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Caen stone (French: Pierre de Caen) is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in north-western France near the city of Caen. The limestone is...6 KB (621 words) - 09:10, 21 May 2024
Caen (UK: /ˈkɒ̃ ˈkɒn/; French: [kɑ̃] ; Norman: Kaem) is a commune 15 km (9.3 mi) inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the prefecture of...50 KB (4,615 words) - 08:20, 4 August 2024
with the current early 19th-century ledger stone in white marble. The abbey was to be built in Caen stone, and construction began in 1066. For many decades...8 KB (900 words) - 09:43, 7 June 2024
material is Kentish ragstone, although some local mudstone was also used. Caen stone was imported from northern France to provide details in the Tower's facing...106 KB (13,298 words) - 10:51, 17 July 2024
Exmoisine, now rue Saint-Jean. In 1954-1956, monolithic sarcophagi made of Caen stone were discovered during work in the church. They testify to the probable...2 KB (174 words) - 19:06, 25 June 2024
Records Office ACC 8894/3/1) specified the stone work to have come from UK quarries but this changed to Caen stone from Normandy in France. This material...18 KB (2,061 words) - 11:26, 4 August 2024
different from the one currently used by the college today) is of Caen stone from Caen, France. Overall the exterior amounted to just under half the cost...10 KB (879 words) - 14:21, 17 July 2024
access all of the primary first floor rooms. The grand hall was faced in Caen stone, as was much of the interior. It was worked and carved with decorative...10 KB (908 words) - 02:00, 31 May 2023
The original statue, made of Caen stone, was in a very poor state of repair. Caen stone was too soft as an external stone, especially on the exposed roof...88 KB (9,677 words) - 08:55, 7 August 2024
country (60 ft; 18 m), was added in 1230; it contains an 1895 reredos in Caen stone by W.S. Hicks, depicting northern saints of the 7th and 8th centuries...13 KB (1,166 words) - 00:06, 23 July 2024
Richmond in 1746, and stands to this day. The Market Cross is constructed of Caen stone, one of the most favoured building materials of the age. The cross's form...5 KB (588 words) - 04:34, 24 August 2023
and a private garden next door. The first floor featured a five-story Caen stone entrance hall leading to the library, a small salon, a grand salon, a...9 KB (785 words) - 21:19, 5 August 2024- Jurassic. It was often quarried for building work and is referred to as Caen Stone. Indeterminate sauropod remains located in the Département Du Calvados...4 KB (134 words) - 07:09, 10 February 2024
closely on that of the Abbey of Saint-Étienne in Caen, where he had previously been abbot, using stone brought from France. The new church, its central...89 KB (9,663 words) - 18:14, 15 July 2024
VIII's will. The external cladding of the building is Georgian, using Caen Stone to make it look like a classical French Chateau. This work was completed...5 KB (642 words) - 07:17, 17 March 2024
paneling, 12 feet (3.7 m) high, with finishes and doorway surrounds made of Caen stone. The walls originally had oak wainscoting and an Aubosson tapestry frieze...174 KB (18,525 words) - 03:38, 12 July 2024
table under the crossing. The pulpit dates to 1883 and was carved in Caen stone and green marble by John Rhind to a design by William Hay. The pulpit...157 KB (19,518 words) - 19:18, 26 April 2024
including stone for the construction of Mont Saint-Michel. The Caen plain and the area of Bessin use the traditional unusually hard limestone, called Caen stone...6 KB (706 words) - 21:30, 4 March 2024
Its chemistry makes it similar to the Ketton stone oolite of southern England and France's Caen stone, though it is considerably lighter in weight at...5 KB (556 words) - 15:19, 30 July 2024
detailed stonework being carved from limestone from Caen in Normandy, the remainder of the stone being variously local mudstone and coralline, as well...23 KB (2,567 words) - 06:38, 26 July 2024
- Caen stone (countable and uncountable, plural Caen stones) A cream-coloured limestone used in building, found near Caen, France. Cantonese
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 Caen 764311911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 4 — Caen CAEN, a city of north-western France, capital of the department
- now immortal pun, "Herb Caen: About This Town; "Herbert's Sherbet," Honolulu Star-Bulletin (March 22, 1964), p. 98 Blame Herb Caen for inspiring this, but
- part in sorties to assist the paratroopers holding the bridgeheads north of Caen. No. 266 Squadron, which remained 95% Rhodesian at the start of 1945, thereafter