Stone Masonry Workshop · Est. 2009
Built Stone
by Stone.
Limestone and sandstone cut, carved, and set by hand. Chisel marks still visible in the finished wall — because that's how you know it's right.
Transparent Process
Five stages most clients
never get to see.
We open every stage of a commission to our clients — not because we have to, but because craft literacy is how trust is built. Scroll through the wall.
Stage 01
Stone chosen before the first cut.
We visit the quarry face with you, reading the bedding planes and grain direction. Colour, texture, and compressive strength are matched to your existing fabric — not ordered from a catalogue.
Limestone · Sandstone · Reclaimed
Stage 02
Every stone is drafted before it's dressed.
Cardboard templates are made from measured drawings of each void in the wall. The banker mason works to these templates, cutting each stone to within two millimetres — no grinding, no fillers.
Banker masonry · Hand-drafted templates
Stage 03
The chisel is the only power tool we trust.
Each stone is worked on the banker — a low, heavy stone workbench — using pitcher, bolster, and claw chisel. The result is a face with texture and shadow that no saw-cut stone can replicate.
Pitcher · Bolster · Claw chisel
Stage 04
Set to the original coursing height.
Stones are laid to a string line and gauge rod, maintaining the existing coursing height of the wall. No dry-pack, no adhesive mortar. Every bed joint is fully filled before the next course is started.
String-line coursing · Gauge rod · Full beds
Stage 05
Finished with a mortar that breathes.
Hot lime putty mixed with local sharp sand, worked to a slightly recessed weatherstruck joint. The mortar is softer than the stone — so if movement occurs, the joint cracks, not the masonry.
Hot lime putty · Weatherstruck joint · NHL 2
Transparent Pricing
Three packages.
No hidden stone.
All prices are per linear metre of completed wall. VAT at 20% where applicable. Minimum commission: 6 linear metres. We don't quote on less — quality work takes time to set up properly.
Garden Wall
For homeowners adding structure to a garden or plot boundary.
- Site survey & stone specification
- Dry-stone or lime-mortared construction
- Up to 900mm wall height
- Coped or flat-top finish
- Waste removal included
Excludes: Foundations, planning permission
Quote a Garden WallBoundary & Feature
For landscape architects and developers specifying prominent stonework.
- Full measured survey & drawings
- Stone sourced from named quarry
- Up to 1.4m wall height
- Piers, copings, and gate stops
- Lime pointing to matching mortar
- As-built record photography
Excludes: Planning fees, utility diversions
Quote a Boundary WallFull Restoration
For period cottages, churchyard boundaries, and listed structures.
- Condition survey & photographic record
- Like-for-like stone matching (reclaimed or quarried)
- Full dismantling and rebuilding where required
- Hot lime putty pointing
- Structural engineering sign-off available
- Heritage report for planning / faculty
Excludes: Scaffolding on listed buildings, structural engineers
Quote a RestorationNot ready to commit to a full wall?
Order a hand-dressed sample block — limestone or sandstone — delivered to your door. Hold it, feel it, set it against your existing stone before you decide.
From the Clients
Walls that outlast
the conversation.
We work with homeowners, landscape architects, and parish councils across Derbyshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Staffordshire.
They matched the coursing height of a 1760s farmhouse wall so precisely that you genuinely cannot tell where the original ends and the repair begins. The lime mortar colour is perfect.
Margaret Ashworth
Homeowner, Derbyshire
Period Cottage Restoration
I specify Hewn on every project that requires exposed stonework. The banker-masoned finish gives a depth of shadow that no machine-cut stone achieves — my clients notice it immediately.
Tom Calloway
Landscape Architect, MSGD
Boundary & Feature Walls
Our churchyard boundary wall had been patched with cement mortar for decades. Hewn stripped it back, rebuilt three sections in matching gritstone, and pointed with hot lime. The difference is extraordinary.
Rev. Eleanor Firth
St. Mary's Parish Council, Cheshire
Churchyard Wall Restoration
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Tell us about
your wall.
We respond to every enquiry within one working day. If your project is outside our current schedule, we'll say so plainly — and suggest someone who can help.