School of Environmental Sciences Building Stones Guide to identify rocks used in walls and as building stones This is a guide to help you to investigate, describe and identify the rocks used in stone walls as building             and facing stones. Building stones used in Liverpool and Cheshire   (click image for larger view and explanation) Building stone in the crypt of Catholic cathedral, Liverpool Polished slab (cut as a facing stone) in the Pitcher laboratory, Earth & Ocean Sciences Dept., Liverpool University Building stone used in boundary walls of the University of Liverpool               Permo -Triassic sandstone blocks in a wall in Brownlow Street; details of blocks showing various sedimentary structures.   Building stones used in the Harold Cohen Library, Liverpool University Facing stone used in the Physics Building, Liverpool University Facing stone used on the Oceanography/Maths Building, Liverpool University) Facing stone used on the Engineering Building, Liverpool University Volcani-clastic rocks (Borrowdale Volcanics) showing details of bedding. Stone used for paving or as a flagstones, Chester Stone used for paving or as a flagstone, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire .