The leading supplier of sustainable, ethically quarried natural stone, offering expert architectural services.

As the owner and operator of Clipsham Medwells and Clipsham Bidwells quarries on the famous Lincolnshire Oolitic belt, Stamford Stone Company is the exclusive global supplier of Clipsham limestone. 

Owning their quarries allows Stamford Stone to prioritise a sustainable and ethical approach at every stage of the stone production process. These eco-friendly practices even extend to harvesting and recycling rainwater, repurposing by-products into useful resources, and developing full replanting and re-landscaping plans. This dedication to sustainability guarantees reserves of this appealing and historic stone for the next 900 years.

As well as sustainability, Stamford Stone is committed to expert craftsmanship, combining cutting-edge manufacturing processes with traditional methods to ensure high-quality products backed by heritage. Their purpose-built processing site includes an efficient CNC machine and a fully automated Donatoni tile line to ensure quality and consistency when transforming raw materials into architectural products for domestic and commercial building projects.

Exceptional architectural services for award-winning conservation, restoration, domestic and commercial projects

Stamford Stone’s status as experts in architectural stone allows them to offer comprehensive support for building projects of all kinds. Their architectural services include using advanced 3D Point Cloud software to scan existing buildings for restoration, and creating detailed 3D concept drawings for new builds and extensions. They also provide a stone fixing service informed by the specialist knowledge of their on-site team.

All this expertise makes Stamford Stone the supplier of choice for housebuilders wanting to blend new developments into existing environments, and conservation specialists looking to carry out repairs that blend seamlessly with existing architecture. Clipsham limestone is also a popular choice among architects for award-winning projects in historic cities like Oxford and Cambridge.

Architectural excellence with natural stone

Stamford Stone are natural stone experts with the comprehensive architectural knowledge to offer design guidance, project management, stone fixing and a full CAD drawing service all under one roof.

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 currenlty 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.