U K M A P D I V I D E D B Y C I T I E S
BRITISH AND IRISH STONES
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].
BRITISH AND IRISH STONES
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BRITISH AND IRISH STONES
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
ORIGIN Britain, Lincolnshire
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
ORIGIN Britain, Lincolnshire
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving landscaping
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving landscaping
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping
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
USE Load bearing masonry, cladding, external paving, internal flooring, carving, landscaping
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
QUARTZITE AND GRANITE
De Lank Granite Silver Donegal Gold Donegal
QUARTZITE AND GRANITE
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
ORIGIN Ireland, Co Donegal
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
PROJECT Domestic residences
De Lank Quarry McMonagle Stone
QUARTZITE AND GRANITE
GOLD DONEGAL QUARTZITE
ORIGIN Ireland, Co Donegal
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
PROJECT Domestic residences
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
One of our team would be happy to discuss your material choice and project with you.
Our involvement early in a project will invariably save the client time and money.
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