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Category:Bath stone

<nowiki>Pietra di Bath; বাথ স্টোন; pierre de Bath; Bath Stone; Maen Bath; Bath Stone; אבן באת'; Bath Stone; Բաթի քար; Bath Stone; Bath Stone; バス・ストーン; Bath Stone; ŝtono de Bath; 巴斯岩; Piedra de Bath; oolitic limestone; Werkstein aus Südengland; pietra del sud dell'Inghilterra; 巴斯石; バース石</nowiki>
Bath Stone 
oolitic limestone
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Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath, England its distinctive appearance. An important feature of Bath Stone is that it is a 'freestone', so-called because it can be sawn or 'squared up' in any direction, unlike other rocks such as slate, which forms distinct layers. Bath Stone has been used extensively as a building material throughout southern England, for churches, houses, and public buildings such as railway stations. Some quarries are still in use, but the majority have been either converted to other purposes or are being filled in.

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