East Stoke St OswaldStonework
Stone type |
Element where found |
Location of quarry |
Triassic ‘skerry’ sandstone |
West tower, vestry plinth, chancel footings, south aisle |
Probably within or next to East Stoke |
Lincolnshire limestone |
West tower quoins, west tower west window, chancel quoins, chancel east window, south aisle (main walls), small internal piers to west tower, decoration to chancel arch, chancel south windows |
Lincolnshire |
Lower Jurassic blue lias |
West tower repairs, chancel |
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Ancaster limestone |
West tower west window |
Ancaster |
‘Sherwood’ sandstone |
Nave (including windows) |
Possibly Gedling or Kingsmill |
Sandstone ‘Millstone Grit’ |
Vestry window, north porch, chancel south windows |
Derbyshire (Birchover) |
‘Barnac’ ragstone |
South porch, |
Barnack, Stamford |
‘Mansfield Red’ sandstone |
Chancel repairs |
Mansfield |
‘Mansfield White’ sandstone |
South aisle repairs, tombs and markers |
Mansfield |
Oolitic limestone |
Font |
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Magnesian limestone |
Small marker on tower |
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Triassic ‘Gedling’ sandstone |
Internal nave piers |
Gedling |
Swithland slate, welsh slate and granite |
Tombs and markers |
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Pink alabaster, white Italian Marble and Bora Paunce |
Internal memorials |
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With thanks to Dr Graham Lott of the British Geological Survey for the information on the Stonework.
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