Materials / Kilkenny Blue Limestone

Kilkenny Blue Limestone - Honed

Material: Kilkenny Blue Limestone

Kilkenny Blue Limestone has been used for centuries as the material of choice for the construction of prestige buildings. It can be worked to provide colours that range from deep blue black to subtle blue grey and surface textures ranging from silky smooth to positively aggressive. In the hands of a skilled architect, designer or mason the combination of colours and textures can bring the most mundane structure to life or produce stunning variations with the interplay between light and texture.

As with all materials there are some limitations on limestone thickness for the textured finishes.In a similar way some of the mechanically produced textures cannot be applied to the edges of the blocks.Polished and honed finishes generally do not perform well out of doors.

Finish: Honed

Honed finishes can be produced using a range of grits. The coarsest grit will give a pale blue-grey colour and the finest a dark blue-grey to black. There will be subtle variations between different beds in any quarry. Most quarries have a limited number of beds that yield an even colour but where crinoids are present they will show as well defined surface mottling. Shell beds honed with a fine grit are often black with a spectacular white contrast provided by the brachiopods. The surface produced by the coarser grits is smooth and matt with a faint pattern of circular scores. Finer grits produce a smooth matt texture with no obvious tool marks.

Projects

Central Bank of Ireland Year: 2017


 

 


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Grey

Honed Branco Micaela


 

Honed Dietfurt Grey / Blue Limestone


 

Honed Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 

Honed G603 Granite / Granamore


 

Honed Oriental Dark


 

Sanded Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 

Bushammered Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 

Polished Oriental Dark


 

Polished G603 Granite / Granamore


 

Polished Branco Micaela


 

Chiselled Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 

Flamed & Brush Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 

Polished Dietfurt Grey / Blue Limestone


 

Sand Blasted Branco Micaela


 

Bushammered G603 Granite / Granamore


 

Bushammered Branco Micaela


 

Flamed G603 Granite / Granamore


 

Flamed Branco Micaela


 

Sarena Dietfurt Grey / Blue Limestone


 

Bushammered Oriental Dark


 

Flamed Oriental Dark


 
Dark Grey

Flamed Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 
Black

Polished Angola Black Granite


 

Flamed Angola Black Granite


 

Honed Oriental Black


 

Honed Angola Black Granite


 

Polished Kilkenny Blue Limestone


 

Polished Oriental Black


 

Bushammered Oriental Black


 

Flamed Oriental Black


 
Cream

Honed Dietfurt Grey / Blue Limestone


 

Honed Crema Terra Granite


 

Bushammered Amarelo Real Granite


 

Honed Delta Cream (G682)


 

Honed Molianos Limestone


 

Honed Dietfurt Beige Limestone


 

Honed - Rough Dietfurt Beige Limestone


 

Flamed Crema Terra Granite


 

Honed Amarelo Real Granite


 

Bushammered Delta Cream (G682)


 

Polished Crema Terra Granite


 

Hammered Dietfurt Beige Limestone


 

Serena Dietfurt Beige Limestone


 

Vein Cut - Honed Dietfurt Beige Limestone


 

Split Face Dietfurt Beige Limestone


 
Red

Flamed Red Porphry


 

Polished Paradiso


 

Polished Imperial Red


 

Honed Eichenbuhler Sandstone