Visits to the BlockStore are on the Increase
Clients; main contractors; architects and developers are all visiting the BlockStore in increasing numbers. Recent visitors include Rodney Melville and Partners; National Trust; Francis Terry and Finchatton. The BlockStore has some 10,000 tonnes of block from all our quarries is proving very popular for selection of block for specific projects. Many are astounded at the […]
Planning Extended on Ancaster Quarry
Blockstone is very pleased to be able to report the successful extension to our Ancaster quarry in Lincolnshire. This historic quarry yields the Hard White and Weatherbed Limestones and has been used on iconic buildings such as St. Pancras Station as well as the more recent Essex University and Clarendon in Oxford. For more information […]
Grants Purchase Blockstone Ltd
Grants purchased Blockstone Ltd on the 20th July 2016 which extracts dimensional stone blocks from seven locations within the UK, the furthest North being the Cove Quarry located near Kirk Patrick Fleming in Southern Scotland and the most Southerly being Ancaster Quarry near Grantham in Leicestershire. Adding the Blockstone Quarries to our existing Cadeby Quarry, […]