Stainton Sandstone

Stainton Sandstone is Carboniferous in age (354 to 290 million years old) and still actively quarried in Stainton, Durham where it has been quarried since the 17th Century. It is a buff sandstone with fine brown speckles and veins, fine grained with a porosity of approximately 17%. It is used throughout the United Kingdom as stone replacement and on new builds