image for illustration: Burghley House, the Orangery by Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Stone Specialist and Clare Howcutt-Kelly visits stonemasons Mick Teale and his son, Ben at one of the largest and most spectacular Elizabethan houses in the UK.
The Stone Specialist writes:
Burghley House in Lincolnshire is known for many things… And while all these things are wonderful, there’s two people who… are equally as important. And that’s Mick Teale and his son Ben who are the in-house stonemasons….
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… The stone used to build the house is a golden limestone quarried from land… at nearby King’s Cliffe and the roof is Collyweston slate, also sourced locally. Much of what Mick and Ben work with is reclaimed from across Burghley’s vast estate which comprises many properties and buildings…
