The stone is said to be a hard freestone from the Mendip quarries. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
All the houses along the Undercliff are constructed with a beautiful kind of freestone procured on the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island.] Reference
The ridges themselves were formed of a coarse kind of freestone in a state of rapid decomposition. From Wordnik.com. [Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete] Reference
Here the rocks appeared to be of a species of freestone. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region] Reference
The house, built of freestone, in the style of the period of. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
The chest was of freestone, such as is common on Lincoln heath. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The square is built of freestone, and is beautifully tinted by age. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Select large firm freestone peaches, remove the skins and put into a jar. From Wordnik.com. [My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec] Reference
They will not generate in limestone water, only in freestone or salt water. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
This noble mansion is on the banks of the Thames, and is composed of freestone. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
I shall use freestone from my own Quarry for the building above the Foundation. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Mt. Vernon - Historical Documents] Reference
Hugh John scratched the freestone of a half-buried tomb with a nail till told to stop. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
A great deal of its beauty is owing to the fine freestone of which it is chiefly built. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
The Wyant and the freestone Wolf are considered as being the next two most popular varieties. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
The colour of the freestone of which it is built is as fresh as that of the castle of Tarascon. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
The first of these stripes is about forty feet high, and rests on a base of Travertine freestone. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
After riding a short distance, we came to a spacious mansion of freestone, built in the Grecian style. From Wordnik.com. [The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon] Reference
This monument was built by Lord Sidmouth, and is a fine freestone edifice, with a suitable inscription. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
And as freestone of an excellent quality abounds, one requisite towards the completion of it is attained. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Botany Bay] Reference
The roof is vaulted with freestone, in the centre of which are two curious shields and many coats of arms. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Now he halts before a spacious mansion, the front of which is high and bold, and deep, and of brown freestone. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
They were seated on either side of the huge sepulchral-looking freestone chimney in the low hall at Girnington. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of Lammermoor] Reference
The edifice is of stone, the roof and wood-work of oak, the pulpit freestone, and over it is a fine painted window. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
When a freestone stream is at peak runoff, all muddy roils and flooded banks, often the smartest tactic is to leave. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Stream Guide: 50 Ways to Catch Spring Trout] Reference
In the midst of his land each lord had a stately castle; one was built of white freestone, the other of grey granite. From Wordnik.com. [Granny's Wonderful Chair] Reference
The capitals are light and graceful and carved with a volute, and the columns clusters of marble and freestone shafts. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
There are in the chancel two freestone effigies, perhaps of the 14th century, besides three sedilia, and a piscina under arches. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
In dry seasons there is evidently none: the hills passed over this day were of a curious species of pudding-stone and freestone. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales] Reference
The settlement is near the beach; it consists of several houses and barracks placed irregularly, but well built of white freestone. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
England as large, and built of bricks and faced with freestone; my wife — would I have changed her for any other wife in the world?. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
A tall marble front, placed in a modest row of freestone, is hideous, and yet the unrelieved monotony of many such rows is quite as bad. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864] Reference
For some distance the path is in a sunken stratum of soft freestone, while the upper ledge of more stubborn rock overhangs it several feet. From Wordnik.com. [Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight The Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island.] Reference
In addition to these the island possesses an almost inexhaustible store of granite, slate and freestone, well adapted to building purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference
Around it is the finest, terrace in the world, the descent from which is faced with a rampart of freestone extending about seventeen hundred feet. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
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