Work

Recent work.

Walls, patios, drives, garden builds.

A small selection from the last few years.

Featured project · 01

Tiered garden with pergola.

A back garden built across two levels. Flagged dining terrace with pergola and outdoor kitchen on top, lounge terrace below, joined by a stepped sandstone path with a banded inlay. Planting, lighting and retaining walls done as part of the build.

Tiered back garden seen from above in daylight — upper flagged terrace with pergola and outdoor kitchen, lower lounge terrace, stepped sandstone path running between, planted beds either side — The full layout from above.

Same tiered garden at dusk — upper terrace lit, BBQ glowing inside the pergola, dining table set, lounge terrace and planting lit by garden lights below — Same view, evening.

Close-up of the lit stepped flagstone path at night — alternating bands of light and dark stone leading up to the covered outdoor kitchen — Banded stepped path, lit at night.

Featured project · 02

Curved porcelain patio.

A large-format grey porcelain patio laid in a sweeping curve around a contemporary house. Custom cuts to follow the planter edge. Roughly 60m² of porcelain, set on a full-mortar bed over a reinforced sub-base.

Curved porcelain patio mid-build, wider view with railway-sleeper raised beds in shot — Wider view, mid-build.

Hand-cut curved porcelain slabs following the edge of a planter — the craft shot — Following the planter line — every cut by hand.

Curved porcelain patio finished, looking back toward bifold doors — Finished, looking back toward the house.

Curved porcelain patio finished, view showing the sweep with greenhouse and lawn — Sweep around to the lawn.

Curved porcelain patio finished — wide view with conservatory and rattan seating — Done.

Featured project · 03

Higher Leafield Barn.

A rural drive entrance in the Rossendale hills. Sandstone gateposts with a carved house-name stone, drystone walling, cobble border to a tarmac drive. From a muddy track to a finished entrance in roughly six weeks.

Higher Leafield Barn — first sandstone gatepost mid-build with the carved house-name stone going on top — Carved house-name stone going on top of the first gatepost.

Higher Leafield Barn — coursing the cobble walling along the drive edge — Coursing the wall.

Close-up of the finished sandstone gatepost with shaped sandstone capstone — Capstone detail.

Close-up of the carved Higher Leafield Barn name stone set into the gatepost — The sign in situ.

Higher Leafield Barn finished entrance — sandstone gateposts, drystone wall, cobble border and tarmac drive — Finished entrance.

More work

A few more from the last year or two.

Slate and stacked-stone water feature with a living wall behind — Slate and stone water feature.

Multi-stone sandstone patio with cobble border and inlay strip — Multi-stone patio with cobble border.

Riven Indian sandstone patio, mixed tones — Indian sandstone patio.

Hand-built sandstone interior fireplace, mid-build — Stone-clad fireplace.

Lit stone patio steps at night leading to a covered outdoor kitchen — Lit patio steps at night.

Got a project in mind?

Ring me — happy to talk it through and come and have a look.

Call 07970 473973