Pierre de Caen is een gerenommeerde Franse kalksteensoort, toegepast bij de bouw van o.a. Normandische en Engelse kathedralen en de Londense tower. Het is een crèmekleurige kalksteensoort die geologisch hoort bij de Bathonien. De steen is poreus maar absoluut vorstbestendig. Hij laat zich goed bewerken (puntbeitelen, boucharderen, raspen, schuren, polijsten……….). De steen is niet hoogglans polijstbaar.

Caen stone or Pierre de Caen, is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in northwestern France near the city of Caen.

It was used in the construction of the late eleventh century austere Norman Romanesque Church of Saint-Étienne, at the Abbaye-aux-Hommes (on the east side of Caen), that was founded by William the Conqueror. His tomb is located there.

This stone was also a popular building material with the Normans in England. It was used in both the cathedral and castle at Norwich, where it was brought by boat up the River Wensum. Caen stone was also used extensively in Canterbury cathedral. Perhaps the most famous buildings in Caen stone are Tower of London and Buckingham Palace.

The stone is porous, but is frost resistant and is not high polish available.