1927
Albion Stone Works formed into a limited company
The Company was based in Merton, London, with a workshop for working mainly Portland Stone for London projects
1955
The Company was purchased by Harold Poultney
1965
Harold’s son David Poultney becomes 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 Crown Estate Portland Stone quarries including Independent, Jordans and Admiralty Quarry
1989
The current Factory site at Easton Lane was purchased and manufacturing was relocated from Southwest London to Portland
1991
Harold’s grandson Michael becomes the Managing Director
1996
Albion Stone introduced wire saw technology into the Portland Stone industry.
This new wire saw technology revolutionised the extration process
1998
Planning permission was secured for the first Portland Stone trial mine at Bowers Quarry
1999
Royal visit by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh to Albion Stone's Quarries and Factory
2001
Planning permission was secured for the Stonehills Portland Stone mine
Stonehills Mine is the first colmpletley new Mine which is not an extension of an existing quarry
2002
The Bowers Mine trials began
2005
The trials at the Bowers Mine were successfully completed and a new mining planning permission was prepared for Jordans Quarry
2006
High Wall extraction in Bowers Quarry Commences and Portland Inmosthay group of Quarries are purchased
High wall extraction is a series of small mines from the quarry face to the sites boundary. Inmosthay Quarries were purchased to boost the reserves, but most importantly to give an easier access to the Jordans Quarry, which will become Jordans Mine
2008
Mining starts at the southern part of Jordans Quarry
Following the voluntary surrender of the Jordans quarrying permission, thereby allowing the Portland Cricket Club to continue to use the Red Triangle Cricket Pitch whilst the stone underneath is extracted.
2011
We Installed £500,000 of solar panels to our factory roof
In a joint project with The Crown Estate, we installed 800 solar panels. The panels were expected to generate more than 150,000 kWh of electricity per year - the equivalent to the annual consumption of 50 houses - and will reduce our carbon footprint by 80 tonnes per year
2015
The quarrying operations were completed
The final extraction from the Jordans Quarry and all production switches to the more environmentally sensitive mining operations
2016
Extraction of the cap stone in front of what will be the mine portals to the Stonehills mine was started
2018
'Excellent' in our BES 6001 assessment
The only natural stone company in the world to hold an ‘Excellent’ rating.
2019
The first breakthrough between Bowers and Jordans mines, creating one working area
2022
Stonehills Mine is now fully operational
The Revival of Loadbearing Stone, A Sustainable Alternative to Thin Cladding
Albion Stone and Hutton Stone Longlisted for Dezeen Awards 2024 for Innovative Stone Bricks
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Albion Stone Celebrates 11th Year at Marmomac with Iconic Portland Stone
Albion Stone, a fourth generation family business pride ourselves on having a helpful and skilled workforce as well as modern and traditional manufacturing process to enable us to produce the highest quality Portland Stone with minimal environmental impact.