Building of the present Abbey church did not start until 1102, employing Caen stone imported from Normandy and floated up the Severn.
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Caen stone, and the judges'library, conference room and individual chambers were all painted in shades of cream and lit with pendant drop-globes.
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Holy Trinity Church has a nave of four font was made in 1878 and consists of Caen stone and marble from Sicily.
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The altar, installed in 1873, is constructed of white Caen stone; it serves as a memorial to the mother of then-Rector George Worthington.
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It is made of Dorchester stone with columns of Aberdeen granite and Caen stone, depicting the symbolic holly of Irving's coat of arms.
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The pews are of hand-carved black walnut and the baptismal font is constructed of Caen stone, supported by onyx columns imported from Mexico.
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Inside the church the font and reredos are in Caen stone, they were both made by T . Ruddock, and they depict biblical scenes.
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For high-quality monuments like tombs and effigies stone was sometimes imported over much longer distances like the Purbeck marble and Caen stone also present.
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Stones from the more distant Chausey islands have been identified and two blocks of Caen stone, from Normandy, are used in the north window.
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The building is about 28 feet in length, by 14 feet broad with walls of rubble masonry two feet thick, with Caen stone dressings.
