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Coping Stones with a View!

26 Jun 2014

Pinckney Green recently supplied 25 running metres of Bath coping stones for a lovely country house just outside of the city. The photo shows the first 7 metres recently installed, the remaining 18 are to run along side the property. Can you spot the beautiful dry stone walling separating the gardens?  

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Our Pretty Showroom..

25 Jun 2014

At this time each year we have a wonderful scented entrance to our showroom thanks to the lovely rose bush which surrounds the front wall. Doesn’t it look beautiful.. Our showroom is one of many stone office blocks on Greenway farm. Why not take a look at some of the other office’s which Pinckney Green […]

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Stripy Mantel!

17 Jun 2014

We love this photo of a delicately carved stripy stone mantel which our fab stone masons recently carved for PGS. It belongs to the Keddleston, if you click on the tab you can check out the rest of this fantastic fireplace!

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Here’s One I Made Earlier!

11 Jun 2014

No, it’s not a 3 tier Bath stone cake it’s a detailed capital ready to be placed on top of a classical column. In the back ground you’ll see one which we made earlier!  

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A Little Bit Of History About Portland Stone.

04 Jun 2014

Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. From the early 1600s it started to become London’s dominant stone with Inigo Jones using it on Banqueting Hall, the stone having previously been used with success on elements of Westminster Abbey ,the old gothic […]

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3 Fleur De Lys.

29 May 2014

Check out the detail on these hand carved Fleur De Lys which run along the bottom head piece of our Lollesworth fireplace. The Lollesworth is a new addition to our range of stone fireplaces and boy isn’t it an attractive one!! To see this beautiful fireplace in full just click here!    

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Our Lovely Showroom!

21 May 2014

The morning of our open day. With the showroom looking smart and fully stocked up we’re ready to WOW our customers with our beautiful hand carved fireplaces, wide range of stone samples, stoves and fire baskets and on-site architectural stonework. I can’t wait for the show to begin! We hope to see you all here.

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Open Day Fun!

21 May 2014

Thanks for coming to our open day! Here is Ali Wilkins setting up the table for lunch which as you can see was extremely yummy! We hope you enjoyed meeting our team and having a browse around the farm where we supplied a lot of the architectural stonework. We will be holding another open day/event […]

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Bath Stone Window Surround

16 May 2014

Check out this beautiful Bath stone window surround which was hand carved to replace a existing surround for an old farm house. The Bath stone is in keeping with the property and when the sun shines on it, a beautiful strong cream glow will come through and light up the stone. That to me is […]

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Christchurch Harbour Hotel.

29 Apr 2014

PGS was recently asked to carve this Portland stone Deaconsfield fireplace for Christchurch Harbour Hotel in Bournemouth. The fire chamber is lined with herringbone panels which we thought looked great with the fireplace – and to keep all the guest toasty we supplied the polished Matrix gas fire basket with coals and logs. The fireplace […]