A type of oolitic limestone found especially near Bath in south-western England, grey to yellowish in colour and used in building and sculpture.
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- The narrow roads add to the town's character and are lined with grey buildings built out of Bath stone.
- A striking contrast of old and new, one half of the house is made up of an 1870s gamekeeper's cottage, with thick walls of Bath stone and tiny windows.
- An article written for the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine two years after the discovery in 1944 explained how workmen stumbled upon the coffin which had been cut from Bath stone.
- Families in Calne are furious that an Edwardian Bath stone house could be destroyed to allow Sainsbury's to expand its store.
- The plans originally included knocking down an Edwardian Bath stone house to increase the size of the store in The Pippin.