Marcus Paine
15 Oct – Stone Theatre / 2pm – 2:45pm
The Changing Face of Quarrying
This presentation will look at how modern technologies and efficiencies have enabled the UK quarrying operation to deliver some of the lowest carbon products available globally. It will ‘myth bust’ some of the preconceptions that people might have about the practice of quarrying and UK quarrying.
BIO
Born in Swanage, Dorset 1967, Marcus is the second son of a Purbeck Limestone Quarrier, with the family link to quarrying from County Durham through to Purbeck stretching back five generations. Marcus came to the Scottish Borders where his parents had bought a farm some years earlier and started Hutton Stone Co. Ltd. in 1994, cutting masonry and building stone in a disused barn.
The company dealt initially in reclaimed stone and bought slab from other suppliers and in 1999, reopened Swinton Quarry which historically supplied masonry throughout the Borders, North Northumberland and into Edinburgh.
The company now employ 44 staff, operate 3 exclusive quarries and stock a further 20 other UK stone types. They have a turnover of around £3.2 million and have purpose-built production yard/factories in both the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland supplying large and small new build and restoration projects throughout the UK.
Company Bio
Hutton Stone’s highly skilled and friendly team of 44 staff are dedicated to supplying the finest quality, natural and sustainable UK sandstone. With Production Facilities in the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland they supply throughout Scotland and across the UK.
Founded in 1994 by Managing Director Marcus Paine, a 5th Generation Quarrier and Past President of The Stone Federation GB, the company operates three exclusive sandstone quarries with state-of-the-art sawing and production equipment and also stocks a further 20 other types of British stone to serve their wide client base. Hutton Stone specialises in New Build and Restoration supply projects with highly skilled Banker Masons, Carvers, and mass produced walling production too. In 2024, as part of a focus on a sustainable future for Natural Stone it launched Darney Heritage Natural Stone Bricks, a new sustainable construction product with a fraction of the carbon footprint of clay-fired bricks.
