Lowthian StonePlumpton, Penrith

West Brownrigg Farm, Plumpton

Plumpton Red Lazonby Sandstone, Straight from the Quarry

Facing stone, walling stone and rough block, quarried at Plumpton near Penrith. Collect from the quarry by arrangement.

Call Hugh: 07738 190705 Request a quote

Three products

What we sell

Everything comes out of the same quarry and goes over the same weighbridge. Prices include VAT, with the trade figure alongside.

Bulk bag of squared red sandstone facing stone

Facing stone

Dressed-face stone for house elevations, extensions and barn conversions.

£240 a bag inc VAT £200 + VAT. One bag covers about 3 to 3.5 m².

Prices and coverage
Random red sandstone walling stone in a bulk bag

Walling stone

Random walling for garden walls, boundary walls and dry-stone work.

£48 a tonne inc VAT £40 + VAT. Weighed on our weighbridge.

Walling stone details
Red sandstone rough block laid out beside green bulk bags

Rough block

Large pieces straight from the bed, for masons and processors who cut their own.

Price on application Tell us sizes, quantity and what it's for.

Ask about block

From quarry to finished wall

How the stone gets from our field to your house

An excavator working the red sandstone quarry floor under a blue sky

01

Split from the bed

The stone comes out of the ground at West Brownrigg and is split along its natural bed.

A line of yellow bulk bags filled with red sandstone on the quarry bank

02

Bagged and weighed

Facing and walling stone go into bulk bags. Block is sold loose. Everything crosses the weighbridge on its way out.

A finished house elevation in red sandstone with paired white sash windows and dressed stone surrounds

03

Built

A finished elevation in squared facing stone, with dressed surrounds round the windows.

Why buy direct

Buying from the quarry

  • Quarried hereLocal red sandstone from our own land at Plumpton.
  • Weighbridge on siteStone is weighed out, so you pay for what you take.
  • Wagon accessA haulier's wagon can get in and turn.
  • See it firstVisits by arrangement, so you look at the stone before you buy.
Close-up of red sandstone wall lit by an amber wall light beside a dressed door surround

Gallery

The stone, quarried and built

Corner of a red sandstone house showing quoins and a dressed window surround Bedded red sandstone slabs exposed at the quarry face Rock-faced red sandstone copes on a garden wall in front of a house Long elevation of a red sandstone house with paired windows Green bulk bags of red sandstone loaded on a trailer at the quarry Excavator at work in the red sandstone quarry

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Visit and collect

Come and see it

West Brownrigg Farm, Plumpton, Penrith CA11 9PF. Near Plumpton, off the A6 north of Penrith.

By appointment. Ring first and Hugh will meet you at the quarry.

Call 07738 190705 Visiting and collection
Stockpile of red sandstone at the quarry with fells behind
Call Hugh: 07738 190705