William Tribe Lamb founded W T Lamb & Sons as heavy side builders merchants, with his two sons, Bertrand and Antony Ernest, in 1901. They then purchased their first brickworks in 1910. The company was subsequently run by Antony and Richard Lamb, sons of Bertrand, prior to currently being run by the fourth and fifth generations. It is believed that W T Lamb & Sons Ltd is the oldest brick making company in the UK still owned by the founding family. The company supplied and manufactured bricks for the Victorian buildings of London and the South East with fine handmade bricks, thrown and clamp-fired in Essex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Five generations later, Lambs is still a family-owned business with a focus on providing quality products to the building industry. The fourth generation Group Chairman, Robin Lamb, who joined the company in 1959, worked his way through accounts, roofing and sales departments, before becoming Sales Director, then Managing Director, before assuming his current position. Robin's son James is also on the Board and has been an active non-executive director since 2000.
In 2001, Jonathan Lamb became Sales Director, with his father, Robert, taking over the role as Managing Director.
During this period, the brick industry continued to evolve and Lambs’ success continued, supplying some of the most iconic buildings in the UK.
Building on our reputation for quality and for providing authentic British building materials, Lambs expanded from bricks into natural stone.
In 2004, Lambs secured the right to excavate, and later purchased, Philpots Quarry, the last remaining large source of Wealden Sussex Sandstone in the UK.
Lambs continue to produce hand made specialist bricks and rubbers to some of the finest buildings to this day, whilst challenging our experienced staff with complicated brick detailing.
