Portland stone is a creamy-white limestone quarried from the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. Though this Jurassic-aged rock started life as a seafloor sediment it now adorns the buildings ...

It is also politically divisive – and, in Hansard, Portland stone’s use is largely championed by Conservatives. In 1945 one Conservative MP described meeting a quarry-worker who observed that: “I have ...

Portland stone is exported the world over, and, as islanders protest against plans to quarry a new area of protected coastal land there, BBC Dorset looks at how Portland stone goes from the ground ...

Portland Stone Firms said opencast quarrying would eventually be phased out, although its last remaining quarry - Broadcroft - had an expected life of more than 20 years.

One of the last opencast Portland stone quarries is switching to mining, after more than a century of production. Operator Portland Stone Firms said the move would prolong the life of Coombefield ...