our company
Albion Stone has long mineral extraction leases covering all the Crown Estate's Stone reserves on Portland. These mines and quarries yield a full range of Portland Stones; Roach, Whitbed and Basebed.
The dimensioned block extraction processes have been refined over recent years. Explosives have been replaced with the most environmentally sensitive extraction processes in the UK stone industry
Our Portland Factory is one of the largest and most productive masonry works in the UK. It produces a range of the slabs, ashlar panels for cladding and internal wall lining and pavers & tiles for flooring as well as the most intricate masonry for high profile, restoration projects.
our history
1927 Albion Stone Works incorporated. The Company was based in South West London, with a workshop for working mainly Portland Stone for London projects.
1955 The Company was purchased by Harold Poultney, the Grandfather of the current Managing Director.
1979 The Company secured the lease for its first Portland Stone quarry, Bowers Quarry, from the Crown Estate.
1982 The Company secured the leases for the remaining Portland Stone quarries owned by the Crown Estate.
1989 The current Factory site at Easton Lane was purchased and manufacturing was relocated from South West London to Portland.
1996 Albion Stone introduced wire saw technology into the Portland Stone industry, thereby revolutionising the extraction processes.
1998 Planning permission was secured for the first Portland Stone trial mine at Bowers Quarry.
1999 Royal visit to Albion Stone's Quarries and factories.
2001 Planning permission was secured for the Stonehills Portland Stone Mine - a massive 
new reserve on the Island.
2002 The Bowers Mine trials began.
2005 The trials at the Bowers Mine are successfully completed. New mining planning permission is prepared for Jordan's Quarry.
2006 High Wall extraction in Bowers Quarry Portland Inmosthay group of Quarries purchased.
2007 Mining Permission for Jordans Mine was secured,
thereby allowing the Portland Cricket Club to continue to
use the Red Triangle Cricket Pitch whilst the stone
underneath is extracted.
2008 Mining starts at Jordans Mine
