Limestone quarry
Our passion goes beyond simply supplying architectural stone and flooring.
The Lincolnshire limestone you buy is sourced from our own limestone quarries, therefore, be confident about the provenance and reassured about the consistency. With resources guaranteed for the next 30 years, your stone supply is safe.
Meeting your needs: You can count on us to help you restore and preserve more of the nation’s most loved buildings as well as contribute to beautiful new ones.
We can produce walling stone and masonry, and as trusted block stone suppliers, we provide wall cappings and aggregates direct from our local stone quarry. Just give us a call to tell us what you need.
Introducing our limestone quarries
Investment has always been important to us. We are proud to use the past to build the future. In 2001, we bought Clipsham Medwells Quarry, originally opened in 1903 by the Medwell family. This secured our supply of the finest quality limestone and block stone, reinforcing our reputation as the go‑to choice for anyone searching for a stone quarry near me. In 2018 we added Clipsham Bidwells Quarry, boosting our ability to satisfy commercial, housebuilding and conservation projects with a wider range of products.
Clipsham Medwells Quarry
This particular limestone quarry is unique because the beds from which we extract walling stone are very similar in colour and composition. As a result, the supply is consistent, giving our customers continuity and peace of mind about quality.
Clipsham Bidwells Quarry
Stamford Stone acquired its second quarry, Clipsham Bidwells, in 2018, making it the exclusive, global supplier of Clipsham limestone. The Lincolnshire stone has been specified for use on some of the most prestigious buildings in the UK including Windsor Castle, York Minster and several historical college buildings in the cities of Cambridge and Oxford.
Excellent production facilities from a limestone quarry
Quarrying raw material and preparing it for commercial use takes great skill. It’s a blend of innovation with traditional craftsmanship. Therefore, we have invested in some of the most advanced cutting technology on the market. Our CNC machine interprets design data and cuts stone automatically, resulting in better efficiency, greater productivity and less waste. To boost our flooring range, we installed a fully automated Donatoni tile line – combined with our Lincolnshire quarries – the ideal destination if you’re looking for a stone quarry near me, this means we have capacity to produce approximately 1000 m² of limestone tiles per week.
Did you know…?
- Every year, we quarry approximately 20,000 tonnes of premium grade masonry block from Clipsham.
- We produce 75,000 tonnes of block stone for flooring and aggregate.
- At Swaddywell, we produce up to 40,000 m² of walling stone and 26,000 m² of flooring stone.
Operating quarries is by nature disruptive. As a socially and environmentally responsible business, we try hard to minimise the impacts of this investment and development. Consequently, we have in place a restoration programme. This makes provision for ways to conserve soil as well as establish areas for seeding and plants to enhance the landscape and protect the biodiversity.
If you’re interested in knowing more, you can view the final restoration plan for Clipsham Medwells Quarry here. You may also find what we have to say about Environment and Sustainability interesting. Quarries are fascinating places.
