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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and gypsum have been quarried, but to no great extent, and freestone and whinstone are abundant. The rateable annual … and was formerly wrought; there are some quarries of good freestone, and also of whinstone and limestone, but the last … adapted to buildings. There are several quarries of good freestone near the Clyde, of a red colour; and in the upper …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… century by draining and planting. Quarries of coarse freestone are worked for building purposes. Biggin BIGGIN, a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… at the S. end of the village. The walls are of rubble with freestone dressings and the roofs are covered with slates and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… grounds a rich loam alternated with clay. Limestone and freestone of good quality are extensively quarried. The … are situated in Jackson-street; they are built of freestone, and have walls of a massive character. The … lodges, two stories in height, and built of the purest freestone: the noble architectural appearance of the whole, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… chancel is of ashlar, the nave and tower of rubble with freestone dressings, the porch of wood on a stone base; the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the substratum abounds with excellent coal and freestone, and at Hunsworth with iron-ore. The village of … vale. Coal is abundant throughout the township; and freestone is quarried for building purposes, and for … is hilly, and on Bishopstone hill is a quarry of good freestone. The living is a discharged rectory, with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… included a marble chimney piece, timber, doors, and freestone. 36 Grounds in 1772 included formal gardens east …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… 1619, two storeys and cellars, coursed rubble walls with freestone dressings, has class 14b plans. The doorways are … (117) Terrace, Nos. 49, two storeys, coursed rubble with freestone dressings, the door and window lintels being … No. 1, two storeys and cellar, coursed rubble walls with freestone dressings, class 10 plan, stands on a corner site …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of rubble, some of which is coursed, and the tower is of freestone; the roofs are stone-slated. An early church, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… failure of the park quarries to provide suitable freestone increased the cost and complexity of the …