10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATH STONE»
Discover the use of
Bath stone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Bath stone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Industrial Minerals and Extractive Industry Geology: Based ...
... in Bath's history centres on the exploitation of limestone as a construction
material. The Combe Down Oolite, widely known as 'Bath Stone' and the lowest
formation within the Great Ooiite Group, is the most important source of building
stone ...
P. W. Scott, Colin Malcolm Bristow, 2002
2
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon
Stone Sculpture: South-West England
Ouicrop of ihe ChattieUt Oolite Am•lo-Saxon Im.diiv usiu^ Baih sii Overatt eMem
ot 'Bath sione in Angto- Saxon scut FIGURE 12 Distribution of Anglo-Saxon stone
types using Bath stone compelling evidence from their Winchester excavations ...
Rosemary Cramp, British Academy, 2006
3
Conservation of Building and Decorative
Stone
From place to place, naturally laminated beds occur in thicknesses which make
them suitable for use as tilestones. They are commonly known as Presents. Bath
Stone Bath Stone, the most famous of the stones wrought from the Great Oolite ...
F G Dimes, J. Ashurst, 2007
4
The Surveyor, Engineer, and Architect
Bath stone has been used almost universally as a mineral substance for building
in the city of Bath during a long period. The Abbey Church, which was not
finished till after the Reformation, has been in great part restored within the last
thirty or ...
5
British and Foreign Building Stones
ST ALDHELM BOX GROUND STONE. Great Oolite Cream, coarse-grained,
granular limestone Box Ground Quarries, near Bath, Wiltshire Presented by The
Bath Stone Firms Co., Bath Chemical Composition (Middleton) : A1203 & Fe203
1-20, ...
6
Architecture in Detail II
Architect: Grimshaw Architects Stone supply & installation: Bath Stone Group A
succession of baths have been built since Roman times to take advantage of the
mineral-rich hot springs beneath the city of Bath, most significantly in the ...
7
Ralph Allen: Builder of
Bath
Yesterday I was at Salter's Hall in the City of London, as you know, for the public
meeting of the Governors of Greenwich Hospital, to present to them our Bath
stone and to persuade them of its virtues and superiority over Portland stone,
which ...
8
The
Bath Road: History, Fashion & Frivolity on an Old Highway
... world where brick never had an opportunity until these latter days of the “
combine” of the allied “Bath Stone Firms,” which has raised the price of Bath
stone, so that in certain cases it has been found cheaper to bring bricks from the
Midlands ...
9
Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation
On larger houses in the West End it was not uncommon to see the front of the
house being rendered in a Bath stone colour while on the rear Portland stone
might be imitated.m A number of the London estates specified the colours to be
used ...
10
The Imaginary Autocrat: Beau Nash and the Invention of
Bath
Allen received a decisive setback when Bath stone was rejected in favour of
Portland stone for the building of Greenwich Hospital; Wood claimed that the
samples of stone were inadvertently or even deliberately switched. The market
for Bath ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATH STONE»
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Bath stone is used in the context of the following news items.
Interview: Singer Gemma Hayes on motherhood, compassion for …
"Between the Bath stone work, the Roman Baths, the cool independent book shops, cafes and boutiques, it's a pleasure to perform there.". «Bath Chronicle, Jul 15»
Manor home for sale for £3.75m after being dismantled in Wiltshire …
Around two years later, the family had a new home built out of reclaimed materials with original ashlar Bath stone bricks, quoins and pillars. «Gloucestershire Echo, Jun 15»
Regional: Re-constructed Georgian home in Gloucestershire on …
Around two years later, the family had a new home built out of reclaimed materials with original ashlar Bath stone bricks, quoins and pillars. «Bath Chronicle, Jun 15»
'All options' to be considered for Parc Howard's future
The county council has agreed an £85,000 repair program on the mansion house's roof, and repairs and partial replacement of bath stone ... «Llanelli Star, Jun 15»
How Wellington turned Apsley House into a home fit for a hero
Clad in its armour of Bath stone, the house is impressive, imposing and rather devoid of charm. As the hero of Waterloo — not to mention Vitoria ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
Play Tic Tac Toe on These Cabinets Then Paint Them, Please
From a trellis in the playful kitchen to a rather plush basement playroom, this six-bedroom, five-bath stone Colonial in East Oak Lane goes there ... «Curbed National, Jun 15»
This Stunning Princeton Cottage Has Never Been Sold Before
Welcome to the MLS, lil' guy! This three-bedroom, two and a half-bath stone barn nestled on a Princeton meadow is newly-available in ... «Curbed National, Jun 15»
Bathing in Bath: Check Out These Amazing New Options at …
... one big building but a combination of five restored buildings and one new build that uses the façade of a listed townhouse clad in Bath stone. «Jaunted, May 15»
Designs For Mulberry Park Homes To Go On Show
The Bath stone façades are accentuated with corner balconies and large picture windows with stone surrounds. Complementary brick elements ... «NOW Bath, May 15»
Historic Bath pillars being damaged by lorries
The pillars at the top of Ralph Allen Drive in Combe Down were built around 1740 to showcase Bath Stone - they're deemed so significant ... «ITV News, May 15»
