History

Dinosaur Footprints found in Portland Stone

Stone Firms Limited's history dates back to before The Bath & Portland Stone Firms Ltd was originally registered as a public company in 1897.

It was an amalgamation of many smaller trading companies, dating from supplying stonework for St. Paul's Cathedral, until joining together to form one company. It has been operating out of the same factory on Portland for over 100 years.

Since then, the company has had various owners and as many names. The last of which was Hanson Bath and Portland Stone, part of Hanson PLC. The Portland side of the business was separated from the Bath side in 2004 and became Stone Firms Ltd once more.

Many local islanders still refer to the Company as the Stone Mills, which was the trading name of the factory in 1907. We still operate at the same location today.