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.

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

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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

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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

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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

See the full gallery

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.

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