Portland stone

E88343

building stone limestone sedimentary rock

Portland stone is a durable, fine-grained limestone from the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England, widely used as a prestigious building material in British architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Portland stone canonical	30
Portland Stone	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building stone ⓘ limestone ⓘ sedimentary rock ⓘ
category	Building stone of the United Kingdom ⓘ Limestone of England ⓘ
color	cream ⓘ white ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf	calcium carbonate ⓘ
contains	fossil fragments ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
exportedTo	Europe ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formationEnvironment	shallow marine ⓘ
geologicalAge	Tithonian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod	Jurassic ⓘ
hasQuarryingIndustry	Portland stone quarries ⓘ
hasStandard	British Standard for building stone (applicable classifications) ⓘ
influenced	London’s architectural character ⓘ
locatedIn	Dorset ⓘ England ⓘ Isle of Portland ⓘ
notableUse	Bank of England ⓘ surface form: Bank of England (parts of the building) British Museum ⓘ surface form: British Museum (portions of the building) Buckingham Palace principal façade redesign ⓘ surface form: Buckingham Palace (extensions and refacing) National Gallery ⓘ surface form: National Gallery (London, parts of the structure) Somerset House, London ⓘ surface form: Somerset House St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London ⓘ surface form: The Cenotaph in Whitehall United Nations Headquarters ⓘ surface form: United Nations Headquarters (New York, exterior cladding)
partOf	Jurassic Coast ⓘ
property	durable ⓘ good weather resistance ⓘ uniform texture ⓘ
quarriedIn	Dorset ⓘ Isle of Portland ⓘ
regulates	building stone supply from Isle of Portland (through quarrying controls) ⓘ
rockType	oolitic limestone ⓘ
texture	fine-grained ⓘ
usedAs	building material ⓘ cladding material ⓘ ornamental stone ⓘ
usedIn	British architecture ⓘ London architecture ⓘ churches ⓘ government buildings ⓘ monuments ⓘ prestigious public buildings ⓘ
valuedFor	aesthetic appearance ⓘ durability in urban environments ⓘ workability ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Belfast City Hall → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Portland, Dorset, England → knownFor → Portland stone ⓘ

Portland, Dorset, England → stoneQuarriedAt → Portland stone ⓘ

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Winfield House → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Wellington Arch → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Late Jurassic → notableFossilSite → Portland stone ⓘ

this entity surface form: Portland Stone

Broadcasting House → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Guards Memorial → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Guildhall, Swansea → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Thames House, London → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

subject surface form: Thames House

Verne Citadel → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Ashton Memorial → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Runnymede Memorial → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Easton → hasBuildingMaterial → Portland stone ⓘ

Weston → hasTraditionalBuildingMaterial → Portland stone ⓘ

Supreme Court building, London → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Portsmouth Naval Memorial → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Old Bailey → buildingMaterial → Portland stone ⓘ

Senate House, University of London → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Portland → knownFor → Portland stone ⓘ

Victoria Coach Station → hasBuildingMaterial → Portland stone ⓘ

George’s Dock Building → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Journalists’ Church → buildingMaterial → Portland stone ⓘ

Machine Gun Corps Memorial → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Royal Naval War Memorial → materialUsed → Portland stone ⓘ

Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of London → material → Portland stone ⓘ

subject surface form: Mansion House

Government Buildings, Dublin → material → Portland stone ⓘ

Cenotaph → material → Portland stone ⓘ

British Standard for building stone (applicable classifications) → appliesTo → Portland stone ⓘ