Bargate stone

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Bargate stone is a distinctive, coarse-grained sandstone from the Guildford area of Surrey, England, historically quarried for use in prominent local buildings and fortifications.

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Bargate stone canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building stone ⓘ
geologic material ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
alternativeName Bargate sandstone ⓘ
associatedWith Guildford’s historic core ⓘ
Surrey vernacular architecture ⓘ
color buff ⓘ
honey-coloured ⓘ
yellow-brown ⓘ
contains chert fragments ⓘ
ferruginous concretions ⓘ
iron oxide cement ⓘ
quartz grains ⓘ
siliceous cement ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
durability weather-resistant ⓘ
formation Lower Greensand Group ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Lower Cretaceous ⓘ
linked to: Early Cretaceous
historicalUse Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England

Victorian period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
lithology coarse-grained sandstone ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Guildford area ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
Weald Basin ⓘ
notableProperty distinctive coarse texture ⓘ
suitable for ashlar and rubble masonry ⓘ
warm coloration ⓘ
quarriedIn Godalming area ⓘ
Puttenham area ⓘ
linked to: Puttenham

Shalford area ⓘ
quarryingStatus largely disused ⓘ
regionalSignificance characteristic of Guildford architecture ⓘ
traditional Surrey building material ⓘ
texture coarse-grained ⓘ
transport historically moved short distances from local quarries ⓘ
usedFor bridges ⓘ
building construction ⓘ
churches ⓘ
domestic buildings ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
walls ⓘ
usedIn Abbot’s Hospital, Guildford ⓘ
Guildford Castle ⓘ
Guildford town walls ⓘ
Holy Trinity Church, Guildford ⓘ
St Nicolas Church, Guildford ⓘ

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Guildford Castle → materialUsed → Bargate stone ⓘ