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Ihi'ON Cathedhai,. Lower part, east end, and south-east angle (Norman), of coarse sand-
stone ot" the vicinity, in good condition. The west front, tlie transejits, and tower (of
the 1 2th and 1 3th centuries), of the coarse sandstone of the vicinity, in fair condition.
The mouldings, although generally decomposed, are not effaced. The dog's-teeth
ornaments in most parts nearly perfect. Tlie aisles of tlie naves, ihe clerestory, and
the choir (of the 14th and 15th centuries), of coarse sandstone and magnesian lime-
stone intermixed, not in good condition ; the latter stone, on the south side, often in
fair condition. The lower jiarts of the building generally, but particularly the west
fronts, which are of coarse sandstone, are very much decomposed.
RivAUi.x Abbey, Yorkshire (12th century). Of a sandstone at Hollands, one mile from
the ruins
;
generally in excellent condition. West front slightly decomposed; south
front remarkably perfect, even to the preservation of tlie original toolmarks.
Shaite'.buky, Dorsetshire. St. I'eter's Church (15th century). Of a green siliceous
sandstone, from quarries half a mile south of the church. The whole building mucii
decomposed. The tower is bound together by iron, and is unsafe, owing to the inferior
(juality ot the stone.
Sroi'FOUTH Castle, Yorkshire (14th century). Of coarse red sandstone; more or less,
but generally much, decomjjosed. The dressings of the windows and doors, of a semi-
crystalline magnesian limestone, are in perfect state, the mouldings and enrichments
being ex()uisitely sharp and beautiful.
TiNTERN Abbey (1:5th century). Considerable remains of red and grey sandstones of the
vicinity, in part lamin.tted. In une(|ual condition, but for the most part in perfect
condition ;
covered with grey and green licliens.
TisBuiiY CniiRCH (13th and 14th centuries; the lower part of the tower of the 12th
centurv). Of calcifei'ous limestone from Tisbury. The dressings are composed of
stone throughout, in perfect condition. The ashlar variable ; in part much decom-
posed
;
the undecomposed portions are covered with lichens. Tombstones in the
churchyard generally in good condition, some being more than a century old. The
houses of the village built generally of the Tisbury stone, and are in very good con-
dition. The whole covered with lichens.
Wakefield Parish Church, Yorkshire (tower and spire of the 16th century). Of sand-
stone, much decomposed. The body of the church, of recent date, of sandstone
strongly laminated, and generally decomposed between the lamina.
WuiTHY Abbey (I3th century). Of stone similar to that of Aislaby Brow, in the vicinity
;
generally in good condition, with the exception of the west front, which is very much
decomposed. The stone used is of two colours, brown and white; the former, in all
cases, inore decomposed than the latter. The dog's-teeth' and other enrichments in the
east front are in good condition.
limestone buildings.
Hath. Abbey church (1576), built of an oolite in the vicinity. The tower is in fair con-
dition. The body of the church, in the upper jiart of the south and west sides, much
decomposed. The lower parts, formerly in contact with buildings, are in a more
l)erfect state ; the reliefs in the west front of Jacob's ladder are in parts nearly ettaced.
Queen's Square, north side, and the obelisk 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 exposed jjarts are decomiiosed. Crescent
(built above 50 years since), of an oolite of the vicinity, generally in fair condition,
except in a few places, where the stone appears to be of inferior (juality.
Bristol Cathedral (of the 13th and 14th centuries). Built of red sandstone and appa-
rently a yellow limestone (magnesian?) strangely intermixed. The red sandstone in
all cases decoinposed ; the limestone more rarely decayed. The tracery, &c. of the
windows, which are of the limestone, are in good condition, but the pinnacles and
dressings of the saine material much decomposed. The east end of the cathedral is a
remarkable instance of the decay and preservation of the two stones employed. Nor-
man gateway, west of the cathedral (the upper part of the 15th century), the Norman
archway and its enrichments, which are of a very florid character, built of yellow
limestone (magnesian
?),
in excellent condition.
, St. Mary Redclikee (tower of the 12th century; body of the church of the I5lh
century). Of oolitic Ihnestone, from Dundry ; vei
y
much decomposed.
Burleigh House (15th century). Of a shelly oolite (Barnack rag), in excellent condi-
tion throughout. The late additions are of Ketton stone.
BvLAND Abbey, Yorkshire (12th century). In part of a siliceous grit (principally in the
interior), and in part (chiefly on the exterior) of a compact oolite, from the Wass
quarries in the vicinity. The west front, which is of the oolite, is in perfect conditiou,
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