Building stone

Embrace the charm and strength of our building stone to enhance your projects. From constructing houses to embarking on new builds, our traditional building stone is renowned for its rich palette of greys, buffs, and browns, offering a naturally mottled aesthetic that seamlessly integrates with any environment.

Because of our stone's excellent building qualities and attractiveness it has been widely used where the seams were close to the surface.  The stone was once quarried in Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, where it has helped produce some of the most iconic pretty villages in regions such as the Cotswolds.  

With the stone being so durable, it can be used below damp course, or used in exposed locations.   

Today, the allure of our natural building stone lies in its ability to bestow beauty, durability, and substantial value, to new newbuilds, and matching extensions.

The building stone is cropped and hand dressed by our skilled masons, and so is ready to use.  The stone comes out of the ground with varying bed heights enabling the quarry to provide cut and dressed building stone with a range of heights.   

The 6 inch on bed (width) stone has a range of heights from 3 inches to 6 inches or so.  There are quoins and jumpers included within the stone.

The 7 inch on bed (width) stone has a smaller height of 2 - 3 inches or so.  This is ideal for a tighter, more rustic finish for barns, walls, and modern houses.

   If you wish to discuss your project further, please contact Stalbridge Quarries Ltd. at +44 01963 364200. We are available from 8 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday.

These are some of the towns and villages that were close to Forest Marble outcrops and quarries.  Therefore if you are building with stone in these towns and villages, our building stone will probably be a good match:

Bridport, Broadwindsor, Axmouth, West Bay, Maiden Newton, Evershot, Yetminster, Holnest, Henstridge, Stourton Caundle, Bishops Caundle, Sherborne, Yeovil, Henstridge, Horsington, North Cheriton, Bruton, Wincanton, Gillingham, Sturminster Newton, Frome, Trowbridge, Westbury, Bradford-on-Avon, Chippenham, Corsham, Swindon, Melksham, Malmesbury, Cirencester, Burford, Tetbury, Sherston, Chipping Sodbury, and Bath.