Feature Stones
Distinctive Natural Accents for Your Landscape
Delabole Slate's Feature Stones are unique landscape elements sourced from the historic Delabole Slate Quarry in Cornwall. Each stone, ranging from 250 kg to 10 tonnes, showcases the quarry's renowned blue-grey hues and natural textures, adding a distinctive and enduring focal point to any outdoor space.
With a heritage spanning centuries, Delabole Slate offers Feature Stones in various sizes and shapes, including long, thin standing stones and substantial rockery pieces. Clients are encouraged to browse the stones, order random shapes, or visit the quarry to personally select from a large stock, ensuring a truly bespoke addition to their landscape.
Features and benefits
- Authentic Natural Material: Quarried from the historic Delabole Slate Quarry, ensuring genuine quality and provenance.
- Unique Aesthetic: Distinctive blue-grey color with natural variations, making each stone one-of-a-kind.
- Versatile Applications: Suitable for use as standing stones, rockery features, or bespoke landscape accents.
- Exceptional Durability: Resistant to weathering, ensuring longevity in outdoor environments.
- Customizable Selection: Clients can specify desired sizes and shapes or personally select stones from the quarry.
- Sustainable Choice: Responsibly sourced, reflecting a commitment to environmental stewardship.
Technical and safety
- Material Composition: High-quality natural slate with excellent compressive strength.
- Size Options: Lengths from 600 mm (24") to approximately 6 meters (20 ft), widths from 600 mm (24") to approximately 2 meters (6 ft 6"), and thicknesses from 500 to 1000 mm (20"–40").
- Weight Range: From 250 kg to approximately 10 tonnes.
- Installation: Due to their substantial size and weight, professional handling and installation are recommended to ensure safety and stability.
- Maintenance: Minimal maintenance required; periodic cleaning may enhance appearance.
- Safety: Non-combustible and resistant to atmospheric pollution, frost, and temperature changes, ensuring a safe and stable landscape feature.