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- Statue of Nelson, Nelson's ColumnStatue on top of the column. The statue is by E. H. Baily and was made in 1842.
- Statue of PlayfairPlinth
- Statute of Spencer Compton CavendishStone used for the plinth of the statue. This is an homogenous, micaceous sandstone and is therefore probab…
- Stirling CastleCross-bedded sandstone, ashlar blocks on the Castle Gate.
- Stockwell Street PavingHand riven York Stone, very typical of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. These blocks show well-prese…
- StonehengeNeolithic megalithic site. The outer circle of trilithons are constructed from locally derived sarsens.
- Swyddfa Menter Iaith ConwyMain building stone.
- Swyddfa Menter Iaith ConwyWindow dressings and quoins.
- Tan-y-groes Calvinistic Methodist ChapelMain building stone. Pwntan Sandstone is a local but important building stone in southern Ceredigion.
- Tan-y-groes Calvinistic Methodist Chapel GatepostsMain building stone. There is a nice kink band deformation feature in the cap to one of the gateposts.
- Tate BritainSteps at main entrance on Millbank.
- Tavistock SquareOld York Stone riven paving flags, Good examples of ripples and other sedimentary structures.
- Temple Bar MarkerSuperstructure of the monument.
- Thames Court, QueenhitheRed wall cladding
- Thornhill War MemorialPlinth of the war memorial in the middle of a mini-roundabout.
- Three Standing FiguresPublic sculpture by Henry Moore of the north shore of Battersea Park Lake
- Tilford West BridgeMain building stone.
- Time Bench, Euston Station ForecourtUPDATE: These benches have been removed while building work continues at Euston. I have heard they will ret…
- Tintern AbbeyMain building stone. A variable selection of red, buff and green sandstones and occassional conglomerates.
- Tolbooth SteepleMain building stone.
- Tooley StreetPaving stone.
- Torrington PlacePaving flags on the corner of Torrington Place and Chenies Mews. This is probably Millstone Grit and the sl…
- Town Hall ExtensionThe exterior of the building is faced with sandstone. It is a freestone and a stylised logo has been carved…
- Town WallsMain building stone.
- Town WallsMain building stone.
- Town WallsMain building stone. Mottled white and red sandstones are from the Helsby Formation.
- Townhill Fossil TreeLocated in the small play park area in Townhill Recreation Ground, the fossil tree stump is next to the swi…
- Trafalgar SquarePaving
- Trafalgar SquarePaving on Charing Cross Road, near to the bus stop. This paving has spectacular ripples.
- Traffic IslandSome good cross-bedding in coarse-grained York Stone paving.
- Trinity ChurchMain building stone.
- Trinity Church RichmondMain building stone, a local sandstone from the Yoredale Group.
- Twthill Pedestrian UnderpassStone used for rubble masonry of the retaining walls.
- TwtilPaving stones with spectacular ripples.
- TwtilPaving stones with spectacular ripples.
- Ty GwynMain building stone, probably derived from the local turbidite sandstones.
- UCL Front QuadPaving stones on pedestrian pathways. Some examples show ripples and a few show the marks left by raindrops.
- University AvenueRubble masonry wall.
- University of Glasgow Gilbert Scott BuildingMain building stone.
- University of Glasgow Gilbert Scott BuildingMain building stone.
- University of Glasgow Gilbert Scott BuildingPaving in the quad.
- University of St Andrew School of ManagementStone cladding on the building.
- University of St Andrews Purdie BuildingStone cladding on the building.
- Upper Trafalgar SquareRed Paving Slabs
- Vessels SculptureSculpture in red sandstone on the pedestrianised street.
- Vessels SculpturePublic sculpture on the pedestrianised French Gate.
- Vessels SculptureThis public sculpture is located in the middle of the pedestrianised street opposite M&S Food Hall.
- Victoria Road Car ParkMain building material used in the wall.
- Victoria Square HouseMain building stone.
- Victoria TowerA 150 ft stone tower on the top of Castle Hill, the stone is best viewed from walking around the base and t…
- Victory Arch, Waterloo StationSteps up to the station are of a rather nondescript stone, but these are newly laid Forest Pennant Sandston…
- Vivian Park War MemorialMemorial to the WW1 fallen of the Byass Copper Works, Port Talbot
- Waitrose Canary WharfWall cladding in building foyer. A beautiful, fine grained pink and yellow sandstone showing ripples and ot…
- Waitrose StratfordCladding. Unfortunately this stone is not used at eye-level.
- Wall, Moel-y-DonMain building stone. A red sandstone quarried from Moel-y-Don itself and the shores of the Menai Straits.
- Waltham Abbey Chapter House wallMain building stone. A lot of the flinty, 'hornstone' variety of Rag is used here.
- Walthamstow United Reformed ChurchMain building stone.
- Wanstead United Reformed ChurchRubble masonry.
- War MemorialPlinth of the war memorial.
- War MemorialPaving around the memorial.
- Water FountainA cylindrical sandstone water fountain.
- WatergateMain building stone.
- The Waterguard (former Customs & Excise House)Main building stone of the older part of the building.
- Wayland's Smithy Long BarrowNeolithic megalithic site. The slabs of stone at the entrance to the barrow are constructed of the locally…
- Wella Hair StudioAlternating bands of pale pink sandstone in the exterior walls between the cream limestone cladding.
- Welsh Highland & Ffestiniog Railway StationMain building stone of the old station buildings.
- West Kennet Long BarrowNeolithic megalithic site. The slabs of stone at the entrance to the barrow are constructed of the locally…
- Westerham Parish ChurchPaving setts in the path.
- Westerham Parish ChurchMain building stone.
- Westminster Cathedral PiazzaPaving in the Piazza.
- The WhetstoneThe Whetstone stands outside The Griffin pub on Whetstone high street. It is probably a mounting block asso…
- The White MonkMain building stone. A variable selection of red, buff and green sandstones and occassional conglomerates.
- White Tower, Tower of LondonMain building stone, used for rubble masonry.
- White Tower, Tower of LondonWindow surrounds and mullions
- WhitehallPaving flags.
- WhitehallPaving stone with good examples of liesegang banding.
- Whitehaven Harbour WallThe building stone makes up all of the harbour walls. This photo was taken where the footpath is narrowest,…
- Winchester PalaceMain building stone. The walls are constructed of rubble masonry. Mainly cobbles of Kentish Ragstone are us…
- Winchester PalaceRose window tracery.
- Windor Castle Lower WardMain building stone.
- Windsor Castle Curfew TowerMain building stone.
- Windsor Castle Entrance PassageMain building stone.
- Windsor Castle Middle WardMain building stone of the wall.
- Windsor Castle Middle WardMicaceous paving flags with good ripples and other sedimentary strutures, .This is possibly a variety of Yo…
- Windsor Castle Norman GateMain building stone.
- Windsor Castle North Terrace14th Century walls built of rough-cut sarsen. There has clearly been some 19th Century renovations with sar…
- Windsor Castle Round TowerMain building stone. The Tower was originally built in the 12th Century on top of the motte, with is constr…
- Windsor Castle State ApartmentsMain building stone.
- Windsor Parish ChurchyardGrave stones, now laid to form a path around the church.
- Woolgate ExchangePaving stone.
- Wrexham College of ArtMain building stone.
- Wrexham General StationMain building stone.
- Wynnstay ArmsMain building stone. A fine to medium grained, yellowish sandstone which develops a black crust on weathering.
- Yorkshire MuseumMain Building on the SE facing front oof the Museum.
- Yorkshire MuseumBasal column drums in the portico colonnade. A sandstone with distinctive rolled ochre nodules.