I am happy to be proved wrong, but I don't think it is a lawson cypress. Perhaps you could post a photo of the complete tree, which would be of great help in assisting identification.
Yep defiantly a cypress tree judging by the photos on google, The reason I asked was a 60 foot tree at the end of my road was being cut down and the contractors said I could take what wood I like and knowing a man with a chainsaw planker, if it was any good form making beehives i would collect it.