Caen stone information

Caen stone (French: Pierre de Caen) is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is...

Caen (/kɒ̃, kɑːn/, French: [kɑ̃] ; Norman: Kaem) is a commune 15 km (9.3 mi) inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the prefecture of the...

material is Kentish ragstone, although some local mudstone was also used. Caen stone was imported from northern France to provide details in the Tower's facing...

Records Office ACC 8894/3/1) specified the stone work to have come from UK quarries but this changed to Caen stone from Normandy in France. This material...

Jurassic. It was often quarried for building work and is referred to as Caen Stone. Indeterminate sauropod remains located in the Département Du Calvados...

closely on that of the Abbey of Saint-Étienne in Caen, where he had previously been abbot, using stone brought from France. The new church, its central...

and a private garden next door. The first floor featured a five-story Caen stone entrance hall leading to the library, a small salon, a grand salon, a...

The original statue, made of Caen stone, was in a very poor state of repair. Caen stone was too soft as an external stone, especially on the exposed roof...

country (60 ft; 18 m), was added in 1230; it contains an 1895 reredos in Caen stone by W.S. Hicks, depicting northern saints of the 7th and 8th centuries...

Richmond in 1746, and stands to this day. The Market Cross is constructed of Caen stone, one of the most favoured building materials of the age. The cross's form...

VIII's will. The external cladding of the building is Georgian, using Caen Stone to make it look like a classical French Chateau. This work was completed...

paneling, 12 feet (3.7 m) high, with finishes and doorway surrounds made of Caen stone. The floor is inlaid with mosaic tiles. The beamed ceiling is inlaid with...

Bedford, Indiana. The interiors use several varieties of stone, including imitation Caen stone for the Main Concourse; cream-colored Botticino marble for...

decorative element with military undertones are the eight statues of gilded Caen stone that flank the three doorways and the bay window of the Gallery, sculpted...

a mantel of Caen stone and gray-washed brick. The ceiling is a segmental dome, supported by an oval colonnade of plain, round Caen-stone columns. Eight...

including stone for the construction of Mont Saint-Michel. The Caen plain and the area of Bessin use the traditional unusually hard limestone, called Caen stone...

paved in red stone and was covered with green trellises. The top floor was used as servants' quarters. A grand staircase of Caen stone leads from the...

Ages as a port for boats on their way upriver to Canterbury. All of the Caen stone used by the Normans to rebuild Canterbury Cathedral in the 12th and 13th...

Its chemistry makes it similar to the Ketton stone oolite of southern England and France's Caen stone, though it is considerably lighter in weight at...

Istrian stone – Type of limestone Caen Stone – Limestone quarried near Caen, France Lutetian limestone – Type of limestone from Paris, or "Paris stone" (city...

tapestry. Its ceiling is coffered. Its overscaled Gothic fireplace of Caen stone is the one eclectic anomaly in Rosecliff's interiors. Upstairs, three...

detailed stonework being carved from limestone from Caen in Normandy, the remainder of the stone being variously local mudstone and coralline, as well...

replaced by a third clubhouse on the same site in 1856.[citation needed] The Caen stone used on the façade of the third building proved unsuitable in the London...