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the vicinity ; generally very inucli decomposed, particularly on the south side. 

 Old quadrangle of the college (temp. James 2.), of sandstone, decomposed. 



Modern buildings: — Ilunterian museum (1804) ; superstructure said to be 

 of stone from the President quarry ; slight traces of decomposition on the 

 so\ith-\vest front. The basement, of another sandstone, in a more advanced 

 slate of decomiinsitinn ; other parts of the building are almost in a perfect 

 state. The iitlii'r liuildings are generally erecteil of stone from the (iiffueuch 

 and other quarries in the immediate neigbljonrhood, except the New Exchange 

 buildings, which are of stone from the Ilumliie quarry, .'SO miles from Glas- 

 gow, recently erected, in which there are not any apparent symptoms of de- 

 composition. 



Gloucester, cntliedral. — (>.'orm.in for the greater part, altered and cased in 

 the 15th century.) Built of a fme-grained and ill-cemented oobte, a shelly 

 oolite, and a red sandstone (north side) interuiixe<l, of which the former cou- 

 stit\iles the greater portion. The tower (15tb century), of shelly oolite, in 

 perfect condition. The early turrets of the south transept are also in good 

 condition. Tlie body of the building is much decomposed. The great clois- 

 ter is built of the same materials as the catheilral. The moulded and de- 

 corated worU is in good conilition ; tlie other parts are more or less decom- 

 posed. The small cloister is built of a fine oolite, with a compact cement, 

 and is in good condition. 



- The new ln-kli/e. Of Wiitchurch sandstone, jiarapets of Ruordcan fine- 

 grained saudstniie ; in good condition. 



Iladdmi hnll, Derbyshire. — (15tb and IGtb centuries.) Of a fine-grained 

 sandstone, sindlar to that of Lindrop-bill. The dressings, parapets, cliininey 

 shafts, quoins. tVc, are wTOught and rubbed; the remainder of the walls is 

 of rough walling. Tlic whole in fair condition. 



Harrowyate. — Cbeltenham pnmi)-room. Of sandstone from Woodbouse, 

 near Leeds. Built recently; in good conditio]]. Swan hotel, and otlier 

 modern buildings, of a coarse sa]idstone of the vicinity ; generally in good 

 condition. 



Ilardiricke hall, Derbyahire. — (1597.) Of a fi]ie-grai]ied sandstone, chiefly 

 from a quany i]i the bill on which the liouse is btiilt, intermixed with a cal- 

 ciferous grit, similar to that of Mansfield ; genei'ally i]i good condition. The 

 ashlar is in parts decomposed, especially where it is set on edge. 



Howden church, Yorkshire. — (15th century.) Partly of magnesian b]ue- 

 stone, of a deep yellow colour, and partly of a coa]'se siliceous grit, of a fer- 

 ruginous colour. Dressings and enrichments and the central tower a]'e of 

 the former stone ; generally decomposed, paiticularly at the top of the tower. 

 The other parts of the building, which are of the grit, are very much decom- 

 posed. 



Kirkstall abbey, Yorkshire. — (llth centiuT.) Of coarse sandstone of the 

 vicinity, in various stages of decotuposition, according to the aspect. The 

 east side is in fair condition ; some of the zig-zag eiiricbmeuts a]id early 

 capitals, and other C]irichmentb of mouldings, are i]i perfect eouditio]i. The 

 windows of the chancel and tower (inserted i]i the ICtb century), of a yellow 

 sandstone, are for the most part go]ie, and what remains is much decom- 

 posed. 



Mansfield foiim-hall, Nottimihamsliire. — B]iilt ?> years since, of niagnesio- 

 caleiferous sandstone from Mansfield. No ap])earance of deco]nposition. 



Newcaslle-uj)on-Tyne. — -Vncient buildings: — St. Nicholas's cbui-cb (14th 

 century), of sandst(jne of the vicinity, simdar to that of tlie Ileddou quarry; 

 verv much decomposed. Parts restored withiii the last century with the 

 sanie stone now decomposing. The upper part of the tower and spire re- 

 stored within the last five years, and painted to preserve the stoiie from decay. 

 Other ancient buildings of the saiuc stone more or less in a state of decom- 

 position, according to the date of their erection. 



Modern buildings, built witliin the last 25 years, of sandstone from the 

 FelUng and Church quaiTies at Gateshead, and the Kenton quarry ; parts 

 ab'cady show symptoms of decomposition. 



Pontefract castle, Yorkshire. — (14tli century.) Built generally of a coarse 

 grit, of a dark brown colour, occasionally mixed with an inferior tuagnesian 

 limestone. The whole in a very decomposed state, more particularly the 

 sandstone, in which all traces of the original surface are eflfaced. Fragments 

 of magnesian limestone are embedded in several parts of the walls with 

 mouldings of the r2tb century, i]i perfect condition. 



Raby castle, 0KrAam.^(14tb centuiy.) Of sandstone of the vicinity. Paris 

 in a perfect state ; others slightly decomposed. 



Richmond castle, Yorkshire, — (11th century.) The Keep of sandstone, 

 similar to that of Gatherly Moor ; generally in good condition. Mouldings 

 and carvi]igs in columns of wiiidow i]i a perfect state. 



Bipon, Yorkshire. — An obelisk in the market phice (1781), of coarse satid- 

 stone, mneh decomposed, i]i laminations parallel to (he exposed faces. 



Ri2ioti cathedral. — Lower part, east end, S. K. angle, (.Norman,) of coarse 

 sandstone of the vicinity, in gooil condition. The west front, the transepts 

 and tower, (of the r2th and 13tb centuries,) of coarse sandstone of the vicinity, 

 i]i fair condition. The mouldi]]gs, although generally decomposed, are ]iot 

 effaced. The dog's-teeth ornament in most parts nearly pei-fect. The aisles 

 of the naves, the cleristory, and the choir, (of the 14tli and 15th centuries,) 

 of coarse sandstone and magnesian Uniestone intcrinLxed ; not in good con- 

 dition ; the latter stone, on the south side, often in fair condition. The lower 



parts of the builditig generally, but ))a]-ticularly the west fronts, which are of 

 coarse sandstoiic, are very much decomposed, 



Rioanlr abbey, Yorkshire. — (r2tb ceiitury.) Of a sanilstone at Hollands, 

 one mile from the rui]is ; generally in excellent conditio]). West fi'ont slightly 

 decomjiosed ; soutli froiit remarkably peifect, even to the preservation of the 

 oi"igi]ial tool marks. 



Sliaflesbury, Dorsetsliire. — St. Peter's church. (15th centuiT.) Of a green 

 siliceous sandsto]ie, from quarries lialf a mile south of the church. The whole 

 building mucli decomposed. The tower is hound together by iron, and is 

 U]isafe, owing to the inferior qiiality of the stone. 



Sjmfforth castle, Yorkshire. — (14th century.) Of coarse red sandstone, 

 more or less, but geneially much decoiiiposed. The dressings of the windows 

 and <loors of a semi-crystalline magnesiaii limestone, are in a ])erfeet state, 

 the mouldings and enrichments being exquisitely sharp ami beautifiil. 



Tiiiteru abbey. — (\?A\i century.) Consiilerable re]]iai]is, of red and grey 

 sandstones of the vicinity ; in part laminated. In unequal condition, but for 

 the most part in pei'fect condition ; covered with grey and grecii licheiis. 



Tisbiiry church, U'iltshire. — (13th and 14th centuries ; the lower ]iart of 

 the tower of the 12th century.) Of ealciferous sandstone froin Tisbury. The 

 dressings are thronghoiit in perfect condition. The ashlar variable ; i]i part 

 much decomposed ; the undeeomposed portions are covered with lichens. 

 Tombstones i]i the cbiu'cbyard geiierally in good coinlition, some being more 

 than a century old. The iiouses of the village built generally of the Tisbui-y 

 stone, a]ul are in very good coiidition. The whole covered with lichens. 



JVakefieUl parish church, Yorkshire. — (Tower and spire of the ICth ce]r- 

 tury.) Of sandstO]ie, mtich decomposed. The body of the church, of recent 

 date, of sandstone, sti'ongly laininatcd, and generally decomposed between 

 the lainina?. 



Whitby abbey. — (13th century.) Of stoiie simUar to that of Arslaby Brow 

 in the vicinity ; generally i]i good condition, with the exception of the west 

 front, which is very much decomposeil. The stone ttsed is of two colours, 

 brow]i and white ; the former in all cases more deco]i]posed than tlie latter. 

 The dog's-teeth and other enrichments in the east front are in good condi- 

 tion. 



LIMESTONE BUILDINGS. 



Bath. — .4bbey church (1576), built in an oolite of the vicinity. The tower 

 is in fair condition. The body of the church, in the upper part of the south 

 and west sides, much decomposed. Tlie lower parts, formerly in contact 

 with buildings, are in a more perfect state ; the reliefs in the west front of 

 Jacob's ladder, are in parts nearly effaced. — Queen's-square, north side, and 

 the obehsk in the centre, built above 100 years since, of an oolite with shells, 

 in fair condition. — Circus (built about 1750), of an oolite in the vicinity, 

 generally in fair condition, except those portions which have a west and 

 southern aspect, where the most exjioscd parts are decomposeil. — Cresceut, 

 built .about 50 years since, of an oolite of the vicinity ; generally in fair con- 

 dition, except in a few places, where the stone appears to be of inferior 

 quality. 



liristol, cathedral. — (Of the 13th and 14th centuries.) Built of red sand- 

 stone and apparently a yellow limestoue (magnesian ?) strangely intermixed. 

 The red sandstone in ail cases decomposed ; the limestone more rarely de- 

 cayed. The tracery, &c. of the windows, which ai-e of the limestone, are in 

 good condition ; but the pinnacles and other dressings, which are of the 

 same material, arc much decomposed. The east end of the catbedrid is a 

 remarkable instance of the decay and preservation of the two stones employ- 

 ed. Norman gateway, west of the cathedral, (the upper part of the 15th 

 century,) the Norman archway and its enrichments, whicli are of a very florid 

 character, built of yellow limestone (magnesian.'), in excellent condition. 



St. Mary, Redcliffe. — (Tower of the 12th century; body of the church of 

 the lath century). Of oolitic limestone, from Dundry ; very much decom- 

 posed. 



Burleiyh-house.—{\hi\\ century.) Of a shelly oolite (Barnack rag), in ex- 

 cellent condition throughout. The late additions are of Kctton stone. 



Byland abbey, Yorkshire.— {\2i\^ centm-y.) In part of the siliceous grit 

 (princijially in the interior), and in part (chiefly on the exterior) of a compact 

 oolite, from the Wass quarries in the vicinity. The west front, whicli is of 

 the oolite, is in perfect condition, even in the dog's-teeth and other florid de- 

 corations of the doorways, &c. This building is covered generally with 

 lichens. 



Colley IVeslon church, Northamptomhire.—{\it\\ century.) Of a shelly 

 oolite (Barnack rag), in perfect condition throughout. 



Dorchester. — St. Peter's church. (15tli century.) Of laminated oolite, 

 somewhat similar to that of Portland, and of a shelly limestone, somewhat 

 resembliug that of Ilamhill. The latter used in pinnacles, parapets, and 

 dressings. The whole in a decomposed state. 



Glastonbury. — Abbey. — Joseph of .Vrimathea's chapel : — Considerable ruins, 

 Norman; of shelly limestone, sinular to that of Doulting; generally in good 

 condition ; the zig-zag and other Norman euriclimeuts perfect ; the capitals 

 of columns, corbels, &c., are of blue lias, much ilcconiposed, and in some 

 cases have disappeared. The church : — considerable remains of the choir, 

 and a small portion of the nave (Uth centiuy) ; of shelly limestone, similar 



