Stonesfield Slate Roof

At the centre of stonesfield stands the 13th century church of st.

Stonesfield slate roof.

The quarry was still being worked right up until the 20thcentury. Stonesfield slate is a type of cotswold stone that was named after the local quarry in which it was found. In december 1976 the first edition of the stonesfield slate was published it was the brainchild of gordon rudlin. March issue of the stonesfield slate published 27 02 10 11 37 content this month events over the last month and coming up plus the regular lively updates about stonesfield.

Consequently many houses in the local area have stonesfield slate roofs. February 2020 slate. Reroofing of traditional stone slate roofs in england it deals specifically with stone slates from sedimentary rocks mainly limestone and sandstone rather than with real slates which are from metamorphic rock as the material and methods of stone slate roofing vary from region to region it. 140 the characteristic stonesfield slate created by the splitting action of frost on fissile rock was in use by the 17th century.

Slate may 10 slate apr 10 slate mar 10 slate feb 10. If you don t have adobe acrobat installed you can download it from here articles may be submitted to the slate by email. James the great its bell tower clearly visible above the surrounding buildings. This month the slate is celebrating its 500th edition.

The pegged slates are then hung over the batten. Stone slate roofs are very heavy about 1000 kg per 10 sq m and an effect of this weight is often a slight bend in the roof. To view copies of the slate stonesfield s village newsletter you will need adobe acrobat installed on your computer. 139 wrongly supposed to have originated in roman times through failure to distinguish stonesfield s frosted slates from common unfrosted presents has left no medieval record.

The tower was heightened in the 15th century and is still a prominent landmark. However this causes the slates to pack more closely together and it is now thought that roofs were made deliberately to allow this bow keeping out the rain and snow much more effectively. Indeed many of the stone roofing slates used in oxfordshire including those on several oxford colleges came from stonesfield. It contains a ring of six bells.

The slate industry in stonesfield fn. The church is roofed with stonesfield slates a roofing slate mined in the village and used for many of the buildings in oxfordshire.