A public record of the stone in your built environmentExplore the mapBrowse all locationsFor researchersAbout the project
Submit a location

Now extended for the rest of the UK

HomeExplore the mapBrowse A–Z: N

National Portrait Gallery

Cornish Granite

  • Igneous
  • Granite
  • 290 Ma

Location Details

Back to Map

Location of Geological Feature
Stone around the entrance. This is the 'small-megacrystic variety of Cornish granite which was quarried at a number of localities, but primarily from the Carnmenellis Pluton.
Rock Type
Granite
Geological Age
290 Ma
Quarry Location
Cornwall, England UK
Category
Igneous
Nearest station
Charing Cross
Address
St. Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
National Portrait Gallery — Cornish Granite
Cornish Granite at National Portrait Gallery
    Entry submitted by Ruth

More stone at National Portrait Gallery

Nearby

The closest other recorded buildings.