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The Claret Red Marble Tile Collection is a honed natural marble range for customers who want a deeper, more expressive colour palette across interior walls and floors. Its red and burgundy tones give the stone a strong visual identity, while natural variation in tone, veining and movement ensures the finished surface has the individuality of real marble rather than a repeated manufactured pattern.
The collection is available in three 10mm formats — 305 × 75mm, 305 × 305mm and 610 × 305mm — allowing the same marble to move from detailed feature areas into broader walls and floors.
What can you achieve with Claret Red marble tiles?
The three formats give you useful control over the scale and rhythm of the installation.
The 305 × 75mm metro format creates more grout joints and a strong linear direction, making it especially useful for splashbacks, shower walls, niches and feature areas where the tile layout itself should remain visible.
The 305 × 305mm square creates a more regular grid and works well across floors or walls where a balanced geometric layout is preferred.
For larger surfaces, the 610 × 305mm rectangular format reduces the number of joints and gives more space for the marble’s natural colour and movement to be appreciated across each tile.
Using more than one size can also help distinguish adjoining zones while maintaining one connected stone palette.
Where does Claret Red work best?
The collection is suitable for interior walls and floors, including bathrooms and kitchens, and can be used with underfloor heating.
In bathrooms, Claret Red can create a strong floor, shower wall, vanity backdrop or bath surround. Its deeper colour works particularly well where the marble is intended to act as a focal material against white sanitaryware, warm wood or pale stone.
In kitchens, it can introduce richer colour across splashbacks, tiled walls or floors and can sit comfortably alongside oak, walnut and lighter cabinetry.
It also works well in cloakrooms, hallways and entrance spaces where a smaller area can carry a stronger material statement without requiring the same treatment throughout the room.
Why choose this exact marble tile collection?
Claret Red is a strong choice when the project calls for a warm, deep natural stone rather than a pale or neutral marble.
The honed finish keeps reflection relatively controlled, allowing the red and burgundy colouring to provide the visual impact rather than a high-gloss surface.
The collection’s three formats also make it practical. You can use a linear metro tile for more detailed areas, a square format for a balanced grid, or the larger rectangle where fewer joints and a calmer surface are preferred.
Because Claret Red is natural marble, each tile will vary in tone, veining and movement. Samples are useful for understanding the overall character but cannot represent every piece. Dry laying before fixing allows stronger and quieter tiles to be balanced across the finished surface.
Which Starel Stones products complement Claret Red?
For smaller-scale decorative areas, the Claret Red Marble Mini Mosaic, Claret Red Cracked Mini Mosaic and Claret Red Marble Fan Scallop Mosaic provide several ways to continue the same broader colour direction within niches, splashbacks and feature sections.
The Claret Red Marble Border Mosaic and matching Corner Border Mosaic can create a more structured decorative edge or framed section where the layout requires a defined transition.
For contrast, the Calacatta and Claret Red Shield Fan Mosaic combines pale marble with deeper Claret Red, making it a useful bridge between this collection and lighter Calacatta surfaces elsewhere in the scheme.
These products should be treated as coordinated natural stones rather than guaranteed identical matches, particularly where separate batches or mixed-marble products are involved.
Before ordering and installation
Claret Red marble requires sealing. Use stone-compatible adhesive, grout and pH-neutral cleaning products, and confirm installation requirements for the chosen format and application.
Order a sample as a guide and dry lay the tiles before fixing. For floors and wet areas, consider the complete installation system, including substrate preparation, fixing, sealing and final finish.
Yes! All our marble tiles and mosaics are suitable with underfloor heating.
Yes, we highly recommend dry laying your marble tiles before fixing them in place. Marble is a natural stone, and each tile is unique in its veining, tone, and pattern. Unlike man-made tiles, marble pieces are not identical, which is part of their beauty.
Dry laying means arranging all the tiles on the floor before applying adhesive, so you can:
Skipping this step can lead to an uneven appearance, as tiles placed at random may clash in tone or pattern. Taking the time to dry lay ensures a more harmonious and professional finish.
Yes. All natural stone products, including marble, limestone, and onyx, require sealing to maintain their appearance and durability.
We recommend sealing the tiles after installation, once the adhesive is fully dry. This protects the marble from grout staining. After grouting, allow the grout to cure, then clean the tiles thoroughly and apply a final coat of stone sealer to protect both the tile and grout.
To keep your surfaces in top condition, reseal every 1–3 years, depending on usage and wear.
In-stock tiles and mosaics are shipped from our UK warehouses, with standard delivery typically arriving within one week. An express option of approximately 1–3 working days is available at checkout, subject to postcode and carrier availability.
Main orders are delivered on pallets via trusted third-party kerbside carriers, and you will receive a notification the day before with an 8am–5pm delivery window. If no one is available to receive the delivery and a second attempt is required, re-delivery charges may apply. Where possible, pallets can be left in a safe location if this is clearly noted in the order comments at checkout. Please note that drivers are unable to open sealed pallets and are not permitted to carry goods into your property.
Starel Stones ships worldwide and we regularly arrange bespoke delivery solutions for international clients. For any order or sample shipment outside the UK, please contact us directly so that we can provide a tailored shipping quotation from our international courier partners.
International orders are processed by invoice and are not subject to the UK VAT included in the prices displayed on our website. To obtain a quotation, please email enquiries@starelstones.co.uk with your full delivery address and details of the products you are interested in, and a member of our team will be pleased to assist.
Backorder products are available to order, but are not currently held for immediate dispatch.
These items usually have a lead time of 6–12 weeks. Minimum order quantities may also apply on selected products.
Once your order is placed, we will reserve your item and keep you updated on availability. If you are working to a specific deadline, please contact us before ordering.
Learn more about backorders and delivery terms by reading our Delivery Policy, or Contact Us before ordering if you need more help.
