Architectural stonemasons and natural stone suppliers for your project in the East Midlands
Increasingly, architects are finding new appreciation for the benefits of building with natural stone. Among its attributes, natural stone provides high thermal capacitance, durability, longevity and, for architects, total design flexibility. Furthermore, stone is hypoallergenic and sustainable. Above all, natural stone ages gracefully, mellowing beautifully over time.
Owning and operating our own local limestone quarries, Stamford Stone, architectural stonemasons, have produced and supplied natural stone to architects, specifiers and builders since 1997.
Your trusted architectural stonemasonry partner
Stamford Stone’s Lincolnshire operation goes far beyond the supply of the raw material. Architects can also take advantage of our fully integrated architectural stonemasonry services. These include cutting and dressing the stone to meet specific design requirements; an expert in-house architectural practice offering CAD and 3D visuals; stone sampling; plus, full project costing, management and fixing.
With years of experience working as natural stone walling suppliers, we also advise on all aspects of your project and its feasibility. From jointing layout to fixing details we strive to ensure an architect’s vision can be realised with minimum problems – on brief, on budget and on time.
So, whether your practice specialises in restoration and conservation work or undertakes ambitious new builds, Stamford Stone’s team of architectural stonemasons will help every step of the way.
Our architectural stonemasons offer you invaluable knowledge and experience
Stamford Stone’s expertise has helped architects, heritage restorers, national housebuilders and self-builders to create stunning developments as our case studies show.
In fact, Stamford Stone has been specified for many of the nation’s most prestigious buildings. For restoration work on Magdalen College, Oxford, we worked closely with the architects to source Greetham ashlar and Clipsham Brown copings from our Medwells quarry. These proved to be a suitable alternative to the previously used Ketton stone which was less readily available.
Our Clipsham limestone, meanwhile, has been specified for sympathetic restoration work at York Minster and Windsor Castle. And it was chosen for the building of the impressive Bishop Edward King Chapel for Ripon College in Oxfordshire. This innovative, circular structure comprises three distinct ‘bands’ of our Clipsham limestone. Showcasing our stonemasonry skills the middle section used some 35,000 individually hand-cut limestone blocks. Set in a precise dogtooth pattern the design creates a stunning visual effect, harmonising seamlessly with its leafy rural setting.
Beautiful natural limestone sourced from a local limestone quarry
Stamford Stone has a rock-solid reputation for supplying the highest quality natural stone, derived from our own quarries on the famous Lincolnshire Oolitic belt. And we’re proud to be exclusive global suppliers of Clipsham limestone. Its rich, creamy gold tones and timeless quality can be found in many of the finest buildings across the nation. From Yorkshire to Cambridgeshire, throughout the Cotswolds and across our historic towns and cities. What’s more, as the sole supplier of Clipsham limestone, we can guarantee supply for the next 900 years!
To discover how Stamford Stone’s architectural stonemasons can help bring your vision to life, contact our stonemasonry experts today on 01780 740 790. Or, for further inspiration, download our brochures and add the style and beauty of natural stone to your next commission.