Ken Howe Natural Stone Supplies is a family run stone masonry business in Lancashire (UK). Everything we produce is to customers specification or requirements and hand finished in natural stone, such as Granite, Limestone, Sandstone, and Marble.
From a modern or contemporary fireplace, to a traditional stone fireplace. Lettered boulders to garden features. Headstones and pet memorials. Restoration of stonework on period property and Listed buildings. Ken Howe Natural Stone Supplies can take on almost any stone related project, supply only or supply and fix. We produce entirely to order, using our knowledge, design skills and workmanship to turn your ideas into designs, and designs into beautiful features.

We specialise in identifying British stones and locating current sources or near matches. Detailed prices and delivery programmes arranged - UK and overseas.

Finest quality sculpture, relief carving and lettering commissions undertaken for figurative, portrait, animal and floral carving. Specialist and consultant in white marble carving, but also including carving in limestone and slate. Traditional and modern designs, fountain and period house sculpture included, also tuition and instruction available for students.

Consultants on all aspects of stone and mortar used in historic buildings and monuments. Including identifying original building stones, determination of the causes of degradation, locating original replacement sources, advising on the weathering and durability of stones. Techniques used include petrographic, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and electron microscope studies.

James Stonework is a small artisan business designing and making hand cut memorials and carvings as well as intricate banker work and setting out. Also able to conserve Stonework and consult on the work processes available for any given area.

Chartered surveyor and geologist specialising in resolving specification, design, installation, workmanship and maintenance issues involving natural stone and roofing slate. RICS surveyor carries out roped access including site tests. In-house petrography by the consultant. Some essential testing carried out. Expert witness and many other services provided.

Hughes Craven offers a complete minerals and waste planning service including site searches and promotion, planning applications, environmental impact assessment, planning appeals and mineral safeguarding

Fine art conservators and historic building consultants. architectural features, including joinery, sculpture, stonework, marble, wall and ceiling plasters. Also, terracotta, historic decorative schemes, consultancy reports, analytical services and specialist building façade cleaning. Consultants

Independent stone consultants and design engineers - new build, restoration, fixing design and additional services, inspection and reports, expert witness, technical support and CPD lectures. Professional indemnity insurance.