The attractive Lincolnshire village of Blankney lies at the heart of Blankney Estate, a farming estate with a history which has been traced back to the time of the Norman Conquest.
Although arable farming continues to be the mainstay of the business of Blankney Estates Ltd., the estate also operates an 18 hole golf course on its historic parkland and owns limestone aggregate and blockstone quarries which are operated by Longwood Quarries Ltd.
Residential and commercial property is available to let from time to time both in the village of Blankney and on farmsteads in the surrounding countryside.
Blankney Estates operate one of the few surviving commercial grass driers in the UK which, for much of its life, has traded under the name of British Crop Driers producing both dried grass and alfalfa.
This is a major ingredient in horse feed and is also a feedstock for the process of chlorophyll extraction which is undertaken by a subsidiary, the British Chlorophyll Company specialising in the production of natural green food colouring and plant extracts.
Using traditional building methods and materials, employing high quality craftsmen and constructing award winning designs, has helped the company to build a superb local reputation.
Our in-house design team are continually working to ensure that designs are kept up to date both internally and externally, we appreciate that customers require that special mix of privacy and friendliness from where they live. Large areas of open space and attractive street scenes are planned in conjunction with local authorities to ensure a safe environment for the residents of the communities that Broadgate create.
Centurian Dimensional Stone ( CDS ) is quickly becoming a well known name in the natural stone industry, we produce a wide range of natural stone building materials & architectural masonry designed to meet the demanding needs of the building & construction trade.
Our products can be purchasd direct from ourselves or through one of the many builders merchants we supply to, remember to ask for us by name. We offer a full design & build service with master stonemasons who learnt there trade at Weymouth college & various cathedrals including Lincoln, we have over 30yrs experience in all aspects of building work.
Woldmarsh Producers is one of the UK’s leading farmer owned purchasing groups.
It works on behalf of its members to procure goods and services at preferential prices ensuring all benefits Woldmarsh negotiate are passed directly back to its members.
Woldmarsh Producers Ltd was established nearly 50 years ago by a group of farmers based around Louth. Membership has since grown by the addition of new members in Lincolnshire and surrounding counties.
Today, Woldmarsh Producers Ltd remains privately owned by its farmer members, employing a specialist buying team which had an annual turnover in excess of 77 Million in 2009. Woldmarsh has more than 750 members, farming over 650,000 acres and now stretches from North Yorkshire to South Lincolnshire, Midlands and The Isle of Man.
Limestone products have grown enormously in popularity over the past decade in both domestic and commercial properties, but it is a market that has been led by retailers selling imported limestones. That is not entirely surprising as the quarrying of limestone in the UK is carried out on a much smaller scale than it is on the Continent.
Nevertheless, there is a demand for english limestone, both in the Uk and overseas, and one company producing them and specifially targeting them to the UK retail market is English Limestone Ltd. We are a family run business, working from our own Lincolnshire quarries.
We currently produce various limestone products. We don’t stop there though – we can become involved in every aspect, from the initial design process through to the laying & fitting, our bespoke service offering cabochens and border, skirting, cills, steps & staircases, fireplaces & hearths and various walling stones – the concept is often as important as the product!
