Metamorphic locations
406 locations catalogued as metamorphic, page 2 of 2.
- Scotsman StepsScotsman's Steps is an installation of multicoloured stones. It is an urban geology gem, but there is room…
- Sculpture: Inner SpiritMain building stone.
- Selfridges Arndale CentreThe pavement immediately outside the shop doors facing the triangular Exchange Square.
- Senator HousePink gneiss wall cladding over entire building.
- Senedd (Welsh Assembly)Grey slate cladding on the steps and entrance.
- Shakespeare FountainStatue and basins of the fountain located in the centre of Leicester Square.
- Shanghai Commercial BankExterior Wall cladding. Gneisses such as these are sourced mainly from Brazil, India and China and are know…
- Sinatra's Wine BarCrazy paving on the doorstep.
- Sinatra's Wine BarCrazy paving on the doorstep.
- Slate FencesPurple spotted slate used for traditional fencing in the park.
- Slate QuayCladding on the side of the building.
- Slate wallStone used to face and cope the wall.
- Southwark RoomsMosaic-style cladding on ground floor. A beautiful, coarse-grained schist of unknown provenance.
- Sovereign HouseRed, brecciated stone cladding the entrance porch soffits.
- Spitalfields Market StallsSome of the food stalls in the interior of Spiralfields Market have cladding of a very nice banded marble.
- St Aelhearn's WellPlaque on the well house.
- St Beuno's ChurchMemorial obelisk on the south side of the church, commemorating Owen Lewis.
- St Clement DanesStones used for dedicatory plaque at the rear of the church.
- St David & St Helen's Church, TwthillRoofing slates.
- St Eleth's ChurchOne of the main building stones in the rubble masonry are the local schists.
- St Eleth's ChurchyardGravestones of slate are stacked up around the graveyard.
- St Eleth's ChurchyardGravestone of Jonathan and Elizabeth Roose, an engineer at the Parys copper mines. His gravestone includes…
- St Ffraid's ChurchRain screen cladding on SW facing wall.
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the swivelling chairs. The seat is made from a spectacular fuchsite schist.
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Giles Square SeatingStones used to construct the rotating chairs which are part of the 2022 installation 'Swivel' by Sabine Mar…
- St Gybi's ChurchMain building stone used in the rubble masonry.
- St John HoxtonSlate with inscription at the rear of the church.
- St John The Baptist GraveyardChest Tomb
- St Mary's Church LlanaelhaearnChest Tombs in grey and purple slate.
- St Mary's Church Menai BridgeMain building stone. The stones used to construct this building are from the local outcrop of high-pressure…
- St Mary's Churchyard Harrow-on-the-HillThomas Port's headstone
- St Mary's Churchyard South WoodfordMarble chest tomb.
- St Mary's Churchyard South WoodfordGodfrey Monument, Plinth. Like the column shaft of this remarkable monument, the origin of this stone is un…
- St Mary's Churchyard South WoodfordGodfrey Monument, Column. The origin if this stone is unknown. It is described in various sources as 'jasper'.
- St Mary's Churchyard WalthamstowVictorian sarcophagus tomb facing onto Church Lane. Portland Stone with columns of green Cornish bastite se…
- St Mary's MoorfieldsGreen paving in the porch. This is only visible when the church is open.
- St Nicholas Shopping CentrePanels of grey gneiss used on the wall of the mall.
- St Nicholas's ChurchyardWelsh slate gravestone commemorating the family of Peter Phillips.
- 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 Station KioskCladding. Very little is known about this stone. Eric Robinson identified this stone on the St Paul’s Sta…
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardAtholl Bruce Robertson's Memorial Stone. A white marble cross.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardGeorge Lambert's Gravestone.
- St Peter's-in-the-Forest GraveyardCaroline Louisa Bass's Memorial. A marble pillar topped with an urn.
- St Winwaloe's ChurchRoofing slates.
- StarbucksVertical wall cladding between large windows.
- Statue of Cardinal NewmanStatue
- Statue of David Lloyd GeorgePlinth. Lloyd George stands on a plinth on North Welsh slate, quarried from near his birthplace.
- Statue of Edward VIIStatue
- Statue of EisenhowerMarble stars and dressings. The origin of this stone is unknown. It may be Italian, but it would be nice to…
- Statue of Queen AnneStone used for the sculpture group in the Piazza of St Paul's Cathedral.
- Stones at Highams Park LakeRemains of ornamental stone on the banks of lake. Sir Humphrey Repton landscaped the park but the lake was…
- Stones at Highams Park LakeRemains of ornamental rough and dressed stone on banks of lake. Possibly stones from the old London Bridge…
- Sukhothai RestaurantPanels of a green-veined marble in the porch soffits of the main doorway.
- Swift Square Public ToiletsMain building stone.
- Thomson Reuter's BuildingCladding over entire building. A coarse-grained, swirly-veined marble.
- Tiffany & Co.Pilasters
- Tomassi'sThe main entrance to this large restaurant has been clad with a spectacular pink and white marble.
- Tregullas Farm ShopBuilding stone.
- Tunnel under Southwark BridgeSlate panels carved with a map of old London in the tunnel beneath the south end of Southwark Bride along B…
- UCL Institute of ArchaeologyCladding
- Union Square MallRed gneiss paving. This is possibly Hallandia Gneiss.
- University of Bangor Memorial BuildingPaving outside the doorway in a greenish grey slate. This may be from Aberllefeni.
- University of Oxford Careers ServiceSerpentinite columns in the porch.
- V&A Museum of ChildhoodDecorative stonework panels on the front of the building. A red quartzite with epidote porphyroblasts.
- Venisons Ealing RoadCladding used on the front of the building. A a white gneiss containing red garnets.
- Victoria HotelMain building stone. The stones used to construct this building are from the local outcrop of high-pressure…
- Victoria HousePaving in porches.
- Victoria Road Car ParkSubsidiary building material in the carpark wall. Material has been recycled from earlier structures. The g…
- Vintner's Place, QueenhitheFoundations
- Waitrose Canary WharfPaving in building foyer.
- Walkden HousePanels adjacent to the entrance are spectacular, polished serpentinite with unusual textures. The origin is…
- Walker's CourtCladding on entrance to night club. This is a valuable marble called Portoro. I suspect this building may b…
- Wanstead War MemorialPlaques carrying the inscriptions.
- War Memorial, The HeadrowThe main plinth of the statues, re-sited to current position in 1937. The upper plinth has been cleaned and…
- Watch Tower Geo Mon OfficesMain building stone.
- Waterstones, Garrick StreetRed and green Cornish Serpentinite is used for the columns and column bases.
- Wella Hair StudioCladding at the foundation level of the building. The best examples are at the rear of the building on Tib…
- Welsh Highland & Ffestiniog Railway StationMain building stone of the new extensions.
- The Wesleyan and General Assurance BuildingGneiss used to clad the building.
- Westchester HouseDoor frame to Westchester House
- Westferry Circus CrescentWhite marble dressings.
- Westferry Circus CrescentGreen foundation pedestals between shop fronts.
- Wetherspoons: The Soloman CutlerGreen stone used at the foundations
- WH Smith Union StreetMarble cladding.
- WH SmithsShop front cladding.
- Whipps Cross Bus StandThe area uses substantial glacial boulders for landscaping. A flat-lying boulder of amphibolite-facies gnei…
- Whipps Cross Bus StandGlacial boulders of metamorphic rock used for landscaping.
- Whipps Cross War MemorialPlaque carrying the inscription.
- Whitby War MemorialMain memorial cenotaph stone on the pavement beside New Quay Road, Central Whitby. It is across Langbourne…
- Wilcox PlaceThree types of stone are used as paving setts. This is a grey gneiss with white 'augen'.
- William Booth MemorialStone used for the inscription plaque.
- William Pemberton Barnes MemorialAn impressive white marble tomb and headstone in Havering-atte-Bower churchyard.
- Windsor HouseInterior & exterior paving. Look out for the red garnets in this otherwise white rock.
- Wyndham House, Sloane SquareThe steps at the entrance to the building.
- Y MaesPurple slate paving slabs.
- Y MaesGrey slate paving slabs.
- Ysgol Gynradd Capel GarmonThe schoolhouse in Capel Garmon has gable ends clad in slate. The bedding planes ('veins') are very clear,…