BUILDING STONES FOR USE IN DERBYSHIRE

The register below has been produced to assist those wanting to find sources of building stone for use in Derbyshire.

The County encompasses a wide variety of types of native stone. Carboniferous Limestone in the White Peak, Millstone Grit, a grainy sandstone in the Dark Peak and the central area, a finer sandstone on the Staffordshire border and on the opposite, eastern side of the County a soft sandstone found in association with the coal measures. The great Magnesian Limestone outcrop which crosses the length of Yorkshire and continues into County Durham starts just north of Nottingham and runs along the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border.

All these stones and numerous less significant local types have been used in Derbyshire for centuries and their particular characteristics have strongly influenced the native pattern of vernacular building and polite architecture.

Neither Magnesian Limestone nor Coal Measures Sandstone is any longer quarried for commercial building purposes within the County and alternative sources have to be drawn on.

Similarly, fissile sandstone or flagstone has not been quarried in Derbyshire for the production of roofing slates for many decades, although attempts are being made to re- open a few old quarries specifically for this purpose. These slates have been a major contributor to the vernacular building tradition of North Derbyshire for many years. For too long the only way to obtain traditional stone slates of the Derbyshire type has been through salvage. Companies and individuals who have carried out satisfactory work on stone buildings in Derbyshire can be found on the website of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust: www.derbyshirehistoricbuildings.org.uk

There is growing recognition that quarrying for traditional building stone and slate is important to sustain sources of supply for locally distinct materials which are essential for the maintenance and repair of historic and traditional buildings. Such sources can also be important for maintaining supplies of materials for new development where it is important that this is in sympathy with the local and traditional built environment and landscape character. In a few cases, such operations represent the unbroken survival of an industry that has flourished from the Middle Ages.

The County is fortunate to be the home of the National Stone Centre, a registered charity, based at Middleton-by-Wirksworth. The organisation can carry out stone sourcing and matching and historical research relating to all sectors of the quarrying industry. The NSC has a library (accessible by prior appointment) covering geology, the minerals industry, minerals planning and a school resources section. It also has a large collection of geological material and photographs, and a small archive on quarry history: www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk

Derbyshire County Council does not accept any liability for the consequences of using the information contained in this website which is believed to be correct at the time of revision.

Environmental Services Derbyshire County Council May 2008

Name of Geological Notes and Stone Colour/Texture/Type Classification Quarry Available From Comments (see key below) Sandstones Birchover Pink to buff medium Carboniferous Birchover Birchover Stone Ltd 1, 2, 3 Gritstone grained Stanton-in- Main Street SANDSTONE Peak Birchover Derbyshire DE4 2BN Tel: 650881 Fax: 650824 www.birchoverstone.co.uk Bolehill Green / grey fine Carboniferous Realstone Ltd Realstone Ltd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 grained Westphalian Bolehill Bolehill – various. SANDSTONE (Coal Wingerworth Wingerworth Bolehill Measure) Chesterfield Quarry is Wingfield Derbyshire S42 6RG the central Flags Tel: 01246 270244 works for all Fax: 01246 220095 Realstone operations Crosland Hill Light brown, fine to Carboniferous, Various Johnsons Wellfield Quarries Ltd Myers Hard York medium grained Coal Crosland Hill Group Stone SANDSTONE Measures Huddersfield Sandstone HD4 7AB Tel: 01484 652311 Fax: 01484 460007 www.johnsons-wellfield.co.uk Chinley Fawn / heather, Carboniferous Chinley Moor B Merrick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Moor brown SANDSTONE Namurian Quarry North View (Millstone Grit Swallow House Lane Series) Hayfield Kinderscout High Peak Grit Derbyshire SK22 2HB Tel: 07796507297 [email protected] Dukes Purple with beige Carboniferous Block Stone Realstone Ltd 1, 2 ,3, 4, 5 Gritstone variations and striking Namurian Ltd Bolehill – various dark purple bedding (Millstone Grit Dukes Quarry Wingerworth lines medium Series) Whatstandwell Chesterfield grained Ashover Grit Derbyshire S42 6RG SANDSTONE Tel: 01246 270244 Fax: 01246 220095 Elland Edge Light buff / brown fine Carboniferous, Elland Rand & Asquith (Aceblade Ltd) 1, 2, 3, 5 grained Coal Tuck Royd Quarry, Halifax Road, SANDSTONE Measures Brighouse, Paving, West Yorkshire, UK, HD6 2PL ashlar and Tel: 01484 719263 walling Fax: 01484 401420 stone www.randandasquith.co.uk Fletcher Buff / Grey – medium Sandstone Fletcher Bank Stancliffe Stone 1, 2, 3 + 5 Bank grained to course Quarry Grangemill SANDSTONE Matlock Derbyshire DE4 4BW Tel: 01629 653000 Fax: 01629 650996 www.stancliffe.com Halldale Pink / buff fine – Carboniferous Halldale Stancliffe Stone 1, 2, 3, 5 + 6 course grained Millstone Grit Nr Matlock Grangemill SANDSTONE Matlock Derbyshire DE4 4BW Tel: 01629 653000 Fax: 01629 650996 www.stancliffe.com High Moor Grey to buff with Carboniferous Highmoor, Natural Stone Sales Ltd 1, 5 paving, ‘gold’ bands and Yorkshire Grit Scouthead, Old Station Yard setts and swirls Oldham Rowsley walling, high SANDSTONE Matlock durability Derbyshire DE4 2EJ Tel: 01629 735507 Fax: 01629 735508 Name of Geological Notes and Stone Colour/Texture/Type Classification Quarry Available From Comments (see key below) Hollington Dull, red and mottled Permo-Triass Quarry Bank Staffordshire Stone (Hollington) Ltd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5- SANDSTONE Sherwood Road Hollington various Sandstone Hollington Stoke-on-Trent Group Staffs ST10 4HR Hollington Tel: 01889 507435 Formation Fax: 01889 507365 (Keuper Sandstone) Hollington White, salmon red, Permo-Triass Tearne Quarry J Oldham & Co 1, 2, 4, 5- mottled Sherwood and Great (Stonemasons) Ltd various SANDSTONE Sandstone Gate Quarry, Tearne House 6 white only Group Hollington, Hollington Hollington Staffs Staffs ST10 4HR Formation Tel: 01889 507353 (Keuper Fax: 01889 507212 Sandstone) Kerridge: Grey / fawn fine Carboniferous Marksend A M & D Earl Marksend grained Coal Rainow, Sycamore Quarry SANDSTONE Measures, Macclesfield Windmill lane Milnrow Kerridge Sandstone Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 5AZ Tel & Fax: 01625 572125 Kerridge: Grey / fawn fine Carboniferous, Sycamore, A M & D Earl 1, 2, 3: Sycamore grained Lower Coal Kerridge, Sycamore Quarry walling, SANDSTONE Measures, Macclesfield Windmill lane heads, cills, Milnrow Kerridge paving Sandstone Macclesfield keeps Cheshire SK10 5AZ excellent Tel & Fax: 01625 572125 arrises Ladycross Buff / grey durable Carboniferous Ladycross Ladycross Quarry, 1, 2, 3 SANDSTONE Palaeozoic Slaley, Hexham, Northumberland. Acceptable NE47 0BY substitute Tel. 01434 673302 for Derbyshire roofing slates Lumshill Medium grained light Carboniferous Brickyard Lumshill Stone Ltd Gritstone buff, with light (Millstone Grit Avenue Farm purplish bands with Series) North Wingfield Road noticeable bedding Chatsworth Grassmoor lines Grit Chesterfield S42 5EA SANDSTONE Tel: 01246 855794 Fax: 01246 856996 www.lumshillstone.co.uk Peak Moor Predominantly buff Carboniferous Block Stone Realstone Ltd 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5 (previously with some pink/brown Namurian Ltd Bolehill – various known as variations medium (Millstone Grit New Pilhough Wingerworth Stanton grained Series) Quarry, Chesterfield Moor) SANDSTONE Ashover Grit Stanton in Derbyshire S42 6RG Peak, nr Tel: 01246 270244 Matlock Fax: 01246 220095 Rainow Pink, lilac medium Carboniferous, Wimberry A M & D Earl 1, 2, 3: Wimberry grained Millstone Grit Moss Sycamore Quarry walling, Moss SANDSTONE Smith Lane Windmill lane (formerly Kerridge Kerridge Kerridge) Macclesfield Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 5AZ Tel & Fax: 01625 572125 Ralph Grey / fawn, fine Carboniferous, Ralph A M & D Earl 1, 2, 3: Henshall grained Millstone Grit Henshall Sycamore Quarry walling, (Kerridge: SANDSTONE Kerridge Windmill lane cladding Macclesfield) Macclesfield Kerridge Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 5AZ Tel & Fax: 01625 572125 Name of Geological Notes and Stone Colour/Texture/Type Classification Quarry Available From Comments (see key below) Stancliffe Buff, fine grained Carboniferous Stancliffe R M H Eaton 1, 2, 4, 5 – SANDSTONE Namurian Darley Dale Harebell House various (Millstone Grit Main Street Series) Birchover, Matlock Ashover Grit Derbyshire DE4 2BL Tel: 01629 636541 Stanton Buff with pink or gold Carboniferous Dale View Stancliffe Stone 1, 2, 3 + 5 Moor – fine to medium Millstone Grit Quarry Grangemill grained Matlock SANDSTONE Derbyshire DE4 4BW Tel: 01629 653000 Fax: 01629 650996 www.stancliffe.com Stoke Hall Buff – fine to medium Sandstone Stoke Hall Stancliffe Stone 1, 2, 3 + 5 grained Quarry Grangemill SANDSTONE Matlock Derbyshire DE4 4BW Tel: 01629 653000 Fax: 01629 650996 www.stancliffe.com Wattscliffe Lilac, grey medium Carboniferous Block Stone Realstone Ltd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 grained Namurian Ltd Bolehill – various SANDSTONE (Millstone Grit Wattscliff Wingerworth Series) Elton Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 6RG Tel: 01246 270244 Fax: 01246 220095 York Stone Honey colour with Carboniferous Soil Hill Soil Hill Quarries rust markings Coal Quarries Coal Lane SANDSTONE Measures Causeway Foot Sandstone Halifax 01422 245356 Limestones Cadeby White to cream fine Lower Cadeby Cadeby Stone Ltd 1, 2, 3 + White, grained LIMESTONE Permian Garden Lane walling Light Gold & Magnesian Cadeby Brown Limestone Doncaster DN5 7SN Tel: 01709 866628 Fax: 01709 861322 www.cadebystone.com Cadeby Buff / white with blue Lower Cadeby * Cadeby Stone Ltd 1, 2, 3 + 6 (formerly veining, even Permian Garden Lane White grained, hard Magnesian Cadeby * Sole Mansfield) DOLOMITIC Limestone Doncaster DN5 7SN supplier of SANDSTONE series Tel: 01709 866628 previously (Dolomitic Fax: 01709 861322 worked Sandstone) www.cadebystone.com reserves Derbyshire Medium grey Carboniferous Once-a-week Lowe’s Marble Works Monuments, Fossil LIMESTONE with Dinantian Quarry, New Road paving abundant fossils (Carboniferous Sheldon Middleton by Wirksworth Derbyshire (internal and Limestone DE4 4NA external Series) Tel: 01629 822216 Fax: 01629 824348 Derbyshire Yellow / buff / light Carboniferous Various Stancliffe Stone 1, 2, 3 Limestone brown LIMESTONE Dinantian Grangemill with abundant fossils Matlock Derbyshire DE4 4BW Tel: 01629 653000 Fax: 01629 650996 www.stancliffe.com Golconda Yellow / buff / light Carboniferous Bone Mill Lowe’s Marble Works Monuments, brown LIMESTONE Dinantian Quarry New Road paving with abundant fossils (Carboniferous Ryder Point Middleton by Wirksworth Derbyshire (internal and Limestone DE4 4NA external Series) Tel: 01629 822216 Fax: 01629 824348 Name of Geological Notes and Stone Colour/Texture/Type Classification Quarry Available From Comments (see key below) Hampole Honey / buff to pink Permian Hazel Lane Sawn Stone (Doncaster) Ltd 1, 2, 3 LIMESTONE Magnesian Quarry Hazel Lane Quarry Limestone Hampole Hampole Wakefield Road Doncaster DN6 7EX Tel: 01302 337553 Fax: 01302 337782 Hampole Honey / buff to pink Permian Great North Warmsworth Masonry Ltd 1, 2, 3 + 5 LIMESTONE Magnesian Road 1-3 Sheffield Road, Warmsworth, Limestone Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN4 9QH. Tel: 01302 858617 www.warmsworthstone.co.uk Hopton Light grey / buff / Carboniferous Brassington Lowe’s Marble Works Monuments, Wood beige fine grained, Dinantian Moor Quarry New Road paving hard LIMESTONE (Carboniferous Middleton by Wirksworth Derbyshire (internal and with fossils Limestone DE4 4NA external) Series) Tel: 01629 822216 Fax: 01629 824348 Longcliffe Grey / white fine Carboniferous Longcliffe S B Coles Mainly for Natural grained hard Dinantian Stone Acrer dry stone Dressed LIMESTONE 24 Drury Lane walling but Limestone Biggin can be Buxton dressed into Derbyshire SK17 0DL courses Tel & Fax: 01298 84445 Mandale Mandale Stone Co 1, 2, 3 Limestone c/o Natural Stone Sales Ltd Old Station Yard Rowsley Matlock Derbyshire DE4 2EJ Tel: 01629 735507 Fax: 01629 735508 Sheldon Yellow / buff / light Carboniferous Once-a-week Natural Stone Sales Ltd 1, 3 + Limestone brown LIMESTONE Dinantian Quarry, Old Station Yard paving with abundant fossils Sheldon Rowsley Matlock Derbyshire DE4 2EJ Tel: 01629 735507 Fax: 01629 735508 Tadcaster Light cream / yellow, Permian Highmoor Tadcaster Building Limestone 1, 3 slight speckled Magnesian Tadcaster Highmoor Quarry LIMESTONE Limestone Warren Lane Tadcaster LS24 9NU Tel: 01937 833956 Fax: 01937 839234 [email protected]

Key to comments: 1 Hand and machine finishes 4 Quarry will fix as well as supply 2 Masons employed by quarry 5 Also supply other stone – specify type 3 Sawing and finishing works at quarry 6 Limited supplies only available