Northern England:
Limestone & Sanstone (Pennines) Granite & Slate (Cumbria)

Regional Geology (Building Stones)

Wales:
Granite, Slate
& Sandstone

Cheshire, Yorkshire & the Midlands:
Boulder Clay, Limestone & Sandstone

Devon & Cornwall:
Granite & Clay

North Yorkshire, Northants,
the Cotswold & Mendips:
Limestone

Downs & Yorkshire Wolds: Chalk & Flint
(difficult building stone)

East Anglia: Alluvial Soils
(no building stone)

Simplified Map

Weald of Kent: Sandstones

The Limestone belt which runs diagonally across England marks a boundary between the North and West where suitable building stones are readily available and the South and East where timber buildings predominate.