LATEST NATURAL STONE NEWS
Publish Date: 02/11/2012
KIRKTON VILLAGE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME
The village of Kirkton, Dumfries is largely constructed of red sandstone from the Locharbriggs quarry even the old pump is (probably uniquely) a shaped sandstone block.
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Publish Date: 29/09/2011
SPECIFYING BRITISH NATURAL STONES IN SCOTLAND 2011
A series of informal presentations including a RIBA approved CPD seminar on 'Specifying Natural Stone', presented by the Stancliffe management team, took place at the award winning Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, September 28th.
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Publish Date: 28/09/2011
PRINCESS ROYAL UNVEILS MEMORIAL TO SOLDIERS KILLED ON DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN
A Memorial dedication to war heroes killed while serving in Afghanistan has been unveiled by the Princess Royal, Tuesday 27th September.
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Publish Date: 19/09/2011
THE UNVEILING OF FRYDERYK CHOPIN STATUE IN MANCHESTER
Statue of Fryderyk Chopin was unveiled in the centre of Manchester on 16th September, in the presence of Polish Ambassador HE Barbara Tuge-Erecinska, the city’s civic and business leaders and representatives of the Polish community.
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Publish Date: 26/08/2011
HEANOR WINGS AND WHEEL GATEWAY SCULPTURE
Amber Valley Borough Council is working to deliver regeneration improvements for Heanor. The project aims to create a positive impact on the town and encourage key investment to the area.
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Publish Date: 08/07/2011
BRASSINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOLS OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA
Outdoor learning will become a regular part of the curriculum at Brassington Primary School, Derbyshire.
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Publish Date: 01/07/2011
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT HEATHHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL DUMFRIES
202 children, family, friends and teachers celebrated the first full year in their new school. Opened in August 2010 Heathhall Primary school is the newest school in the Authority.
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Publish Date: 01/06/2011
STANCLIFFE STONE SEMINAR PROGRAM 2011
Stancliffe Stone Seminar Program 2011 May 26th 2011 Locharbriggs Quarry and Processing Works │ RIBA Approved CPD │& BGS Presentation
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Publish Date: 19/04/2011
RHS SPRING FLOWER SHOW-HARROGATE 2011
Stancliffe Sponsor Craven College Show Garden. Students from the Craven Collage Foundation Degree in Garden Design took the Premier Award for their dynamic and contemporary show garden at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2011
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Publish Date: 11/02/2011
WATER FOR WILDLIFE A DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE PROJECT AT BENTLEY BROOK
The management of the water course at Bentley and Henmore Brooks is the primary focus of the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust project, Water for Wildlife – and the protection of threatened species.
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Publish Date: 31/01/2011
MEET THE STANCLIFFE TEAM ON STAND S470 AT ECOBUILD 2011
Ecobuild 2011 (ExCel London) - Stand S460 - 1st to 3rd March. Stancliffe Stone will be showcasing British dimensional sandstones; limestones and ironstone sourced from well established quarries, actively worked since the 1800’s.
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Publish Date: 28/01/2011
STANCLIFFE STONE LAUNCH AN EXCLUSIVE ENGINEERED BRITISH LIMESTONE AND IRONSTONE WALLING AND MASONRY RANGE
Limestone is probably the most widely occurring type of natural stone in the UK and is the traditional local building material in areas such as the Southwest, the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, parts of Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire where it is quarried.
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Publish Date: 05/01/2011
STANCLIFFE STONE LAUNCH AN EXCLUSIVE VALUE ENGINEERED BRITISH NATURAL SANDSTONE CLADDING RANGE
Stancliffe Stone has developed a comprehensive range of British Natural Sandstone cladding panels. Exclusively designed to provide high quality, durability with a finished look that denotes high standard.
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Publish Date: 22/12/2010
BUYING SANDSTONE WALLING
Stancliffe Stone make it easy to buy Sandstone Walling online.
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Publish Date: 17/12/2010
BUILDING STONE
Stancliffe is the UK’s leading supplier of dimensional building stone, specialising in traditional sandstones, limestones and Ironstone walling and masonry products - produced at its own quarries in England and Scotland.
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Publish Date: 16/12/2010
STANCLIFFE STONE WERE PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE SCOTTISH STONEMASONRY COMPETITION
The Skills Competition 2010 was held over the freezing snowy weekend of the 27th – 28th November at Historic Scotland’s Central Depot in Stirling.
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Publish Date: 04/12/2010
GARDEN WALL STONE
Stancliffe Garden wall stone is part of a value walling product range - priced at per m2 and is available to buy online direct from the stone shop at www.stancliffe.com
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Publish Date: 03/12/2010
STONE WALLING PRICES
If you are planning a self build project, or simply renovating your existing house, maybe we can provide exactly what you’ve been looking for, right down to the important detail – Natural Stone Walling Prices.
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Publish Date: 01/12/2010
COTSWOLD STONE WALLING
Stancliffe have included a traditional Costswold stone walling to their product range.
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Publish Date: 05/11/2010
LOCHARBRIGGS QUARRY OPEN DAY
The recent open day at Locharbriggs quarry provided an informative insight into today’s dimensional stone business including quarrying management, masonry processing, and the design opportunity using natural stone.
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Publish Date: 28/10/2010
STANCLIFFE STONE WERE PLEASED TO SUPPORT GREENSCENE PROMOTING TRADITIONAL STONEMASON SKILLS IN SCOTLAND
Greenscene is an annual event aimed at local primary schools in Scotland. Stancliffe Stone participated together with partners such as the Scottish National Trust to introduce a number of masonry skills to children aged 10 - 12 years old.
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Publish Date: 20/10/2010
STANCLIFFE PROVIDES GREATER BUYER CHOICE
Stancliffe provides greater buyer choice with value engineered British dimensional, natural stone products – Available online through the Stone Shop.
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Publish Date: 14/10/2010
STANCLIFFE STONE SUPPORT DUKES BARNS LATEST PROJECT
Dukes Barn is an Outdoor Education charity, based in Beeley, in the heart of the beautiful Derbyshire countryside, providing outdoor adventure activities for young people of all abilities. Stancliffe Stone helped launch their fund raising campaign by pledging to supply the stone walling and masonry.
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Publish Date: 13/10/2010
NEW MEMORIAL GARDEN FOR 3 RIFLES-REDFERN INFANTRY BARRACKS-EDINBURGH
Stancliffe Stone are proud to be involved with the creation of a new memorial for 3 Rifles, Redford Infantry Barracks in Edinburgh
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Publish Date: 28/06/2010
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW VISITS LOCHARBRIGGS RED SANDSTONE QUARRY
Stancliffe managed to deliver good weather on 25th June for the 27 members of the Geological Society of Glasgow's visit to Locharbriggs red sandstone Quarry and Masonry works, Dumfries
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Publish Date: 28/06/2010
SPECIFYING BRITISH NATURAL STONES IN SCOTLAND
The award winning Hotel Massoni, at the heart of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, was the venue for Stancliffe Stone's "Specifying British Natural Stone in Scotland" event, held 24th June over an extended lunch.
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Publish Date: 08/05/2010
STANCLIFFE STONE GOES BACK TO BASICS
The UK's largest supplier of natural, indigenous dimensional stone has launched Masonry Basics - a range of standard masonry components in high quality Derbyshire buff or Scottish red sandstone
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Publish Date: 24/06/2009
STANCLIFFE STONE SECURES FIRST MASONRY BASICS STOCKIST
Complete Building Materials of Halifax has become Stancliffe Stone's first Masonry Basics stockist.
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Publish Date: 04/03/2009
NATURAL STONE MASONRY DESIGN MADE EASY
Stancliffe Stone has developed a CAD database for their standard masonry range. The database has been developed to make designing and sourcing natural stone masonry quick and easy.
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Publish Date: 02/02/2009
STANCLIFFE STONE WINS CONTRACT FOR CALDER BUSINESS PARK WAKEFIELD
Stancliffe Stone Company has recently won a £65,000 contract to supply Stanton Moor ashlar cladding for the next phase of Calder Business Park.
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Publish Date: 09/01/2009
STANCLIFFE STONE LAUNCHES WALLING AND MASONRY RANGE
Stancliffe Stone has launched a new range of natural indigenous limestone and ironstone walling and masonry, suitable for traditional building styles for new build, extensions, refurbishment and landscaping.
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Publish Date: 09/01/2009
STANCLIFFE STONE ADD NEW STONE RANGES
Stancliffe Stone has introduced a new range of indigenous limestones and ironstone to their portfolio
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Publish Date: 10/11/2008
STANCLIFFE STONE NEW ASHLAR WALLING RANGE
Stancliffe Stone, the UK's largest supplier of natural, indigenous stone has launched a new range of Ashlar Walling.
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Publish Date: 10/11/2008
EDALE NATURAL SANDSTONE WALLING
Stancliffe Stone has launched Edale random walling providing a traditional finish suitable for a wide variety of building projects.
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Publish Date: 07/02/2008
NEW SANDSTONES AVAILABLE FROM STANCLIFFE STONE
Stancliffe Stone, the UK's leading supplier of dimensional stone, has added two new stones to its portfolio.
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Publish Date: 08/05/2007
BOVIS HOMES LOVE CLOUGH RAWTENSTALL LANCASHIRE
Rawtenstall the largest town in the Borough, steeped in history and fine buildings required a housing development which would blend seamlessly into this well established community.
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Publish Date: 08/05/2007
VICTORIA HOSPITAL,BLACKPOOL
This Contemporary Designed new £45m Cardiac Services wing adjoining the Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, is now part of four hospitals in the North West that provides specialist Cardiac Services, serving Heart Patients from Lancashire and South Cumbria.
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Publish Date: 23/04/2007
THE SLOT MANCHESTER ENERGIZES THE CITY SKYLINE
Designed by Assael Architects, London. This innovative construction allows a glazed plaza to be constructed on top of a plinth section which forms the base to the tower.
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Publish Date: 16/04/2007
BELMONT STREET GLASGOW
Architects, Riach Partnership, Glasgow were appointed to design an imposing modern development that would fit sleekly into the historical West End of Glasgow.
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Publish Date: 13/02/2007
PANASH PIONEERING NATURAL SANDSTONE RAINSCREEN CLADDING SYSTEM
This advanced Curtain Walling Technology is a layered system comprising an 'outer skin' of Natural Sandstone, a ventilated gap and a waterproof backing wall.
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Publish Date: 05/12/2006
AN INTRODUCTION TO SPECIFYING NATURAL STONE
For those who want to stay in the know Stancliffe Stone has a Continued Professional Development (CPD) Seminar on 'An Introduction to Specifying Natural Stone'.
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Publish Date: 09/08/2006
TALK TO US ABOUT LOCHARBRIGGS RED SANDSTONE
Stancliffe Stone is one of the largest producers of Natural Dimensional Stone in the UK. We currently quarry and process eight stones from our own quarries from English Midlands through to the Scottish Lowlands.
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Publish Date: 18/07/2006
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION HEADQUARTERS
Architects SMC Corstophine & Wright were appointed to devise a comprehensive office development to house the NFU Headquarters.
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Publish Date: 05/06/2006
STANCLIFFE MAKES NATURAL STONE SPECIFICATION SIMPLER
Natural stone specialist, Stancliffe Stone, has launched a new standard range of products designed to make the job of specifying, procuring and working with natural stone easier.
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Publish Date: 25/11/2005
STANCLIFFE EXPANDS NATURAL STONE CAPABILITIES WITH STOKE HALL QUARRY ACQUISITION
We are very pleased to announce that Stancliffe Stone has increased its resources for supplying building stone, commercial paving, ashlar and architectural masonry
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Publish Date: 08/02/2005
STANCLIFFE STONE COMPANY WINS CONTRACT FOR NEW MEDICAL CENTRE
Stancliffe Stone Company wins £50,000 contract for the New Medical Centre at Stainland Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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Publish Date: 28/01/2005
STANCLIFFE STONE WINS CONTRACT FOR VICTORIA HOSPITAL BLACKPOOL
Stancliffe Stone Company wins £150,000 contract for the supply of dimensional building stone for Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool.
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Publish Date: 25/11/2004
NEW MEDICAL HEALTH CENTRE,MYTHOLMROYD,WEST YORKSHIRE
Securing this important medical centre is just the prescription for Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
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Publish Date: 10/11/2004
THE 2004 ANNUAL NATURAL STONE AWARDS
The annual Natural Stone Awards provides public recognition and a highly visible profile for the promotion of natural stone, emphasising the importance of the architect and stone contractor working together.
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