{"id":45851,"date":"2026-03-06T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45851"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:30:49","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-building-burghley-in-stone-and-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45851","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: \u2018Building Burghley\u2019\u2026 in stone and in person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1a2197519605703811bc400bd50ffd0e\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:1127503_Burghley_House,_the_Orangerie_Barnack_20240519_0057.jpg\">Burghley House, the Orangery by Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>The Stone<\/u><\/em> <em>Specialist<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>The Stone<\/u><\/em> <em>Specialist<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burghley House in Lincolnshire is known for many things\u2026 And while all these things are wonderful, there\u2019s two people who\u2026 are equally as important. And that\u2019s Mick Teale and his son Ben who are the in-house stonemasons\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 The stone used to build the house is a golden limestone quarried from land\u2026 at nearby King\u2019s Cliffe and the roof is Collyweston slate, also sourced locally. Much of what Mick and Ben work with is reclaimed from across Burghley\u2019s vast estate which comprises many properties and buildings\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonespecialist.com\/news\/stone-heritage\/building-burghley\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45851\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,743,29,170,160,741,742],"class_list":["post-45851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-building-crafts","tag-heritage","tag-materials","tag-stone","tag-stonemasonry","tag-traditional-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45853,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45851\/revisions\/45853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}