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Lawn Quarry Grey Gables New Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft L6 Mount Pleasant Quarry - Western Entrances Grey Gables Slope Shaft Firs Quarry Shaft L1 Grey Gables Firs Quarry Shaft L5 Jackdaw Quarry Firs Quarry Shaft J2 Firs Quarry Shaft J5 Firs Quarry - Hopecot Firs Quarry Shaft J4 Mount Pleasant Quarry - Eastern Grill Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft J1 Mount Pleasant Quarry - Eastern Shaft Entrance Lodge Hill Quarry - Entrance Firs Quarry Shaft H2 Firs Quarry Shaft F1 Firs Quarry Shaft H1 Firs Quarry Shaft CC4 Firs Quarry Shaft I5 Firs Quarry Shaft 5316 Firs Quarry Shaft I2 Firs Quarry - Hadley Arms Entrance Firs Quarry - Hadley Shaft
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Off Shaft Road, Combe Down, Bath.
| NGR: | ST 76514 62459 |
| WGS84: | 51.36071, -2.33870 |
| Length: | 0 m |
| Depth: | 0 m |
| Altitude: | 154 m |
| Tags: | Quarry |
| Registry: | wbc |
This open quarry has been working since 1850, moving gradually southwest from its original location as Lawn Quarry. It is the last surviving working quarry in Bath and is has been worked by three generations of the Hancock family, using up to five cranes at the quarry. Extraction is currently limited to a maximum of 5,000 tonnes per annum, by surface extraction.
Alternative Names: Lodge Style Quarry
Notes: Bath Stone from Upper Lawn Quarry has been used recently for restoration work at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Brighton Pavilion. The surface quarry was unusual in using petrol saws to cut the stone, using moveable timber and iron shelters.
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