Sedimentary locations
2,080 locations catalogued as sedimentary, page 1 of 7.
- 'A Rich Seam' SculptureTwo large sandstone blocks with inset portraits of miners stands on the pedestrianised Printing Office Stre…
- 'Fana'A sculpture of a head by Emily Young carved from a travertine and breccia, a stone that has formed in a cav…
- '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, Great St Helen's StreetStone cladding on walls.
- 1, New Fetter LaneMain cladding on building stones.
- 1, Old JewryMain building stone.
- 1, PoultryPale yellow-brown stone stripes on the walls. Iron rich fluids have formed 'liesegang banding'. These stone…
- 1, PoultryRed stone bands on the walls.
- 1, Rating RowStone used in the rubble masonry.
- 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, York Street (Browns)Main building stone.
- 1-3 StrandFoundations and dressings.
- 1-3 StrandMain building stone.
- 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…
- 100, King StreetMain building stone.
- 100, PiccadillyMain building stone
- 102, Quay StreetMain building stone.
- 105-113, DeansgateMain building stone. The building is on the corner of John Dalton Street and Deansgate.
- 107 West Regent StreetFoundations
- 107 West Regent StreetMain building stone.
- 11, Bridge StreetMain building stone, rubble masonry.
- 11, StrandMain building stone on upper stories.
- 111-112 Jermyn StreetMain building stone. The stone has been quarry-dressed on the ground floor.
- 115 Colmore RowMain building stone.
- 120, HolbornWhite stone used for cladding and paving on the ground floor.
- 13, Heol Yr OrsafMain building stone.
- 13-14, Sloane Square (Rag & Bone)Main building stone.
- 131, Sloane StreetRed sandstone cladding.
- 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, King StreetA yellow sandstone used for cladding the building.
- 14, The Square (White Stuff)Main building stone.
- 14, Tothill StreetFoundations.
- 14, Tothill StreetMain building stone.
- 14-16 Hans RoadPorch.
- 141, High Street (Black Sheep Coffee)Main building stone.
- 15, Grosvenor SquareMain building stone.
- 15, Quay StreetSandstone cladding on the building. This stone shows spectacular cross-bedding.
- 150-152 West Regent StreetMain building stone.
- 153 Sloane Street (Chloe)Main building stone.
- 155, Bishopsgate (Broadgate)Paving on walkways.
- 16, High StreetThe former Doncaster Savings Bank. Main building stone.
- 160 Queen Victoria StreetCladding on main building. this is a coarse-grained, oolitic limestone, with ooids visible to the naked eye.
- 164 Shaftesbury AvenueCladding over the building frontage.
- 17, High StreetMain building stone.
- 17, High StreetA very well-preserved oyster fossil occurs in Portland Stone at the rear of this building, on Orme Road.
- 18, King StreetWall-cladding and pillars around the large windows at the corner of the two streets. A red sandstone with c…
- 18, Park RowPlinths for the columns and main building stone.
- 19, Chesham High StreetWhite limestone dressings on this brick building.
- 2, Basil StreetMain building stone on Ground floor. This coarse grained limestone has star-shaped crinoid ossicles.
- 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.
- 2, Market StreetMain building material.
- 20 Gresham StreetPanels at pavement level. This is a heavily bioturbated, blue-brown, sandy limestone. Its provenance has no…
- 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.
- 20, Triton SquareCladding
- 201, BishopsgateSandstone paving and steps at the building's entrance.
- 201, BishopsgatePavement infront of 201, Bishopsgate.A gritty, yellow sandstone with liesegang bands.
- 201, DeansgateTwo varieties of stone in the main wall facing slabs, this the upper, higher section.
- 201, DeansgateSandstone cladding on the walls and the square-section supporting column.
- 21, Holborn ViaductRed sandstone panel forming the company sign
- 23 King StreetUsed in panels.
- 23 King StreetMain building stone. There are good examples of cross-bedding on the slabs exposed here.
- 24 Monument StreetCladding on walls and portico.
- 24th East Surrey Division War MemorialMain building stone.
- 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.
- 254, Seven Sisters Road (Taco Bell)Main building stone, used for the upper storeys.
- 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…
- 27, Norwich StreetOriginal stonework, preserved around the doorway.
- 3 New Street SquareMain cladding on the building.
- 3, George StreetCladding used around the shop front.
- 3, St James's SquareBuilding material on the ground floor.
- 30, Churchill PlaceCladding on square-section pillars.
- 30, Farringdon LaneCladding on ground floor. A beautiful example of travertine.
- 30, Gresham StreetMain building stone.
- 34, Park PlaceOne of the main buildings stones, a grey sandstone. This builing is in the the corner with Museum Place and…
- 34, Park PlaceBrick-shaped blocks of New Red Sandstone and breccia (Radyr Stone).
- 35, King StreetRecent sandstone wall-cladding on the left hand column to the left of the glass panel and door. A cross-bed…
- 35, Park RowSandstone lintels above the frosted basement windows, just above pavement level.
- 35, Sidney StreetMain building stone on ground floor, shop front. This building was formerly a bank.
- 351 Goswell Road IslingtonDecorative red sandstone arches over the main windows.
- 36, Eastcastle Street (Vital Ingredient)Cladding on the sides of the shop front. A black and yellow limestone.
- 36, Park RowMain building stone.
- 36, Queen StreetCladding at pavement level.
- 36, Queen StreetCladding on upper stories.
- 38 Sloane Square (Hugo Boss)Main building stone.
- 4, Coleman StreetCladding on foundations.
- 4, Coleman StreetMain building stone. Albion Stone supplied Bowers Basebed and Independent Whitbed for this building.
- 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.
- 40, Chancery LaneMain cladding on the building.
- 40, Chancery LaneCladding on foundations.
- 40, Spring Gardens (Hervia)Main building stone.
- 41, Botolph LaneMain building stone
- 42, Milsom StreetRed sandstone used from dressings above the granite facade.
- 42-44 BishopsgateCladding.
- 43 Temple RowCladding in the portico around the main entrance.
- 45 Cranbrook RoadMain 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 Curzon SquareCladding on the panels of the modern wings of the building.
- 5, StrandColumns & wall cladding
- 5, The SquareMain building stone. Much of the building is rendered with lime plaster, and so the stone is only visible a…
- 52, CornhillPaving in porch.
- 52-53, CornhillCladding in porch soffits.
- 53, Chandos PlaceCladding.
- 55, Baker StreetMain building stone.
- 55, New Bond StreetCladding on the building.
- 6, St James's SquareMain building stone.
- 60, High StreetMain building stone.
- 692 Chigwell RoadSmall blocks of this black and white and yellow ochre-stained limestone are used as an effective cladding o…
- 7, LothburyFoundations
- 7, St James's SquareMounting block and bollards in front of the building.
- 7, St James's SquarePorch and other dressings.
- 71, Fenchurch StreetMain building stone.
- 74, Drumlanrig StreetWall-cladding of solicitor's offices.
- 75, Moseley StreetWall-cladding on either side of the large window and glass door of the coffee shop.
- 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
- 82, Lombard StreetMain building stone, including both honed and rusticated blocks ashlars of Portland Stone.
- 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.
- 85-89 Colmore RowMain building stone.
- 86, Devonshire StreetMain building stone
- 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.
- Abbey MillMain building stone.
- Abchurch YardPaving setts in the old churchyard.
- Abchurch YardPaving Flagstones of red and brown York Stone.
- Aberconwy HouseStone used in the rubble masonry.
- Aberconwy HouseStone used in the rubble masonry.
- Abford HouseStone cladding on pillars.
- Abode HotelThe main exterior building stone around windows and the main entrance. A cross-bedded, red, desert sandstone.
- Adelaide HouseMain building stone.
- Adelphi HotelMain building stone.
- African & Caribbean War MemorialStone used for the plinth and triangular backing to the monument.
- Alaw Goch's GraveA gravestone in the form of a Celtic Cross (broken) in Aberdare Cemetery not far from the south entrance on…
- Albert MemorialBuff-coloured paving stone & column capitals supporting the canopy above the Albert statue.
- Albert MemorialRed geometric paving slabs around the monument.
- Albert MemorialBuff geometric paving slabs around the monument.
- Aldeburgh War MemorialMain building stone.
- Aldford HouseWhite stone dressings and quoins.
- Aldford HouseMain building stone on ground floor. This is a shelly, coarse calcarenite. The provenance is unknown, but P…
- Alexander Thomson HotelMain building stone used in upper stories.
- All Bar OneMain building stone.
- All Saints Church BaschurchMain building stone. A bright red sandstone quarried locally.
- All Saints Church BaschurchDressings around the windows and doorway.
- All Saints Church BaschurchBlocks of laminated sandstone used as dressings in the West Window. These are the Tarporley Formation which…
- All Saints Church BaschurchRestoration stone. Sharply cut blocks of Scottish sandstone can be found scattered in the masonry.
- All Saints Church CellanThe main building stones are local greywackes which include blocks of the high quality Llandewi Brefi Blues…
- All Saints Church CellanMemorial plaque to Mary Davies on the back wall of the church.
- All Saints Church DeganwyMain building stone.
- All Saints Church DeganwyWindow dressings.
- All Saints Church HastingsMain building stone.
- All Saints Church HastingsBlocks of purple-red ironstone are used in the west front.
- All Saints Church HastingsWindow dressings and quoins.
- All Saints Church HemblingtonMain material used in the rubble masonry.
- All Saints Church HemblingtonSpolia in the rubble masonry.
- All Saints Church North MoretonMain building stone for the west front and doorway and the tower. This stone is used in a chequerboard patt…
- All Saints Church North MoretonRubble masonry of the nave wall. Flint is often organised in bands or in chequerboard pattern with Oxford S…
- All Saints Church Somerford KeynesMain building stone. A flaggy, oolitic limestone.
- All Saints StoreMain building stone. Spectacular cross-bedding. This cladding was added in 1989.
- All Saints' Woodford WellsMain building stone.
- All Saints' Woodford WellsDressings and quoins.
- All Souls ChurchMain building stone
- All Souls ChurchSteps.
- Alma PlaceMain building stone.
- AlmshousesMain building stone.
- Alphabeta BuildingTravertine door frame and columns.
- Amin Taha Architects OfficeStone used to clad the facade. It has been used rough (quarry dressed), cut and carved.
- The Anchor InnMain building stone. A variable selection of red, buff and green sandstones and occassional conglomerates.
- Animals at War MemorialMain building stone.
- Anne of Cleeves HouseDark brown roofing tilestones.
- Anne of Cleeves HouseCaen Stone is used in the porch and also for chequerboard flintwork, with alternating panels of knapped fli…
- Anne of Cleeves HouseChequerboard flintwork, with alternating panels of knapped flint and Caen Stone. Flint is also used for fac…
- 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.
- ANZAC Gallipoli Memorial PlaqueThe metal plaque is set into a quartzite boulder brought from Australia. This is one of several boulders bo…
- Apple Store BirminghamMain building stone.
- Apsley House (1, London)Main building stone.
- Archangel Michael SculptureA sculpted head in St Pancras churchyard, facing Wobourn Place.
- Ardvreck CastleRubble masonry is a mixture of local stone and glacial cobbles. The white Eriboll Sandstone is distinctive.
- Ardvreck CastleThe quoins and window dressings are made of slabs of Torridonian Sandstone.
- ArenaStone used for sculpture by John Maine. This maybe from the Chert Series of the Portland Stone Formation as…
- Arkwright HouseMain building material.
- Armed Forces MemorialMain building stone.
- Army Reserve CentreExterior walls surrounding the door and windows, less the thin blocks as insets
- Arthur StreetPaving near the junction with Lower Thames Street.
- Artillery LaneA panel of limestone on the Artillery Lane facade of Snappy Snaps.
- Artworks 2 GallerySlaty, slabs of fine grained, cleaved siltstone used in the construction of the older parts of the building…
- Artworks 2 GalleryPale blue-grey blocks used in the construction of the older parts of the building. A poorly-sorted, tufface…
- Ashmolean MuseumAxe-dressed Portland Stone used for the foundations on Beaumont Street. This is an unusual facies composed…
- Ashmolean MuseumGrey limestone used for column, balusters and dressings.
- Ashmolean MuseumYellow limestone ashlar masonry.
- Ashton MemorialMain building stone.
- Aspire, 2, Infirmary StreetMain building stone, clearly seen in the column drums either side of the two sets of doors.
- Athene PlaceMain stone used for cladding the building. A cross-bedded calcarenite.
- Atlantic HouseRed sandstone cladding.
- Atlantic HouseMain building stone.
- Atlas HouseThe main exterior blocks for the first 2 metres above foundations, separated by thin grey brick liners.
- Atradius BuildingPaving around the Atradius Building. Brightly variegated flagstones.
- Aubaine CafeStonework around curved windows
- Aurelia HouseMain building stone on the podium of this block of flats.
- Avebury Stone CircleNeolithic megalithic site. Main building stone.
- Aviva BuildingMain building stone.
- Axe & Compasses, ArkesdenIn front of and to the right of the pub.
- Bachwen DolmenThe burial chamber is constructed from slabs of grey, glassy welded tuff.
- The Baker's ArmsMain building stone. A flaggy, oolitic limestone.
- The BalfourMain building stone in upper stories.
- Balm WellIn the grounds of the Toby Carvery is a well-house that contains a hydrocarbon seep.
- Bangor BridgeThe bridge over the Dee at Bangor-is-Coed is built out of yellow and red sandstone. Cefn sandstone can be o…
- Bangor BridgeThe bridge over the Dee at Bangor-is-Coed is built out of yellow and red sandstone.
- Bangor CathedralStone used for masonry in the the Cathedral walls.
- Bangor CathedralStone used for masonry in the the Cathedral walls.
- Bangor CathedralRed and white sandstone dressings around the doorways.
- Bangor Independent SchoolQuoins and basement window dressings. It is not possible to access the grounds to take close-up photos.
- Bangor Independent SchoolYellow sandstone window dressings. It is not possible to access the grounds to take close-up photos.
- Bangor LibrarySandstone dressings. The precise identification of this stone has not been possible. It is possibly Cefn St…
- Bangor UniversityMain building stone.
- Bangor War MemorialMain building stone.
- Bank BuildingsYellow sandstone dressings.
- Bank BuildingsMain 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 ConwyYellow sandstone dressings.
- 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 (Stanhope House)Main building stone.
- Barclays Bank DoncasterMain building stone.
- Barclays Bank ElyDressings around the doors and windows.
- Barclays Bank OxfordMain building stone at street level.
- Barclays Bank, Charterhouse StreetMain building stone.
- Barclays Bank, Colmore RowMain building stone.
- Barclays Bank, Parliament StreetRed stone used in conjunction with brick in columns and around window frames of building. A fine-to-medium-…
- Barclays Bank, Saffron WaldenStone dressings and carvings in this otherwise brick-built building.
- Barclays Bank, St James'sCladding over the whole building. The travertine here is filled with cream-coloured resin.
- Bardsey Wesleyan ChapelMain masonry of chapel.
- Barkingside War MemorialMain building stone.
- Barn, Church StreetMain building stone of the gable end of this barn. Blocks of soft, cherry red sandstone in the wall. These…
- Barnardo’s ShopThe main building stone is the locally quarried Bargate Stone.
- Baskerville HouseMain building stone.
- Baskerville MemorialMain building stone.
- Bath AbbeyMain building stone.
- Bath Spa Station Car Park LodgeSingle storey building in the station carpark. Pale limestone dressings around doors and windows.
- Bath Spa Station Car Park LodgeSingle storey building in the station carpark. Grey and rust-stained sandstone building stone.
- Bath Spa Station Car Park LodgeSingle storey building in the station carpark. Red sandstone building blocks.
- Battle Bridge PlaceCircular area of paving next to the German Gymnasium.
- 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 CastleStone used for rubble masonry in the Castle Walls.
- Beaumaris War MemorialMain building stone.
- Beckett's BankMain building stone.
- Bell StreetMain building stone.
- BelstaffThe paving in porch is an unusual, very finely laminated, brown limestone.
- The Berkeley HotelWall claddings on corner of Wilton Place and Knightsbridge.
- Bermondsey StreetA one-off paving stone with spectacualr liesegang banding. There are a few others of these on Bermondsey St…
- 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.
- Bexhill United Reformed ChurchThe building is clad with local beach flints with obvious chatter-marks.
- Bexhilll War MemorialStone used to construct the obelisk.
- Birkbeck CollegeStone pilasters on ground floor.
- Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryMain building stone. Several sandstones are used on this building. The best known is Darley Dale.
- Bishop Cousins AlmhousesMain building stone. These buildings now belong to Durham University.
- Black Cultural ArchivesMain building stone.
- Blackfriars BridgePaving
- Blanchland Post OfficeThe village Post Office was formerly the gate to the Abbey. It is built of the local Stainmore Sandstone.
- Blandel Bridge HouseBuilding name plaque.
- Blenheim PalaceThe main building stone used here is Clypeus Grit quarried at Cornbury, but a mixture of other original and…
- BLODS HallBLODS stands for the 'Bexhill Light Operatic & Dramatic Society'. The building is clad with local beach fli…
- Blomfield Street & T. M. LewinColumns and pediment in porch.
- Bloomberg HQMain building stone.
- Bloomberg HQMain building stone.
- Bloomberg HQPaving stone throughout the complex.