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A row of bricks, which are all stamped with the location they were made

Building materials

Gain insights into the use of traditional building materials, and find out how to work with and care for them.

A building made up of uniform, blonde sandstone blocks, with an ornately carved column beside the doorway

Sandstone
An orange lime harled historic building

Lime
A red piece of cast iron with a 'Sun Foundry' stamp on it

Iron
A close up look at grey slates

Slate
A stack of wooden planks

Timber
A building made up of pink, red and cream coloured bricks laid in amazing patterns including zig zags

Brick
A huge, colourful stained glass window depicting religious scenes

Glass
A painted mural with blue, red, purple and pink flowers on it

Paint and finishes
An earth wall, sandwiched between two timber panels

Earth