Sunday 8 December 2019

Dorset Building Stone

Dorset Building Stone

A correspondent has brought THIS FASCINATING SITE to my notice. And it has an accompanying BLOG. So far I have just skimmed a few articles but I am impressed by the thoroughness of the coverage. 

I now know that the Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Blandford was built by the Bastard brothers using Upper Greensand but they placed the bedding vertically rather than in the natural horizontal position and therefore it has weathered badly. Despite their unfortunate name the brothers produced the finest Georgian church outside London and rebuilt the town after a devastating fire in 1731. 

The site is full of such interesting detail and is obviously a labour of love - well worth looking at - again and again!



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