{"id":53,"date":"2016-10-23T14:07:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T14:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.geosuffolk.co.uk\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-11-06T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T11:37:31","slug":"built-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.geosuffolk.co.uk\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"Built Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surely all geologists should have their photograph taken in Coprolite Street<\/a>, Ipswich! Elsewhere our ancestors were masters of flint in fine churches such as Lavenham and Blythburgh.  <\/p>\n

Tacket Street Ipswich<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kentish Ragstone (a sandstone) comes from the Medway valley area but has been imported for the walls of several Suffolk churches and for making sea walls.<\/p>\n

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Ipswich Waterfront<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is good to see the use of natural stone in a modern public sculpture. The Question by Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell at the University of Suffolk Waterfront plaza uses marble from Estremoz in the Alentego Region of Portugal and the dark rock is dolerite from Rosario in the Colonia Department of southern Uruguay. <\/p>\n

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Our latest leaflet, Discover GeoIpswich<\/a> starts from the Question and visits Blackfriars, Christchurch Park, Ipswich Museum, the Corn Hill, and the St Nicholas church area.<\/p>\n

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Brandon Heritage Centre<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Flint is apropriately used in this modern heritage centre. Find out more about building stones in Breckland from our new leaflet In Breckland with GeoSuffolk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bury St Edmunds<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Enhance your visit by downloading our leaflet God’s Square Rocks<\/a> with the geological highlights of the Abbey Gardens, the Cathedral and St Mary’s church.<\/p>\n

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Greyfriar’s Priory in Dunwich<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Coralline Crag Rock-Bed was used as a building stone in some of Suffolk’s Medieval buildings, as for example in the boundary wall of Greyfriar’s Priory. This was repaired in 2013 by English Heritage and Suffolk County Council using Coralline Crag from a local quarry.<\/p>\n

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For more information on the Rock-Bed see GeoSuffolk’s leaflet Suffolk’s Coralline Crag Rock-Bed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GeoSuffolk goes to Church<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Find out about some of the building stones in our local churches.<\/p>\n