Blaxter
Medium grained honey/buff sandstone.
Quarried near Otterburn in Northumberland, this fine-grained honey coloured stone has been quarried since the 1890’s and has been used for many prestigious buildings. In Newcastle it was used to supply the City Hall, the Postal Sorting office and the Royal Grammar School among many other buildings. It was also heavily used in Edinburgh to supply buildings such as the National Library of Scotland, Scottish and Newcastle Breweries head office on Holyrood Road, and the Standard Life Assurance Building on George Street.
More recently Blaxter has proved popular for the restoration of the fabric of Edinburgh and was notably used for the refurbishment of Jenners Store on Princess Street and the new build development of the Holyrood Hotel. Recent projects in Newcastle include the supply of much of the stone used in the redevelopment of the Quayside, in Durham we have supplied the Library and Castle adjacent to the Palace Green and in Sunderland the Reg Vardy Head office building. Blaxter is a large quarry with good reserves.
Applications:
Ashlar walling
Thin cladding Fischer type system
40mm min
Dressed / Carved stone
Rock faced walling
Rubble walling
Rockery stone
External flooring / Paving
External steps / Platts
Internal flooring (requires sealant)
Specification:
Density (kg/m3)
2110
Compressive Strength (N/mm3)
55.1
Absorbtion (%)
6.13
Saturation Coefficient
0.63
Porosity (%)
20.52
Acid Immersion test
pass
Salt Crystallisation (%)
-0.70
Flexural Strength (dry/perp)(N/mm2)
3.1