Portland Stone quarry

Map of Stone Firms Ltd Portland Stone Quarries

Since the Roman period limestone has been extracted from Portland stone quarries. However, quarrying of the dimension stone didn't start in earnest until early in the seventeenth century - with London being the main market.

Portland stone, from our quarries, came to pre-eminence after the Great Fire of London in 1666, when Sir Christopher Wren chose it to re-build St Pauls Cathedral as well as many other churches.

Planning consent for modern day quarrying on Portland was granted in 1951, covering some 324 hectares of the island. Stone Firms Ltd controls the majority of the remaining Portland stone quarry reserves within the planning consent in Coombefield, Perryfield and Broadcroft. This allows us to provide a comprehensive range of stone to the market, now and well into the future.

The navigation to the right contains all Portland stone quarries that Stone Firms Ltd current owns. Each quarry is listed with stone type(s) and statistical information.