We would like to welcome all of our customers, current and potential to our site. We are actively involved in bench marking our service standards against our competitors and believe that service can always be improved. We are a well established business with a quarry located in Somerton, Somerset. Ashen Cross Quarry is also 1 of only 3 quarries in the Country that supplies Blue Lias stone.
Alan Purnell has been in the stone industry since 1996 this experience led him to open Ashen Cross Quarry. We supply all types of quality natural stone, natural stone flooring, dry stone walling, blue lias stone flooring, architectural masonry, quoins, cobbles, rockery stone, made to measure fireplaces, etc.
Alan Purnell has been in the stone industry since 1996 this experience led him to open Ashen Cross Quarry. We supply all types of quality natural stone, natural stone flooring, dry stone walling, blue lias stone flooring, architectural masonry, quoins, cobbles, rockery stone, made to measure fireplaces, etc.
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We are actively involved in benchmarking our service standards against our competitors and believe that service can always be improved. We are a family run business for over 15 years; Specialists in the supply of Blue lias, White Lias, Flagstones and Natural Stone, Doulting, Hamstone, Bath Stone and many more directly from our quarry in Somerset.
Current and Past Projects - If you're interested in some of the projects we have had a hand in recently please visit our Facebook page! Thank you for your interest in our services. At A R Purnell, we specialise in the supply of quality blue lias polishable flooring to suit your individual needs. With all the visual qualities of it's geological namesake, Blue Lias creates a sense of genuine ambiance and quality.
Blue, Grey & White Lias can be found in prominent buildings; such as the churches, catherdrals and public buildings from the local Manor house to individual cottages up & down the country where Blue, Grey & White Lias can be sourced. A prime example of a 'Blue Lias' town would be Glastonbury in Somerset.
One of the most recognisable building stones in both Somerset and Dorset, blue lias is the product of layers of limestone and shale which were formed during the late Triassic and Jurassic periods - about 195 million years ago! The beautiful blue/grey tint to this rock comes from the formation of pyrite from sulphite and iron and as such the colour varies depending on the dissemination of the pyrite throughout.
Flagstones are synonymous with old country kitchens and medieval church floors, giving any area a simultaneous air of class and age. From the Old Norse word flaga, meaning slab or chip, flagstone is a generic reference to a sedimentary rock which has been split into layers. The most readily found flagstones are made from sandstone which is composed of both quartz and feldspar which is bound by silica, calcite or iron oxide.
