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Beautiful early morning light bringing the Portland Stone to life at Ploegsteert Memorial to the missing this morning. After all the rain was a nice change. With @LegerBattleTour AQWF tour.
Portland stone received a huge boost following the Reformation when King James I sought to use British stone when he commissioned famed architect Inigo Jones to rebuild St Paul’s Cathedral. Read more about limestone here:
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Super visit yesterday to @AlbionStone meeting their extraordinary teams and exploring the quarry where almost all @CWGC stone is sourced and then onto Portland Naval Cemetery- what a stunning place to rest in peace.
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We are busy updating our gallery with all the Portland Stone work completed over the last few months.
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I hope you enjoy looking through the pictures!
Eddie
A temporary wood and plaster Cenotaph is hastily built and ready #OTD Jul 18 1919, one day before London Victory Parade. The public loved the memorial concept and it was replaced with the permanent structure made up of Portland stone that stands today https://t.co/4CTUisdCsE
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This double sided candlepiece has been carved to celebrate the solstice.
The ancient Portland stone has seen many solstices and equinoxes.
It has been painted with earth pigments made into ink.
They are 220,000 to 350 million years old. #timepiece
Used the @CWGC app and spotted the small green sign when in Hadlow Down earlier. Alongside three ‘traditional’ Portland stone headstones were these private memorials. Got to say they’re some of the most unique and detailed I’ve ever seen. #WW1
Two 'lodge sightings' whilst on holiday in Weymouth. Didn't expect the one in Portland as found whilst parking to explore chesil beach. Would have loved to have visited properly and find out if their was a connection with Portland stone @DorsetMason /@wiltspgl
January 2020: A 'once-in-a-generation' restoration project of two Portland stone globes was completed @CWGC’s Liverpool Naval Memorial, preserving the stories of 1,400 Merchant Navy men killed in #WW2. Find out more, here: https://t.co/t3bj8xpv8y #12MonthsofCWGC#OurWorkContinues
Charles II had employed the leading architect John Gibb to build an impressive royal residence out of white Portland stone. https://t.co/CfnsJQYwaU
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The external #façade of the Canary Wharf residential project features over 3000 panels, both flat and curved in a Portland stone #PPC and include fittings and bracketry for a unitized system.
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We donated some Portland Stone to Bovington Garrison Church. The stone was the focus of their Remembrance Day Commemorations. #RemembranceDay#Portlandstone