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Manchester Cathedral

Fletcher Bank Grit

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
The building is predominantly built of Lancashire buff to yellow sandstones and primarily Fletcher Bank Grit. The exterior of the south porch on Hanging Ditch Lane for this building has blocks of coarser sandstone
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Rossendale, Lancashire, England
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Manchester Piccadilly
Address
Victoria St, Manchester M3 1SX
Building architect
various
Date of build
1481
Find out more

Johnson, C. & Fletcher, M., 2011, Strategic Stone Study: A Building Stone Atlas of Greater Manchester., 17 pp.

Manchester Cathedral — Fletcher Bank Grit
Fletcher Bank Grit at Manchester Cathedral
Fletcher Bank Grit at Manchester Cathedral (detail 2)
    Entry submitted by Dave Wallis

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