Portland Bowers Roach

Portland Bowers Roach is a type of limestone from the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England, on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.[1]

Bowers Roach was used to construct parts of Broadcasting House, situated in Portland Place, London.[citation needed]

See also

  • Bowers Basebed
  • Portland stone

References

  1. ^ "Portland Bowers Roach". Federation Stone Great Britain. Retrieved 14 April 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

Further reading

  • Gwilt, Joseph (1842). An encyclopædia of architecture: historical, theoretical, and practical. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 469. portland bowers roach -site:en.wikipedia.org.
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