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Garden Cafe & Sainsbury Laboratories

Pierre de Soleil

  • Sedimentary
  • Limestone
  • Upper Jurassic

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Just found Pierre de Soleil in Garden Cafe & Sainsbury Laboratories.

Upper Jurassic limestone, quarried at Moselle, Lorraine, France. Nearest stop: Cambridge.

This stone is older than it looks — worth five minutes if you're nearby.
https://www.londonpavementgeology.co.uk/location/2888-garden-cafe-sainsbury-laboratories/

Location Details

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stone.
Fossils
Shell fragments
Rock Type
Limestone
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Moselle, Lorraine, France
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Cambridge
Address
Cambridge Botanical Gardens CB2 1JF
Building architect
Stanton Williams
Date of build
2010
Garden Cafe & Sainsbury Laboratories — Pierre de Soleil
Pierre de Soleil at Garden Cafe & Sainsbury Laboratories
Pierre de Soleil at Garden Cafe & Sainsbury Laboratories (detail 2)
Pierre de Soleil at Garden Cafe & Sainsbury Laboratories (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall, Nigel Woodcock

Nearby

The closest other recorded buildings.

  • Rockery, Botanic GardenYoredale Limestone210 m · about 3 min walk
  • Tamburlaine HotelJura Marble500 m · about 8 min walk
  • Scott Polar InstituteKetton Stone510 m · about 8 min walk
  • 79-95 Regent StreetPortland Stone: Fancy Beach Whitbed620 m · about 10 min walk
  • Fitzwilliam MuseumPortland Stone: Whitbed890 m · about 14 min walk
  • Peterhouse College ChapelKetton Stone1 km · about 16 min walk

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