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Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath, England its distinctive appearance. An important feature of Bath Stone is that it is a 'freestone', so-called because it can be sawn or 'squared up' in any direction, unlike other rocks such as slate, which forms distinct layers. This was shot looking out from the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire,
Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, England. Lacock Abbey, dedicated to St Mary and St Bernard, was founded in 1229 by the widowed Lady Ela the Countess of Salisbury, who laid the abbey's first stone 16 April 1232, in the reign of King Henry III, and to which she retired in 1238. For those of you interested in software development, these frames have been fully processed using the latest incarnation of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom i.e. LR4.
