CE marking explained
UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) is the new UK product marking that is used for goods being placed on the open market in Great Britain. The UKCA superseded the CE Mark on the 1st January 2021. However, for an interim period to the 1st of January 2023 the CE mark may still be used.
Who should provide the CE (or UKCA) mark?
The mark should be provided by the final manufacturer or by the final seller of the goods. Where products are worked or altered on site including for example cutting, dressing or the drilling of holes the individual(s) responsible for these operations become the new manufacturer and are responsible for providing the mark.
Not all products require a CE or UKCA mark these include the following: fireplaces, kitchen worktops, window cills, columns, arches, parapets, handrails, chimneys, balustrading, cappings, copings, window and door surrounds. Further exceptions from requiring the mark include:
- Conservation projects,
- One offs,
- Commissioned stone products (those not intended for the open market),
Masonry and related products as laid out by the EU M116.
The harmonised standard states that these include foundations and retaining walls, external walls (including cladding), internal walls and partitions, external finishes of walls, internal finishes of walls and partitions, ceiling finishes and drainage (inc. highways) and disposal of other liquids and gaseous waste.
Stone products are covered by the following harmonised standards
BS EN 771-6 Masonry
BS EN 12057 Tiles
BS EN 12048 Floor slabs
BS EN 1341 Paving
BS EN 1342 Setts
BS EN 1343 Kerbs
Stonework must comply with BS EN 12059
The test requirements being as follows:
It should be noted that there are no pass/fail criteria with UKCA (CE) Marking only that information is available. Due to impracticalities none of the Goldholme products are individually marked. The mark along with all relevant tests results are available here. It should also be noted that stone sample blocks are tested from each of our quarries on a time-to-time basis, it is not realistic or possible to sample individual finished product.
Requirements of BS EN 12059
- 4.2.4 Flexural strength
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
- 4.2.5 Water absorption of atmospheric pressure
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
- 4.2.6 Reaction to fire
- Only required when the end use is subject to fire regulations. This test is not required unless asphalt is present within the stone or fillers are used in the manufacture.
- 4.2.7 Water absorption and capillary
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
- 4.2.8 Apparent density and open porosity.
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
- 4.2.9 Frost resistance
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
- 12 cycles with mainly vertical surfaces
- 48 cycles with mainly horizontal surfaces
- 4.2.10 Thermal shock resistance
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
- 4.2.11 Compressive strength
- Guidance states that this characteristic shall be declared upon request.
Once the stone is delivered to the purchaser or his agent the responsibility for safe handling and adequate protection of the goods becomes the responsibility of the client.
CE marking does not negate the client of this responsibility.
How will I receive a CE or UKCA mark?
The marks are simply a sign which confirm that testing of the product have taken place in accordance with the above guidance and that the results of the tests are available to the client. The mark can be downloaded from our website or can be requested by email or by mail.
Declaration of performance
| Batch number | 22/001 |
| Intended use of the stone | Architectural stone masonry, mainly vertical in nature |
| Manufacturer | Goldholme Stone Ltd |
| Traditional name | ANCASTER |
| Petrological family | Oolitic limestone |
| Typical colour | white |
| Place of origin | Wilsford Heath, Lincolnshire, UK |
| Intended use | general stone masonry in residential construction excluding steps, paving and kerbs |
| Essential characteristics | largely featureless limestone, freestone, may be worked in any direction |
| Batch number | 122818 |
| Intended use of the stone | Architectural masonry predominantly vertical in orientation |
| Manufacturer | Goldholme Stone Ltd |
| Traditional name | CLIPSHAM (Holbeck) – based on the closest historic source |
| Petrological family | Oolitic Limestone |
| Typical colour | Light buff |
| Place of origin | Between Stretton and Greetham in Rutland, UK – being part of the clipsham group |
| Intended use | Architectural stone including walling and ashlar, predominantly vertical in orientation. May not be suitable for paving, kerbs, external steps. |
| Essential characteristics | Medium to coarse grained fossil fragments and ooliths within sparite cement |
| Batch number | 122/002 |
| Intended use of the stone | Architectural stone walling |
| Manufacturer | Goldholme Stone Ltd |
| Traditional name | COPPER HILL LIMESTONE |
| petrological family | Oolitic Limestone with anisotropic features |
| Typical colour | Buff |
| Place of origin | Copper Hill, Ancaster, Lincolnshire, UK |
| Intended use | Architectural walling stone. May not be suitable for paving, kerbs, external steps. |
| Essential characteristics | Dominated by micritic ooliths and abundant broken bioclasts |
| Batch number | 122/003 |
| Intended use of the stone | Architectural walling and masonry excluding steps, kerbs, path, edgings, paving |
| Manufacturer | Goldholme Stone Ltd / Great Tew Estate |
| Traditional name | IRONSTONE / BROWN STONE |
| Petrological family | Ferruginous limestone |
| Typical colour | Ranges from deep orange brown to dark brown |
| Place of origin | Great Tew, Oxfordshire, UK |
| Intended use | Principally vertical building stone |
| Essential characteristics | Fine grained, occasional patches of white, some grain oolitic some broken fossils, anisotropic features visible |
| Batch number | 122/000W |
| Intended use of the stone | Architectural stone within the UK |
| Manufacturer | Goldholme Stone Ltd, Castle Quarry, Sleaford Road, Ancaster |
| Traditional name | ANCASTER HARD WHITE |
| Petrological family | Oolitic limestone |
| Typical colour | White to pale brown |
| Place of origin | Wilsford, Ancaster Limestone, UK |
| Intended use | Architectural stone |
| Essential characteristics | Quite dense, a few pore spaces, bioclast and ooliths within a sparry carbonate cement. |
| Batch number | 122/46974 |
| Intended use of the stone | Architectural masonry mainly vertical faces |
| Manufacturer | Goldholme Stone Ltd, Castle Quarry, Sleaford Road, Ancaster |
| Traditional name | ANCASTER HARD WHITE |
| petrological family | Oolitic Limestone |
| Typical colour | White to pale brown |
| Place of origin | Wilsford Heath Lincolnshire, UK |
| Intended use | Architectural stone excluding external steps, kerbs, paving. |
| Essential characteristics | Fine to medium grained, well compacted oolitic/peloidal limestone. Moderately hard, faint discontinuous bedding. Intermittent alignment of elongate grains (bioclasts). |
