Farmington Quarry at Northleach, near Cheltenham in the Cotswolds, has been producing natural Cotswold oolitic limestone since Roman Times. Cotswold stone has been valued as a construction material throughout history and its widespread use in the region has created the unique architectural heritage recognised and valued the world over.
Farmington’s latest project, just finished, has involved the supply of 85m3 of their Light Honey stone for a prestigious hotel in the park of Lord Lansdowne’s stately home of Bowood House in Wiltshire.
The architects were Purcell Miller Tritton, the main contractors John Sisk and the quarry’s sister company, Farmington Masonry, were the stone contractors. Farmington’s contribution involved the production and fixing of an ornate ballastrade (pictured left), radiused entablature, radiused pilasters, radiused coping, a portico with large columns, a string course, a dressed plinth and cills.