Hopton Wood stone (sometimes Hopton-Wood stone or Hoptonwood stone) is a type of limestone quarried west of Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England.[1] Described as "very fine, almost like marble"[2] and as "England’s premier
decorative stone",[3] it is particularly suited to carving, making it popular for tombstones (including many thousands for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission[2][3]), sculpture and building.
Buildings and structures made using Hopton Wood stone include the Houses of Parliament,[4] Westminster Abbey, the Albert Memorial,[4] Lichfield Cathedral,[4] Calke Abbey,[4] Chatsworth House[1] and Oscar Wilde's tomb.[5]
In 1947 the Hopton-Wood Stone Firms Ltd commissioned a book about Hopton Wood stone, published by Fanfare press.[6]
^ ab"Bright Stone: Hopton Wood". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ ab"WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1608–1899 – Hopton Stone". Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^ abThomas, Ian A. "Hopton Wood Stone – England's premier decorative stone" (PDF). England's Heritage in Stone Proceedings of a Conference Tempest Anderson Hall, York 15–17 March 2005: 90–105. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2014.
^ abcd"Hopton Wood Limestone". Lowes Marble and Granite. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^Pennington, Michael (1987). An Angel for a Martyr. Whitenights Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0704901131.
HoptonWoodstone (sometimes Hopton-Woodstone or Hoptonwood stone) is a type of limestone quarried west of Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England...
by the Hopton Wood Stone Co.; cost £9,785. The (1881–85) phase was built by J. Wood & Sons; chimneypieces by the HoptonWoodStone Co.; ironwork by Hart...
OCLC 1152049462. Thomas, Ian A (2005). "HoptonWoodStone – England's premier decorative stone". England's Heritage in Stone Proceedings of a Conference Tempest...
org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Moore 1988, p. 160. "Stone Memorial". henry-moore.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022...
nine months in Gill's studio at Ditchling carving, from a block of HoptonWoodstone, the new design for Wilde's tomb and for which Gill designed the inscription...
print ed.). New Haven: Yale Univ. Press [u.a.] p. 474. ISBN 978-0-300-14871-8. Wood, Henry Trueman. "Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 61, no. 3137 (1913):...
Aldhelm had studied. The cross is built of Portland, blue pennant and HoptonWoodstone. The memorial is Grade II listed. The A429 bypasses the town on its...
World War are listed on the outer wall of the cloister, on tablets of HoptonWoodstone; each of the outer walls bears a pair of large tablets, eight in all...
Lancashire County Council. The walls of Shakespeare Hall are covered with HoptonWoodstone quarried in Derbyshire. On the walls are the arms of The Manchester...
"true marble") Hamstone – Building stone from Somerset Headington stone – A limestone from Oxford HoptonWoodstone – Type of limestone Kentish ragstone...
tablet to Dr. Pringuer's memory. The tablet costing £30 was made of HoptonWoodstone with a blue glass mosaic border, and reads "Remember Henry Thomas...
Memorial) 1920 The war memorial stands in a triangular garden, it is in HoptonWoodstone, and about 3.5 metres (11 ft) high. The memorial consists of a cross...
were covered in glazed tiles by Conrad Dressler. The staircase is of HoptonWoodstone with curved angles to the treads to minimise the collection of dirt...
Corps. The bronze base stands on an octagonal plinth of Derbyshire HoptonWoodstone, surrounded by circular paving to form a traffic island. The original...
1923 The memorial was designed by Joseph Watson Cabré, and is in HoptonWoodstone. It is about 5 metres (16 ft) high, and consists of a broad obelisk...
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