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St Ann's Church

Various Sandstones

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous - Triassic

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Location of Geological Feature
St Ann's was originally built from Collyhurst Stone, but this has now been replaced with a variety of sandstones from the Midlands and North West.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous - Triassic
Quarry Location
Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire & Derbyshire.
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Salford Central
Address
St Ann Street M2 7LF
Date of build
18th-20th Centuries
Find out more

Edensor,  T., 2010, ‘Building Stone in Manchester: Networks of Materiality, Circulating Matter and the Ongoing Constitution of the City’, in M. Guggenheim and O. Söderström (eds) Re-Shaping Cities., London: Routledge, 211-229.

St Ann's Church — Various Sandstones
Various Sandstones at St Ann's Church
    Entry submitted by Stephen Davies

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