Combe Down quarries
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Combe Down quarries are historic underground limestone workings near Bath, England, that supplied much of the city’s distinctive Bath stone used in its Georgian architecture.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic industrial site
ⓘ
limestone quarries ⓘ underground stone mines ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bath’s World Heritage Site setting
ⓘ
development of Bath as a spa city ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
construction of Bath’s Georgian terraces
ⓘ
construction of Bath’s crescents ⓘ construction of Bath’s public buildings ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | local industrial heritage ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern | subsidence risk ⓘ |
| eraOfMajorUse |
18th century
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | Great Oolite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | restricted access to underground workings ⓘ |
| hasProduct | dimension stone blocks ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| industry | stone quarrying ⓘ |
| knownFor |
extensive underground workings
ⓘ
supplying much of Bath’s building stone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bath
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Combe Down NERFINISHED ⓘ England ⓘ Somerset ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Combe Down plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialExtracted |
Bath stone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
oolitic limestone ⓘ |
| miningMethod | room and pillar ⓘ |
| near | city of Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownershipType | mixture of former private and estate workings ⓘ |
| partOf | Bath stone quarrying industry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| risk | ground instability above old workings ⓘ |
| significantFor | Georgian architecture of Bath ⓘ |
| status | largely disused ⓘ |
| stoneProperty |
easily worked when freshly quarried
ⓘ
hardens on exposure to air ⓘ |
| stoneType | cream-coloured limestone ⓘ |
| subjectOf | stabilisation project by local authorities ⓘ |
| transportedTo | building sites in Bath ⓘ |
| undergroundExtent | several kilometres of workings ⓘ |
| usedFor | building stone supply ⓘ |
| usedIn | restoration of historic buildings in Bath ⓘ |
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