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Mill Hill Chapel

Meanwood Grit

  • Sedimentary
  • Sandstone
  • Upper Carboniferous

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Location of Geological Feature
Main building stones, especially clear to the right of the main west-facing door. There are good examples of very coarse gritstone.
Rock Type
Sandstone
Geological Age
Upper Carboniferous
Quarry Location
Meanwood, Leeds West Yorkshire, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Leeds
Address
City Square LS1 5EB
Building architect
Bowman & Crowther
Date of build
1848
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Millstone Grit from Meanwood Quarry.

Data from the "The Building Stone Heritage of Leeds" book, latest Published by Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, by Murray Mitchell and Francis Dimes 2nd edition 2005. (ISBN 1 870737 10 5 )
Mill Hill Chapel — Meanwood Grit
Meanwood Grit at Mill Hill Chapel
Meanwood Grit at Mill Hill Chapel (detail 2)
Meanwood Grit at Mill Hill Chapel (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Dave Wallis

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