greystone
Somber building material
Greystone refers to a style of architecture using grey limestone, particularly the elegant rowhouses and mansions built in Chicago and other American cities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
These buildings feature distinctive grey limestone facades, often with ornate carved details: The neighborhood is full of beautiful old greystones.
Also spelled graystone.
Formed from cooled magma
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- metamorphicUndergoing structural change
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
shale · slate · quartzite · flint · gabbro · diorite · schist · quarry
Of a prim era
- mansionLarge, stately home
- castleFortified medieval residence
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
abbey · manor · townhouse · estate · facade · ashlar · masonry · lintel
igneous
Formed from cooled magma
- sedimentaryFormed from deposited material
- metamorphicUndergoing structural change
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
basalt · shale · slate · quartzite · flint · gabbro · diorite · schist · quarry · outcrop
Victorian
Of a prim era
fortress · abbey · manor · townhouse · estate · facade · ashlar · masonry · lintel · buttress
weathered
Eroded by exposure
stately · imposing · timeless · dignified · monochrome · muted · patina · textured · rugged · cold
megalithic
Of giant stone construction
- obeliskTapering stone monument
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- columnVertical structural element
pillar · dolmen · menhir · henge · tombstone · memorial · cenotaph · cairn · burial · ancient
greystonered brick
Kiln-hardened clay block
brownstone · redbrick · sandstone · glass and steel · yellow brick
gray, stone, stony, stones, grey, gemstone, grays, greys, touchstone