Caen stone

E245402

building stone dimension stone limestone

Caen stone is a pale, fine-grained limestone from the Caen region of Normandy historically prized for major ecclesiastical and monumental architecture in Britain and France.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Caen stone canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building stone ⓘ dimension stone ⓘ limestone ⓘ
category	Building stone of France ⓘ Limestone of Europe ⓘ
color	pale ⓘ
composedOf	calcium carbonate ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
exportedTo	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain England ⓘ
geologicalAge	Bathonian ⓘ Jurassic ⓘ
historicallyPrizedFor	fine carving ⓘ light color ⓘ uniform texture ⓘ workability ⓘ
introducedToEnglandBy	Normans ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
namedAfter	Caen ⓘ
notableUseInBuilding	Abbaye aux Dames ⓘ surface form: Abbaye-aux-Dames Abbaye aux Hommes ⓘ surface form: Abbaye-aux-Hommes Bayeux Cathedral ⓘ Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ Norwich Cathedral ⓘ Tower of London ⓘ Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
peakExportPeriod	11th–13th centuries ⓘ
quarriedIn	Caen ⓘ Normandy ⓘ
quarryType	open-pit quarry ⓘ
region	Calvados department ⓘ
susceptibleTo	weathering ⓘ
texture	fine-grained ⓘ
transportedBy	sea ⓘ
transportedVia	English Channel ⓘ
usedFor	ashlar masonry ⓘ capitals ⓘ carved ornament ⓘ columns ⓘ vault ribs ⓘ
usedIn	Gothic architecture ⓘ Romanesque architecture ⓘ ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ heritage conservation ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ restoration work ⓘ
usedInCountry	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
usedSinceCentury	11th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity → materialUsed → Caen stone ⓘ

Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen → material → Caen stone ⓘ

White Tower → materialUsed → Caen stone ⓘ