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MORRIS & PERRY LTD GURNEY SLADE QUARRY Morris and Perry are an independent manufacturer of construction materials, based at Gurney Slade Quarry, Radstock, in Somerset.
Customers can always speak directly to someone on the ground who will have an in depth knowledge of the local materials and be able to give their queries a direct answer, or know someone who will.
Unusually, in a field dominated by large corporations, Morris and Perry have retained their independence and are proud to still be family owned. The company specialise in the supply of aggregates, ready mixed concrete, and asphalt. With over 80 years experience in the local building materials market they offer unrivalled levels of service, quality and value.
Unlike many companies who have retained their traditional standards, Morris and Perry have maintained an ongoing programme of investment and development. By keeping up with modern building regulations and requirements all their products are supported by full product conformity and quality assurance certification. A new concrete plant at Priorswood was commissioned in the nineties, to provide high quality concrete for customers in the Taunton area, and with the beginning of the new Millennium, Morris & Perry began production of asphalt at Gurney Slade. Further upgrading of the concrete blockworks was carried out to improve output and quality. Due to all this investment and improvement, Morris and Perry proudly achieved ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) throughout the company.
For professionalism, service, expertise and value, contact your local supplier of quality building materials, Call: 01749 840441 Fax: 01749 840361 Morris & Perry (Gurney Slade Quarries) Ltd Gurney Slade, Radstock. Somerset BA3 4TE. Quarrying has been carried on at the present site since the mid 19th Century, with larger scale works being carried on from 1928. Sidney Morris, a Chilthorne Domer based construction material producer, and customer of the quarry, purchased it in 1962 and ran the business in partnership with his son-in-law George Perry, hence the origins of the company name, Morris and Perry. The company began trading as a stone haulage contractor with just a single horse and cart, and developed throughout the Twenties with the introduction of motorised lorries. By 1930 the company began its first quarrying activities with the purchase of Tout Quarry at Charlton Adam, the site of the present Head Office. S. Morris remains their sister company, and produces concrete blocks at Tout Quarry Charlton Adam and ready mix concrete at plants in Yeovil and Taunton.
Morris & Perry Gurney Slade Quarries
supplying the mendips with
all grades of aggregates ready mixed concrete asphalt products delivered or ex-works for a prompt & competitive service from a local family owned company
Both companies adopted the distinctive yellow and green livery in 1975, and in 1994 the ownership of both companies transferred solely to Sidney Morris’s daughter’s family, and is now managed by his grandson, Brian Perry. This is a company who always put their customers first and feel that their success is due in no small measure to that personal touch.
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