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Windrush Stone

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Usage

General Comments:

Both beds yield good building stone, the 'White Bed' is used for all kinds of structural work and especially suitable for decorative buildings, whereas the 'Blue Bed' is less suitable for carved worked but is useful for walling and other ordinary constructive purposes (Watson 1911: 196).

Known Usage: Windsor Castle, St George's Chapel: Unspecified,
Windsor Castle, Albert Memorial Chapel: Cornices and Pinnacles,
Oriel Library, Oxford: Font,
St Peter's Church, Windrush,
St Peter's Churchyard, Windrush: Church and Tombstones.