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[[File:Cobblestones 01.jpg|thumb|right|A road paved with setts, which are often mistaken for [[cobblestone]]s]] |
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[[Image:Royal mile edinburgh.jpg|thumb|Much of [[Edinburgh]]'s [[Royal Mile]] is laid with granite setts, as seen in this view looking east down the High Street past the old [[Tron Kirk]].]] |
[[Image:Royal mile edinburgh.jpg|thumb|Much of [[Edinburgh]]'s [[Royal Mile]] is laid with granite setts, as seen in this view looking east down the High Street past the old [[Tron Kirk]].]] |
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A '''sett''', usually the plural '''setts''' and in some places called a '''Belgian block''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A27568|title=Were Pittsburgh's original finished roads and streets paved with cobblestone, Belgian block or some other type of brick?|last=Potter|first=Chris|date=October 14, 2004|work=Pittsburgh City Paper|accessdate=2009-09-23|location=[[Pittsburgh]], [[USA]]}}</ref> often |
A '''sett''', usually the plural '''setts''' and in some places called a '''Belgian block''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A27568|title=Were Pittsburgh's original finished roads and streets paved with cobblestone, Belgian block or some other type of brick?|last=Potter|first=Chris|date=October 14, 2004|work=Pittsburgh City Paper|accessdate=2009-09-23|location=[[Pittsburgh]], [[USA]]}}</ref> often idiomatically<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cobble?region=uk |title=OED definition of 'cobble' |publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=2012-04-04}}</ref> called "[[cobblestone]]", is a broadly rectangular [[quarry|quarried]] [[Rock (geology)|stone]] used originally for [[Road surface|paving]] roads,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caithness.org/geography/walksincaithness/wickwalk.htm |title=A Walking Tour of The Royal Burgh of Wick |last=Oliver |first=David |publisher=Caithness.org |accessdate=2009-03-04 |quote=At the first building after the end of the bridge, turn left into East High street which has not been widened and still has old stone setts.}}</ref> today a decorative stone paving used in [[landscape architecture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Secret-garden-joy-behold/article-727651-detail/article.html |title=Secret garden is a joy to behold |date=2009-02-25 |accessdate=2009-03-04 |publisher=This Is South Wales .co.uk |quote=This is a garden of variation rather than variety. Hedges in subtly different colours and heights, paths sticking to the same small palette of materials, old timber from Swansea docks, granite setts, stone and brick but varying in pattern to suit the moment and the rhythm of the space, a small number of boldly used containers, lipped with jagged zinc, contain strong effects, from cloud-pruned box to a flat plane of granite setts.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenprojects/4786911/Framing-a-garden-view.html |title=Framing a garden view |date=2009-02-23 |accessdate=2009-03-04 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |last=Guinness |first=Bunny | authorlink=Bunny Guinness |quote=You can pull the pattern work through to the paving too, echoing the style with bands of setts, pebbles or slabs.}}</ref> A sett is distinct from a [[cobblestone]] by being quarried or shaped to a regular form, whereas a cobblestone is generally naturally occurring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pavingexpert.com/setts01.htm |title=Setts & Cubes: Introduction |publisher=A J McCormack & Son |accessdate=2012-04-04}}</ref> |
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Streets paved with setts are highlights in several cycling competitions such as the final [[Champs-Élysées stage in Tour de France|Champs-Élysées]] stage of the [[Tour de France]] and the [[Paris–Roubaix]] road race as riding upon them is technically more challenging than riding on asphalt{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}. |
Streets paved with setts are highlights in several cycling competitions such as the final [[Champs-Élysées stage in Tour de France|Champs-Élysées]] stage of the [[Tour de France]] and the [[Paris–Roubaix]] road race as riding upon them is technically more challenging than riding on asphalt{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}. |
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Revision as of 17:01, 4 April 2012
A road paved with setts, which are often mistaken for cobblestones
Much of Edinburgh's Royal Mile is laid with granite setts, as seen in this view looking east down the High Street past the old Tron Kirk.
A sett, usually the plural setts and in some places called a Belgian block,[1] often idiomatically[2] called "cobblestone", is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used originally for paving roads,[3] today a decorative stone paving used in landscape architecture.[4][5] A sett is distinct from a cobblestone by being quarried or shaped to a regular form, whereas a cobblestone is generally naturally occurring.[6]
Streets paved with setts are highlights in several cycling competitions such as the final Champs-Élysées stage of the Tour de France and the Paris–Roubaix road race as riding upon them is technically more challenging than riding on asphalt[citation needed].
Notable roads paved with setts include Vicars' Close, Wells,[7] much of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and the set of Coronation Street.
In New York City the meat-packing district and SoHo retains such streets.
Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, in particular its upper reaches through Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill, is notable for being paved with Belgian blocks; repaving projects on this thoroughfare have retained or reintroduced setts to give additional historic character to these neighborhoods. Part of this character includes the tracks of the 23 trolley, though the modern tracks are encased in concrete slabs rather than setts, and the trolley line itself is currently operated by buses.
In many cities (including Philadelphia, as exemplified above), setts have often been used for pavement around street-running trolley or tram lines, in the same manner as brickwork.
Belgian block is usually granite. The meditation hall of the Poison Ivy Ashram on the east side of Cayuga Lake (New York State) is paved with setts of granite.
References
- ^ Potter, Chris (October 14, 2004). "Were Pittsburgh's original finished roads and streets paved with cobblestone, Belgian block or some other type of brick?". Pittsburgh City Paper. Pittsburgh, USA. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
- ^ "OED definition of 'cobble'". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ^ Oliver, David. "A Walking Tour of The Royal Burgh of Wick". Caithness.org. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
At the first building after the end of the bridge, turn left into East High street which has not been widened and still has old stone setts.
- ^ "Secret garden is a joy to behold". This Is South Wales .co.uk. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
This is a garden of variation rather than variety. Hedges in subtly different colours and heights, paths sticking to the same small palette of materials, old timber from Swansea docks, granite setts, stone and brick but varying in pattern to suit the moment and the rhythm of the space, a small number of boldly used containers, lipped with jagged zinc, contain strong effects, from cloud-pruned box to a flat plane of granite setts.
- ^ Guinness, Bunny (2009-02-23). "Framing a garden view". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
You can pull the pattern work through to the paving too, echoing the style with bands of setts, pebbles or slabs.
- ^ "Setts & Cubes: Introduction". A J McCormack & Son. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
- ^ "Boundary walls to Nos.1-13 Vicars Close, Wells". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
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