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Sinclair's Oyster Bar

Stanton Moor Sandstone

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

Location Details

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Location of Geological Feature
Away from the Tudor facade, on the eastern and northern walls at first floor level, the building has a modern exterior cladding of sandstone. They display colour variation and banding from bedding. The building was rebuilt and partially relocated after a terrorist bomb in 1998.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Stanton Moor, Derbyshire, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Manchester Piccadilly
Address
2, Cathedral Gates M3 1SW
Date of build
1999
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The Manchester Geological Association have created a book,  A Building Stones Guide to Central Manchester, ISBN 978-0-9928713-1-4.  Third Edition 2014.  Data from this was the basis for this entry, which was verified and updated where necessary.

Sinclair's Oyster Bar — Stanton Moor Sandstone
Stanton Moor Sandstone at Sinclair's Oyster Bar
Stanton Moor Sandstone at Sinclair's Oyster Bar (detail 2)
    Entry submitted by Dave Wallis

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