Ironstone building stone: Everything You Need to Know

Explore Great Tew Ironstone – durable, versatile stone for walling and architectural projects across Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland and the Cotswolds.

Great tew ironstone

ironstone: Characteristics and applications

Ironstone is known for its warm brown colours with subtle blue tones. Most commonly associated within Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds. It is used for a range of applications including historic buildings to modern homes and landscaping.

It remains a popular material for anyone looking to combine character, quality, and longevity

Intended Use:
The stone is suitable for use as dimension walling stone and bespoke masonry. It is also appropriate for use as squared rubble and rubble stone. Manufactured in accordance with BS EN 771-6:2011
Quarried From:
Our Ironstone is taken directly from Great Tew Quarry and processed onsite at our Great Tew Stone processing plant. Reducing our environmental impact.
Also known as:
Ironstone building stone is sometimes referred to as Hornton stone, Northamptonshire stone and Rutland stone.

Ironstone applications

Great Tew Ironstone can be used for coursed building stone, walling stone, Architectural masonry and bespoke designs. Please see past projects including Charlie Luxton using our random Ironstone walling stone for his project. For Bespoke and architectural masonry designs please see our Goode Stone Supplies page.

Ironstone walling
Coursed Ironstone building stone used for both residential and commercial projects
Ironstone
Ironstone used for architectural masonry designs
Ironstone building stone
Bespoke Ironstone designs including house name and numbers
Charlie Luxton using our random Ironstone walling stone for his project.

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