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ICONIC CONTRACTS SUPPLIED WITH CORNISH DE LANK GRANITE

Cornish granite has held an affinity to the Architects and constructors of London since the beginning of the 19th Century. One of London earliest recorded projects using Cornish granite is Covent Garden (pre-1833) and on the Thames, Waterloo Bridge (1811-1817).

 

The Cornish granite heyday was circa 1850-1950, encompassing the major designs of that period. Now Grey Granite from the De Lank and Hantergantick quarries at St. Breward, is the only Cornish granite extracted in quantity for the construction and masonry use.

 

A selection of notable work using Cornish De Lank Granite includes:

 

Thames Embankment 1864-74 & 2020-2023             Thames South Wall 1949-50

Blackfriars Bridge 1865-69                                         Putney Bridge 1883-85

London Bridge 1967-73                                              Tower Bridge 1887-89 & 1999

New US Embassy 2016-17                                          Chelsea Barracks, 2017-20

35 Marylebone Street, 2015-17                                 Thames Pathway, 2016-17

Dorchester Hotel, London                                          Stock Exchange (1970s)

Marks & Spencer (Marble Arch)                                 New Scotland Yard (1890)                             

Tate Gallery 1970 & 2015                                           Woolworth’s Store (311 Oxford St)               

Winston Churchill Statue Base (1977)                        Kensington Palace Gardens   

Royal Opera House                                                     New Parliamentary Building (1996-2000)     

Royal Academy of Arts (2000-2001)                           Trafalgar Square (2003)                                 

MoD Building, Whitehall (2003)                                 Lady Diana Memorial (2003-2004)                

St. Pauls (2003)                                                           National Gallery (2005)                     

Palace of Westminster (2006)                                    Westminster Cathedral (2008)

London School of Economics (2008)                          The Queen Mothers Memorial (2009)

President Ronald Regan Memorial (2011)                 The National Gallery, London (2012)

Clarages Estate, London (2016)                                  Buckingham Palace (2019)

 

Memorial to Victims of French Air Disaster near Paris (1974)

JCB Headquarters, Rochester (1988)

St Ives Lifeboat Station

Broadmead Shopping Centre, Bristol (2007-2008)

Dyson Institute (2018)                                   

Padstow Harbour Steps (2003)

Eden Project Seed & Water Feature (2005-2006)

Duchy of Cornwall, Nansledan (2014 ongoing)

Waitrose, Truro (2015)

Eddystone Lighthouse (1878-87)

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