Assheton
Natural stone, selected at source, for homes, gardens, estates and architectural landscapes.
We work with a select group of family-owned quarries across the British Isles and the continent. Every material is seen in person. Many hundreds are considered. Few are carried.
Seen in person.
Edited heavily.
Carried.
Seen in person
Every selected material is viewed at the face, the block yard or the saw bed — never chosen from a catalogue image. The judgement behind the stone is as important as the stone itself.
Edited heavily
Many hundreds of stones and faces have been considered. What is carried is small because the work demands it. Most of what we have looked at is not included.
Carried
What we carry, we stand behind. Material has to look right, sit well beside the building, age properly, and make the place feel more certain.
Family-owned. Across the isles and the continent.
Ground. Wall. Edge. Found. Bespoke.
Assheton works with a select group of family-owned quarries across the British Isles and the continent — places where the stone is understood from the bed up, and the judgement behind it is as important as the stone itself.
That relationship gives us a different kind of judgement — not only which material to carry, but which to leave alone.
About AsshetonA few of the pieces presently in view.
Each carries an Assheton name and a character we can account for. The whole range sits under Materials.
No. 01 - Haslingden Noir
Haslingden Noir begins in the flag beds of the Haslingden hills. It is a northern sandstone with a darker register than most buff grounds, moving through ferruginous buff, umber, smoke grey and near-black mineral markings. The tone is not applied or forced. It belongs to the bed itself: the result of pressure, water, iron and time. Riven by hand, the surface keeps the quiet irregularity of the stone. It is not polished flat or made overly clean. Each flag holds the trace of its own making, with natural movement, weathered variation and a close-grained weight underfoot. Selected by Assheton for its depth, restraint and character, Haslingden Noir is a ground material with presence. Dark without being severe. Weathered without feeling tired. A sandstone made for courtyards, paths and approaches that should feel settled from the day they are laid. Buff to noir, riven by hand, Haslingden Noir carries the weight of weather, iron and water through a dark northern ground.
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No.24 - Ecru Limestone
Of costal warmth, fossils and occasional veining beneath a beige-ivory surface.
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