BRITISH AND IRISH STONES

U K M A P D I V I D E D B Y C I T I E S


Britain and Ireland are home to a wide range of stones that can suit any application and satisfy virtually any aesthetic. This diverse collection of stunning natural material is readily available and easily accessible. More information is available on request about any of the stones featured, but please note this is a selection and not a complete list. Contact [email protected].


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LIMESTONES

Baycliff Caulfield - Ulverston, Cumbria - North West

Clipsham – Lincolnshire – East Midlands

Ancaster – Lincolnshire – East Midlands

Creeton Silverbed – Lincolnshire – East Midlands

Chicksgrove – Wiltshire – South West

Stoke Ground Bath stone – Somerset – South West

Hartham Park Bath stone – Wiltshire – South West

Portland - Isle of Portland – South West

Purbeck – Isle of Purbeck, Dorset – South West

Kentish Rag Stone – Kent – South East

SANDSTONES

Hazeldene – Northumberland – North East

Darney – Northumberland – North East

Witton Fell sandstone – North Yorkshire – Yorkshire and the Humber

Crosland Hill - Huddersfield, West Yorkshire – Yorkshire and the Humber

Moselden – Barkisland, West Yorkshire – Yorkshire and the Humber

Scoutmoor York stone – Greater Manchester – North West

Stoke Hall – Grindleford, Derbyshire – East Midlands

Stanton Moor – Matlock, Derbyshire – East Midlands

Locharbriggs Sandstone – Dumfries, Scotland

Lazonby – Penrith, Cumbria – North West

Red St Bees – Cumbria – North West

Mountcharles Sandstone – Co Donegal Ireland

Hurdcott Green Sandstone – Wiltshire

Pennant – Gloucestershire – South West

QUARTZITE AND GRANITE

De Lank Granite Cornwall – South West

Silver Donegal Quartzite – Co Donegal Ireland

Gold Donegal Quartzite – Co Donegal Ireland

SLATE

Welsh slate – North Wales - Wales

Broughton Moor – Cumbria – North West

Brandy Craig - Coniston – Cumbria – North West

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LIMESTONE

Baycliff Caulfield Clipsham Ancaster Hard White Ancaster Weatherbed

Stoke Ground Base BedStoke Ground Top BedChicksgrove Creeton Silverbed

Portland WhitbedPortland BasebedHartham Park Kentish Ragstone

Portland Roach Purbeck DownsveinPurbeck Green

LIMESTONE

BAYCLIFF CAULFIELD

ORIGIN Britain, Cumbria

APPEARANCE Buff coloured with light coffee mottling and some variety

USE Internal flooring, internal wall cladding and internalrchitectural applications

PROJECT The Guildhall City of London

CLIPSHAM

ORIGIN Britain, Lincolnshire

APPEARANCE Soft pale cream to rich buff colour with some small shell content and coarse grained

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping

PROJECT Library and Study Centre, St John’s College Oxford

Stamford StoneBurlington Stone

ANCASTER


APPEARANCE Two types of Ancaster, Hard White, a creamy white fine to medium grained hard limestone quite consistent in colour and texture. Ancaster Weatherbed, mostly buff coloured with blue/grey inclusions, medium to course grained.

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, internal flooring, carving, landscaping

PROJECT Black Cultural Archives

Weatherbed

Hard White Glebe Stone

LIMESTONE

Glebe Stone

CREETON SILVERBED


APPEARANCE Beige/Cream limestone with clusters of shell fossil and mineral veining.

USE Internal flooring, internal architectural applications, carving, internal wall cladding, restorations and new build.

PROJECT The Shoot Lodge, Oxon

CHICKSGROVE

ORIGIN Britain, Wiltshire

APPEARANCE Creamy white in colour with slight greenish tinge and fine grained

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, internal flooring, carving, external paving

PROJECT Fonthill Abbey, Tisbury Wiltshire

Lovell Stone Group

LIMESTONE

Johnston Quarry Group

STOKE GROUND BATH STONE

ORIGIN Britain, Somerset

APPEARANCE Top bed is fine grained and very consistent, pale cream or buff coloured that mellows to honey colour and has good bed heights. Base Bed is open grained with some shell deposits, light buff/grey colour and hard wearing used for all weathering courses

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, internal flooring, carving, landscaping

PROJECT Pembroke College Cambridge, Liverpool Street Station London

Base Bed

Top Bed Bathstone Group

LIMESTONE

Bathstone Group

KENTISH RAG STONE

ORIGIN Britain, Maidstone, Kent

APPEARANCE Hard sandy limestone, grey to blue grey in colour

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping, memorial, worktops

PROJECT Marks and Spencer’s Store, Maidstone, Kent

HARTHAM PARK BATH STONE

ORIGIN Britain, Corsham Wiltshire

APPEARANCE Pale cream in colour and weathers well, consistent appearance and fine grained

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, internal flooring, carving

PROJECT Pembroke College Oxford

Gallagher GroupLovell Stone Group

LIMESTONE

PORTLAND

ORIGIN Britain, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

APPEARANCE Creamy white. Appearance varies through three different beds: Basebed, Whitbed and Roach with Roach containing the highest level of fossil


PROJECT British Library

Portland Roach

Portland Basebed

Portland Whitbed

Albion Stone

LIMESTONE

Albion Stone

Albion Stone

PURBECK

ORIGIN Britain, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

APPEARANCE Colours and appearance range from off white, buffs, and browns, to dark green and blue depending on the bed, with varying level of fossil


PROJECT Windsor Castle

Purbeck Downsvein

Purbeck Green Haysom Purbeck Stone

LIMESTONE

Haysom Purbeck Stone

SANDSTONE

Hazeldene Darney Witton Fell Crosland Hill

Stanton Moor Stoke Hall Scoutmoor Moselden

Mountcharles Red St Bees Locharbriggs Lazonby

Hurdcott Green Pennant Blue SawnPennant Mixed Sawn

DARNEY

ORIGIN Britain, Northumberland

APPEARANCE Fine to medium grained, pale gold through light buff to almost blonde in colour

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving landscaping

PROJECT Glasgow School of Art Restoration

SANDSTONE

HAZELDENE

ORIGIN Britain, Northumberland

APPEARANCE Fine grained sandstone, white to cream and consistent in appearance


PROJECT Market Street Hotel, Edinburgh

Hutton Stone Hutton Stone

SANDSTONE

WITTON FELL SANDSTONE

ORIGIN Britain, North Yorkshire

APPEARANCE Fine to medium grained light buff in colour with pink intrusions and light brown flecks and veins


PROJECT Ravenswick cladding

CROSLAND HILL

ORIGIN Britain, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

APPEARANCE Medium to fine grained, light buff with naturally occurring variations which are enhanced by weathering


PROJECT Birmingham City Library

Cumbrian Stone Johnsons Wellfield

SANDSTONE

SCOUTMOOR YORK STONE

ORIGIN Britain, Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester

APPEARANCE Blue grey to brown in colour and very hard wearing

USE External paving, internal flooring, landscaping

PROJECT Trafalgar Square London

MOSELDEN

ORIGIN Britain, Barkisland, West Yorkshire

APPEARANCE Warm buff to light grey colour with some light grey crescent banding

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, internal flooring, carving, landscaping elements

PROJECT Whitehall London

Marshalls Marshalls

SANDSTONE

STANTON MOOR

ORIGIN Britain, Matlock, Derbyshire

APPEARANCE Varied buff-pink coloured stone, medium to coarse textured

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, carving, landscaping, internal flooring

PROJECT Lincoln Square

STOKE HALL

ORIGIN Britain, Gindleford, Derbyshire

APPEARANCE Fine to medium grained, buff coloured stone which is quite consistent in colour and texture

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, internal flooring, carving, landscaping elements

PROJECT Lawsons Quay Lancaster (pitched face walling and cladding)

Marshalls Marshalls

SANDSTONE

LOCHARBRIGGS SANDSTONE

ORIGIN Britain, Dumfries, Scotland

APPEARANCE Medium grained, varied red to pink in colour with linear black banding and clearly defined bedding/lamination structures where clay minerals are concentrated


PROJECT 19 Basil Street

LAZONBY

ORIGIN Britain, Penrith Cumbria

APPEARANCE Medium grained, light pink in colour with a high Quartz content which gives it sparkle in bright conditions, hard wearing and consistent texture


PROJECT Saracens House, Glasgow

Cumbrian Stone Cumbrian Stone

SANDSTONE

RED ST BEES

ORIGIN Britain, St Bees Head, Cumbria

APPEARANCE Fine grained, dull red in colour, some veining present and consistent textured

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, (limited) external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping

PROJECT 19 Basil Street

MOUNTCHARLES SANDSTONE

ORIGIN Ireland, Co Donegal

APPEARANCE Buff to brown in colour with some blue tones

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, landscaping

PROJECT Domestic residences

Cumbrian Stone McMonagle Stone Company

SANDSTONE

HURDCOTT GREEN SANDSTONE

ORIGIN Britain, Wiltshire, Barfod Saint Martin

APPEARANCE Pale to mid green stone with some small mottled lighter areas and a high silica content

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, architectural applications

PROJECT Westbury House Dentil cornice and Pediment

Lovell Stone Group

SANDSTONE

PENNANT

ORIGIN Britain, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

APPEARANCE Fine to medium grained, colour ranges from blue to grey, green and through to brown

USE Cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping, all other building applications

PROJECT St Helen’s Place, Leatherseller’s Hall, Apple Superstore Covent Garden

Blue Sawn

Mixed Sawn Forest of Dean Stone Firms

Forest of Dean Stone Firms


De Lank Granite Silver Donegal Gold Donegal


DE LANK GRANITE

ORIGIN Britain, Cornwall

APPEARANCE This Granite is silver grey in colour with very even grained colour and texture

USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, landscaping

PROJECT 30 Broadwick Street

SILVER DONEGAL QUARTZITE


APPEARANCE Blend of light and dark greys and silver with flecks of quartz which gives it some sparkle. Much variation in colour

USE Cladding, external paving, internal flooring, landscaping


De Lank Quarry McMonagle Stone


GOLD DONEGAL QUARTZITE


APPEARANCE Blend of light and dark brown, cream, gold and beige to give a warm coloured material with flecks of quartz which gives it some sparkle. Much variation in colour.

USE Cladding, external paving, internal flooring, landscaping


McMonagle Stone

SLATE

Welsh Slate Cwt-y-Bugail Dark Blue Grey Broughton Moor Welsh Slate Penrhyn Heather Blue

Brandy Craig

WELSH SLATE

ORIGIN Britain, North Wales

APPEARANCE Four different colours of Welsh Slate recognized: Penrhyn Heather Blue, Penrhyn Heather Red used for roofing and architectural applications and aggregates, Penrhyn Heather Grey used for architectural applications and aggregates; Cwt-y-Bugail Dark Blue Grey – dark blue grey with some white veins used for architectural applications

USE Cladding, roofing, external paving, internal flooring, architectural applications, landscaping

PROJECT Irish Embassy, London roofing

Cwt-y-Bugail Dark Blue Grey

Penrhyn Heather Blue

SLATE

Welsh Slate

Welsh Slate

BROUGHTON MOOR

ORIGIN Britain, Cumbrian

APPEARANCE Light to dark green stone often with white veins and tonal differences

USE Cladding, roofing, external paving, internal flooring, landscaping, architectural applications

PROJECT 25 Gresham Street, London louvres

SLATE

BRANDY CRAIG

ORIGIN Britain, Cumbria

APPEARANCE Silver grey with some light, soft shades and contrasting veins and fossils.

USE Cladding, external paving, internal flooring, landscaping, architectural applications

PROJECT Sainsbury Wing The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London

Burlington Stone Burlington Stone

MORE INFORMATION

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Our involvement early in a project will invariably save the client time and money.

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