoins.
- St Olave's ClocktowerMain building stone.
- St Padarn's ChurchOuter porch dressings are predominantly a fine grained, yellowish limestone.
- St Padarn's ChurchA few, coarser grained blocks in the limestone construction of the outer porch.
- St Pancras Hotelwhite stones in arches in Port Cochere
- St Pancras HotelBalustrade on Euston Road
- St Pancras HotelCarving above arches in port cochere
- St Pancras New ChurchThis church is predominantly built from Portland Stone, but beware! the decorative moulding around the door…
- St Paul's CathedralNiches around rotunda, below dome
- St Paul's CathedralFront steps, paving
- St Paul's CathedralMain building stone. The building is constructed of Portland Stone ashlar masonry. Some bear the scars of w…
- St Paul's CathedralFront steps, paving. This bioturbated, red limestone contains spectacular orthocone fossils.
- St Paul's Cathedral PiazzaPaving setts of various stones, presumably salvaged from Old St Paul's which was destroyed by the fire of L…
- St Paul's Cathedral PiazzaPaving setts of various stones, presumably salvaged from Old St Paul's which was destroyed by the fire of L…
- St Paul's Cathedral, Chapter House GardenFoundations representing former Chapter House
- St Paul's Church DeptfordMain building stone.
- St Paul's Church DeptfordPaving on the steps on the north side.
- St Paul's Church DeptfordPaving on the steps on the north side. This variety of Purbeck stone is crowded with fossils of ostracods o…
- St Paul's Church DeptfordPaving on the steps on the south side.
- St Paul's Church DeptfordPaving on the steps on the south side. This variety of Purbeck stone is crowded with fossils of ostracods o…
- St Paul's Churchyard, Cathedral PlanStone inlay depicting a plan of the Cathedral.
- St Paul's Churchyard, Cathedral PlanStone inlay map of the cathedral.
- St Paul's CourtSarcophagus against the wall of St Paul's Court.
- St Paul's HouseStone dressings around doors and windows.
- St Peter's Church BelaughDressings for the 19th Century doors and windows.
- St Peter's Church WolfertonStone dressings in the tower.
- St Peter's Church WolfertonStone dressings in Blomfield's restoration.
- St Sepulchre-without-NewgateMain building stone.
- St Stephen WalbrookStone used for the tower and the main 17th Century building phase.
- St Stephen WalbrookTomb slabs in black limestone, much weathered.
- St Thomas of CanterburyWindow and door frames. Colour looks more like Portland Stone and the West window has two slightly differen…
- St Thomas's Burial GroundSarcophagi and tombstones.
- Standbrook HouseMain building stone on upper stories.
- Stanhope Market CrossThe wheel head of the cross. A dark grey, fossiliferous limestone, with ring-shaped brachiopod fossils
- Statue of Alan BrookePlinth
- Statue of ChurchillThe plinth of the statue was a gift to Westerham of Marshall Tito and comes from the former Yugoslavia. I h…
- Statue of Edward VIIStone used for plinth.
- Statue of EisenhowerPlinth of bronze statue.
- Statue of GandhiPlinth.
- Statue of Hans SloaneMain building stone.
- Statue of JennerMain building stone for statue's plinth.
- Statue of Lord KelvinPlinth of statue.
- Statue of MandelaPlinth.
- Statue of Queen AnneStone used for plinth.
- Statue of Samuel JohnsonPlinth of the statue.
- Statue of SlimPlinth
- Stone BenchBuilding material.
- Stone QuayThe old harbour walls are built of local stone. You can still see the rail tracks for bringing the stone to…
- The StonebowMuch of this structure has been re-faced in Ancaster Stone.
- The StonebowOriginal carvings are in the locally quarried variety of limestone, quarried in the town itself.
- Stoney Littleton Long BarrowStone walls around the barrow.
- Strata Florida AbbeyThe decorative arch at the Abbey's west front.
- Street Furniture, Senate House HillMain building stone.
- Supreme CourtMain building stone.
- Tabernacle (Aesthetic Arte)Limestone dressings on the church and the boundary wall.
- Tamburlaine HotelCladding used on the building.
- Tate BritainMain building stone. On the south side of the building, the stonework is cratered by WWII shrapnel damage.
- Tavistock HouseMain building stone
- Temple ChurchMain building stone
- Thames Court, QueenhitheYellow stone cladding around the building, best seen on the waterfront.
- Thorburn HouseStone used for cladding the building.
- Three Quays HotelCladding and columns at entrance.
- Tibetan Peace GardenWhite limestone used for sculpture and infrastructure.
- Tibetan Peace GardenBlack limestone used for seating and as the base for the mandala. This stone has very nice fossils.
- Time & Life BuildingAround the doorway of Loro Piano Store
- Time & Life BuildingStone used around doorway of the Michael Kors & Hermes stores.
- Time & Life BuildingHenry Moore sculptures.
- Time Bench, Euston Station ForecourtUPDATE: These benches have been removed while building work continues at Euston. I have heard they will ret…
- Town HallMain building stone.
- Town WallsMain stone used for the construction of the walls.
- Town Walls PlaquePlaque commemorating the acccesion of the town walls to the Borough of Caernarfon.
- Tredegarville Baptist ChurchMost of the walls of this chapel are executed in highly fossiliferous limestone imported as ship's ballast.…
- Trinity ChurchWindow dressings and quoins.
- Trinity Church SouthoverFlint chequerboard work at the west end of the church. Alternating blocks of ashlar.
- Trinity GateStone used for ashlar masonry.
- Trinity Green AlmshousesWhite stone used for dressings on the brick-built building.
- Trinity Green AlmshousesWhite stone used for dressings on the brick-built building.
- Trinity HallDedication plaque.
- TrocaderoPorch soffits
- TrocaderoPink columns at porches
- Twin Town MemorialThis carved limestone block commemorates Colchester and Wetzlar's twin town status. I don't know the origin…
- Two Four Two (Woolworth House)Main building stone.
- Two Temple PlaceMain building stone.
- UCL Grant Museum of ZoologyWhite stone dressings and the steps at the main entrance. There is good bioturbation on the doorstep and sp…
- UCL Slade School of ArtSteps and paving in front of entrance. Sections through whorls of the ammonite Titanites giganteus are pres…
- UCL Wilkins BuildingMain building stone. Some of the Portland Stone on the Portico has become blistered through over-cleaning.
- UCL Wilkins TerraceCladding on walls, benches and paving uses several varieties of Portland Stone Whitbed, many crammed with f…
- Uffington White HorseChalk hill figure.
- Unitarian ChurchThe dressings, door arch, pilasters, top of the tower and other features are executed in Ham Hill stone.
- University of GreenwichCladding on upper stories of the building at 10, Stockwell Street.
- University of London Senate HouseMain building stone
- University of London Senate HouseDedicatory plaque on entrance from Malet Place.
- University of Oxford Earth Sciences DepartmentMain building stone at the rear of the building.
- University of Oxford Earth Sciences DepartmentBuff-coloured stone used on the decorative friezes on the building facing Le Gros Park Place.
- University of Oxford Earth Sciences DepartmentDark grey stone used on the decorative friezes on the building facing Le Gros Park Place.
- University of Oxford Inorganic Chemistry LaboratoryStone used for quoins and other dressings.
- Upper Trafalgar SquareWhite Paving Slabs.
- Uttlesford District Council OfficesStone dressings.
- V&APaving in the porch and interior.
- V&A Museum of ChildhoodDecorative stonework panels on the front of the building.
- ValentinoBlack limestone cladding
- Victoria GateMain building stone.
- Victoria HouseMain building stone.
- Victoria HousePaving in porches.
- Victoria StationWhite stone dressings on exterior and interior.
- Victory Arch, Waterloo StationMain building stone. Rusticated Portland Stone.
- Vintner's Hall, Upper Thames StreetMain building stone.
- Vintner's Hall.Entrance on Queen Street Place, approaching Southwark Bridge.
- Vintner's Place, QueenhitheMain building stone
- Virginia Woolf MemorialPlinth of the memorial.
- Vogue HouseMain building stone.
- Wales National War MemorialMain building stone. The top part of the obelisks have been painted, but they are made of Portland Stone th…
- Walker's CourtCladding on entrance to night club. This is a valuable marble called Portoro. I suspect this building may b…
- Wallace CollectionMain building stone for the porte-cochere.
- Walled Garden WalkSarcophagi
- Walled Garden WalkSarcohagi lids and tombstones next to the Tower.
- Walled Garden WalkPyramid tomb monument.
- Walled Garden WalkGravestones stacked against the walls. Most are Portland stone, but with a couple of sandstone examples.
- Waltham Abbey Chapter House wallRecycled pillars of Purbeck Stone use in the rubble masonry.
- Waltham Forest Town HallMain building stone.
- Walthamstow Assembly HallMain building stone.
- Walthamstow Central LibraryCream-coloured stone dressings. An oolitic limestone.
- Walthamstow Central LibraryFoundations and white stone dressings around the doorway.
- Walthamstow Town Hall GatesMain building stone.
- Walthamstow Town Hall GatesMain building stone.
- War MemorialMain building stone.
- Warwick CourtMain building stone
- Watch Tower Geo Mon OfficesStone dressings and quoins.
- Watches of Switzerland, KnightsbridgeCladding. A fine grained brown limestone.
- Watches of Switzerland, KnightsbridgeCladding details. A finely, laminated, fine grained brown limestone.
- Watches of Switzerland, Oxford StreetMain cladding material.
- Watches of Switzerland, Oxford StreetCladding details in bands across the building.
- The Water GateGateway in the Medieval town walls. This structure is built of a variety of stones, but the limestones are…
- Waterloo BridgeMain building stone. A cross-bedded variety of Portland Stone.
- Waterloo StationMain building stone, best viewed in the station's interior, on the balcony level.
- Watling HouseCladding on the walls. Look for the large crinoid fossils.
- Watlington White Mark (Spire)Chalk hill figure.
- Waverley CourtCity of Edinburgh Council Offices. Limestone cladding the building. Both 'blue' and yellow versions of this…
- Wellington ArchMain building stone.
- Wells CathedralMain building stone used in the construction of the Cathedral.Some repairs ahave been carried out in Beer S…
- Wells Cathedral Music SchoolDressings around the windows and doors are Doulting Stone.
- Wenvoe War MemorialStone used to construct the memorial is from the local quarry in Wenvoe.