Hopton Wood stone

Hopton Wood stone (sometimes Hopton-Wood stone or Hoptonwood stone) is a type of limestone quarried west of Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. Described as "very fine, almost like marble" and as "England’s premier decorative stone", it is particularly suited to carving, making it popular for tombstones (including many thousands for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission), sculpture and building.

Buildings and structures made using Hopton Wood stone include the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Albert Memorial, Lichfield Cathedral, Calke Abbey, Chatsworth House and Oscar Wilde's tomb.

In 1947 the Hopton-Wood Stone Firms Ltd commissioned a book about Hopton Wood stone, published by Fanfare press.

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1. Tomb of Marigold Churchill
2. Alfred Waterhouse
3. Beaudesert, Cannock Chase
4. Oscar Wilde's tomb
5. William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme
6. Commonwealth War Graves Commission
7. Trajan (typeface)
8. Winchester College War Cloister
9. List of sculptures by Henry Moore
10. Jacob Epstein
11. Manchester Central Library
12. Sheffield City Battalion
13. Perpetua (typeface)
14. List of former English Heritage blue plaques
15. Malmesbury
16. St Giles' Cathedral
17. Dulwich Old College War Memorial
18. List of types of limestone
19. St Margaret's Church, Hopton
20. Syro-Malabar Cathedral of St Alphonsa, Preston