England's Heritage in Stone
and the English Stone Forum
The English Stone Forum (ESF) was established in the wake of a conference in York in 2005. Its aim is to champion English stone by encouraging a greater public interest and awareness of the stone built heritage of England and the threats it faces – and to encourage the wider use of stone for maintaining traditional buildings and new construction. The NSC is a founder member of the ESF and the Welsh Stone Forum.
In late 2007, the National Stone Centre was invited to assist in editing the proceedings and to carry out all the design work. The resulting publication, England's Heritage in Stone, was launched at the Natural Stone Show, London in March 2008 and has been very well received.
Publications with this level of concentration on stone subjects do not come along very often and this is one to be warmly welcomed" Richard Deane, Cornerstone (journal of SPAB).
The paper by Ian Thomas (Director of the NSC) on Hopton Wood Stone in the same review was described as:
"the kind of specialised but accessible study of an individual stone that could usefully be extended to many other examples".
Copies are available directly from the National Stone Centre
Cost: £20 (plus £2 postage and packing within the UK)
please make cheques payable to the National Stone Centre.
CONTENTS
England’s Heritage in Stone: Peter Doyle, Geoconservation Commission
Historical Perspective of Conservation: the importance of stone, today’s problems and lessons from the past: Chris Wood, English Heritage
Building stone as a resource – finding stone for
restoration projects: Tim Yates, BRE
Vernacular slate and stone roofs in England: Terry Hughes
The development of the Victorian Stone industry: Graham Lott, BGS
Vernacular stone buildings in Northamptonshire: Diana S. Sutherland
A Geologists guide to building stone: Eric Robinson
Limestone Petrography and Durability in English
Jurassic Freestones: Tim J. Palmer, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Field guide to the Building Limestones of the Upper Permian
Cadeby Formation (Magnesian Limestone) of Yorkshire: Graham K. Lott and A.H. Cooper, BGS
Hopton Wood Stone – England’s premier decorative stone: Ian A Thomas, National Stone Centre
For further information on the English Stone Forum see their web site: www.englishstone.org.uk