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 The UKCA superseded the CE Mark on the 1st January 2021.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

Ancaster white base bed
Batch number22/001
Intended use of the stoneArchitectural stone masonry, mainly vertical in nature
ManufacturerGoldholme Stone Ltd
Traditional nameANCASTER
Petrological familyOolitic limestone
Typical colourwhite
Place of originWilsford Heath, Lincolnshire, UK
Intended usegeneral stone masonry in residential construction excluding steps, paving and kerbs
Essential characteristicslargely featureless limestone, freestone, may be worked in any direction
Hooby Lane bed 1
Batch number122818
Intended use of the stoneArchitectural masonry predominantly vertical in orientation
ManufacturerGoldholme Stone Ltd
Traditional nameCLIPSHAM (Holbeck) – based on the closest historic source
Petrological familyOolitic Limestone
Typical colourLight buff
Place of originBetween Stretton and Greetham in Rutland, UK – being part of the clipsham group
Intended useArchitectural stone including walling and ashlar, predominantly vertical in orientation. May not be suitable for paving, kerbs, external steps.
Essential characteristicsMedium to coarse grained fossil fragments and ooliths within sparite cement
Copper Hill Limestone
Batch number122/002
Intended use of the stoneArchitectural stone walling
ManufacturerGoldholme Stone Ltd
Traditional nameCOPPER HILL LIMESTONE
petrological familyOolitic Limestone with anisotropic features
Typical colourBuff
Place of originCopper Hill, Ancaster, Lincolnshire, UK
Intended useArchitectural walling stone. May not be suitable for paving, kerbs, external steps.
Essential characteristicsDominated by micritic ooliths and abundant broken bioclasts
Ironstone Limestone
Batch number122/003
Intended use of the stoneArchitectural walling and masonry excluding steps, kerbs, path, edgings, paving
ManufacturerGoldholme Stone Ltd / Great Tew Estate
Traditional nameIRONSTONE / BROWN STONE
Petrological familyFerruginous limestone
Typical colourRanges from deep orange brown to dark brown
Place of originGreat Tew, Oxfordshire, UK
Intended usePrincipally vertical building stone
Essential characteristicsFine grained, occasional patches of white, some grain oolitic some broken fossils, anisotropic features visible
Ancaster Weatherbed
Batch number122/000W
Intended use of the stoneArchitectural stone within the UK
ManufacturerGoldholme Stone Ltd, Castle Quarry, Sleaford Road, Ancaster
Traditional nameANCASTER HARD WHITE
Petrological familyOolitic limestone
Typical colourWhite to pale brown
Place of originWilsford, Ancaster Limestone, UK
Intended useArchitectural stone
Essential characteristicsQuite dense, a few pore spaces, bioclast and ooliths within a sparry carbonate cement.
Ancaster Hard white
Batch number122/46974
Intended use of the stoneArchitectural masonry mainly vertical faces
ManufacturerGoldholme Stone Ltd, Castle Quarry, Sleaford Road, Ancaster
Traditional nameANCASTER HARD WHITE
petrological familyOolitic Limestone
Typical colourWhite to pale brown
Place of originWilsford Heath Lincolnshire, UK
Intended useArchitectural stone excluding external steps, kerbs, paving.
Essential characteristicsFine to medium grained, well compacted oolitic/peloidal limestone. Moderately hard, faint discontinuous bedding. Intermittent alignment of elongate grains (bioclasts).
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