Slate.
- Thread starter TeeDee
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Yep.
In my old house there was no space for side table or whatever to put a drink on when at one sofa. Kids and dog meant at your feet was too dicey. We tried it out as a shelf behind and it worked well.
One thing to consider is that unless the slate is native to the site, then it is, and to a large extent always has been, fairly expensive to obtain worked and finished slate pieces. Especially if it had to be transported any distance and is of any decent size. Split slates for roofing are not the size of the pieces you describe.
We haven't seen this piece of stone yet, TeeDee
Is there any obvious mortar staining on it? Has it got a crisply cut or a crumbly, ragged edge?
I'll take some phots in the morning - this bit and the other bits.
Like i say I THINK its slate - I have no idea what else it could be.
I never realised it would generate such interest and discussion!!
There are Devonian Slates that were used extensively for buildings; I'm not sure of the quality though - I believe they were coloured (not grey)
There's other bits??!!!
Have I got this right; you are in Wales? I lived in the Rhondda as a kid ... there was slate all over the place. But I think mainly from the north and mid Wales - I don't remember seeing slate quarries in the south ... blue pennant quarries everywhere there was house though
Have I got this right; you are in Wales? I lived in the Rhondda as a kid ... there was slate all over the place. But I think mainly from the north and mid Wales - I don't remember seeing slate quarries in the south ... blue pennant quarries everywhere there was house though
There's other bits??!!!
Have I got this right; you are in Wales? I lived in the Rhondda as a kid ... there was slate all over the place. But I think mainly from the north and mid Wales - I don't remember seeing slate quarries in the south ... blue pennant quarries everywhere there was house though
No mate - I'm down in namby-pamby soft-skinned cider drinking, turnip munching , cow rustling Devon.
Cider pressing ? 
Can't see it needing all that slate though.
A really stable base for the press and some channelling for the raw must to be put into barrels, and I think that's about it really.
Good worked slate, in really sizeable slices....not usually used for flooring or architectural apart from roofs, shelves and something you really need to be level.
We know that slate was used for pantries, for dairies, basically chill areas that needed clean surfaces. They didn't have plastic workstops in the past. They did have marble but it's porous and easily stained. Wood is good, takes scrubbing, but slate is preferred.
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Audley End, country house, it's larder....
Does anything look familiar about your pieces compared to these ones ?
Can't see it needing all that slate though.
A really stable base for the press and some channelling for the raw must to be put into barrels, and I think that's about it really.
Good worked slate, in really sizeable slices....not usually used for flooring or architectural apart from roofs, shelves and something you really need to be level.
We know that slate was used for pantries, for dairies, basically chill areas that needed clean surfaces. They didn't have plastic workstops in the past. They did have marble but it's porous and easily stained. Wood is good, takes scrubbing, but slate is preferred.
Middle of this page, fifth photo down.
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We ventured out on a guided walk with Alton’s Tree Warden, Jim Dickinson, on a lovely evening on 21 July 2014 and started in the Community Centre car park. About 20 of us turned up and Jim started with the enormous weeping willow opposite the Library. He pointed out that the roots of the...
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Victorian Welsh Slate Shelves for sale
Victorian Welsh Slate Shelves which were used as shelving from the Public Records Office in Chancery Lane, London.
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Audley End, country house, it's larder....
Does anything look familiar about your pieces compared to these ones ?
I wonder if is it the stuff that fell my great great grandad's cart when we where fleeing from the anti Beard pogram in the late 1850's ( There was no wick-ped-ia in those days so don't bother to look it up.) As such you are duty bound to pack it up and send to our house. ... cos my nan says it's the law init.
Ahhhhhh... could be , it just could be....
But let me remind you of the age old Ye Law in Devonshire ( greatest of shires by a long shot... ) , and adage born or time and blood itself that simply translates as:-
" Don't start trouble... won't be trouble.... init...."
But where did this come from then: "If in trouble or doubt run around in circles on a slate, scream and shout."?
