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Ketton stone

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57: 144: 185: 85: 29:, cream to pale yellow or pink in colour, used as a building stone since the 16th century. It is named after the village of 178: 75: 70: 97: 219: 56: 41:, mostly in buildings outside Rutland, particularly in Cambridge, where it was used in many of the colleges. 209: 171: 65: 45: 38: 204: 155: 214: 80: 198: 117: 151: 143: 26: 44:
Nowadays, the major quarry at Ketton produces limestone for the adjoining
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The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, built with Ketton Stone
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but selected stone is still set aside for cut building blocks.
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