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Highly durable form of sandstone used for building
Church of St Mary and All Saints,
Dunsfold
Bargate stone is a highly durable form of
sandstone . It owes its yellow, butter or honey colouring to a high
iron content.
[1] In some contexts it may be considered to be a form of
ironstone [
citation needed ] . However, in the context of stone buildings local to the extraction of Bargate Stone, the term 'ironstone' is often used to refer to a darker stone, also extracted from the Greensand, which rusts to a brown colour.
[2]
Sources
This stone was quarried for centuries in the Bargate Member of the
Greensand Ridge , particularly where it is widest in south west
Surrey ,
England . It occurs near the surface and was quarried in the hillsides near
Godalming . Medieval quarries are still visible in Godalming, at the foot of Holloway Hill.
[1]
Bargate stone is rare in current use due to its short supply.
[2]
Bath stone ,
Yorkstone and other similar coloured stone is sometimes used as alternatives, or to complement it[
citation needed ] .
Petrography
Bargate stone is typically a mix of sandy bioclastic limestone and bioclastic sandstone. The intergranular cements comprise ferroan carbonate.
[3]
Use
Bargate Stone is found in many buildings in
Surrey , approximately 250 of which are
listed , and in two churches in
London .
[4] It is endemic to older buildings near the
Greensand Ridge where it is found.
Its 20th century use tended towards coursed use of Bargate sandstone with bricks, or concrete, sometimes with
ashlar dressings or mortar rendering.
[5]
Examples
Early medieval
Guildford Castle keep
The
Keep at
Guildford Castle .
[6] It was a credit to the strength of Bargate that it was chosen for the main structure, standing on top of the natural
chalk and Bargate stone bedrock, made it available by quarrying in the locality.
Godalming Parish Church , Grade I listed assisted by
Saxon features.
Church of St. Mary and All Saints,
Dunsfold
St Nicholas's Church
Compton, Guildford (Bargate rubble used, mortar-rendered)
[7]
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (12th century tower only),
Oxted in
Tandridge District , east Surrey
[8]
St Mary's Church, (relevantly mostly in
clunch from its own Quarry Street) Guildford
[9]
St James's Church, Abinger
[10]
[n 1]
All Saints Church,
Witley, Surrey
[11]
16th Century
Tillingbourne Cottage,
Wotton, Surrey
[12]
17th Century
Cosford Mill,
Thursley
[13]
18th Century
The tower on the top of Leith Hill
19th Century
St Catherine's School/Drama Studio, Guildford
[15]
St Stephen's Church,
Gloucester Road, London (
York stone
parpoints and dressings in
Bath stone )
[n 2]
[16]
St Nicholas's Church, Guildford
[17]
St Michael's Church, York Town, Camberley
[18]
The
Shah Jahan Mosque , completed in 1889 along with similar-coloured
Bath stone , but a limestone not a sandstone
Charterhouse School (completed 1872)
[19]
[n 3]
St Stephen's Church, Rochester Row,
Westminster
[20]
[n 4]
[21]
Booker's Tower
[22]
Munstead Wood
[n 5]
[23]
Chinthurst Hill
[n 6]
[24]
Grafham Grange School,
Bramley
[n 7]
[25]
St James' Court,
Farnham
[n 8]
[26]
St Johns Church, Caterham
[n 9]
[27]
20th Century
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
^
a
b
"Bargate Stone in the Guildford Area" . Guildford Society. 23 October 2017.
^
a
b
"Repair and maintenance of stone buildings" (PDF) . Spelthorne Borough Council.
^ Lott, Graham; Cameron, Don.
"The building stones of South East England : Mineralogy and provenance" (PDF) . British Geological Survey. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021 .
^
Advanced Search by text 'Bargate' less Bargate Farmhouse and Street/Lane/Bargate meaning road
^
a
b Pinewoods
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1192323)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ The Castle Keep, Castle Hill (Guildford)
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1377881)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St Nicholas's Church, Compton
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1188621)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxted
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1189608)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1377918)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1378082)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ All Saints, Witley
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1260732)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1378102)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Cosford Mill
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1241732)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Leith Hill Tower
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1028808)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St Catherine's 'School'
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1377893)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St Stephen's Church, Kensington
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1293603)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St Nicholas's Church, Guildford
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1029291)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St Michaels Church, Camberley
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1030037)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Charterhouse School, Main Building
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1190288)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 . Charterhouse School, Old Museum House
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1190406)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1235247)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St Stephen's Church
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1235247)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^
Historic England (15 March 1988).
"Bookers Tower Guildford (Grade II) (1188100)" .
National Heritage List for England .
^ Munstead Wood
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1261159)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Chinthurst Hill
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1260635)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Grafham Grange
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1249489)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St James' Court
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1378283)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ St John's Church, Caterham
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1294940)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Pergola
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1000302)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Hascombe Court
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1384634)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ War memorial platform, Bramshott
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1392394)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Pergola
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1391327)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .
^ Orchards (park and garden)
Historic England .
"Details from listed building database (1001174)" .
National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 October 2013 .