St George's Hill, Weybridge
New private residence
Material: Massangis - Full Colour Blend
Architects: Facade designed by Stonebuild
Developer: Charybdis Developments
Stonework to facade commenced
Column pedestal
Attic base
Portico columns
Main entrance door hood
Portico column caps
Portico column & pilaster caps
Architrave course at main wall face
Portico steelwork
Pediment steelwork
Portico frieze & steelwork
Portico cornice & steelwork
Doric entablature
Portico complete
Front facade, scaffold struck
Front facade complete
Front elevation complete - landscaped
Aerial view from front
Aerial view - front & side
Aerial view - side and rear
Rear elevation detailing
Rear elevation detailing
Rear elevation
Front elevation
Selwyn College, Cambridge
New University Auditorium
Material: Farges Limestone
Architects: Porphyrios Associates
Main Contractor: Barnes Construction
Rear Courtyard Elevation showing arcade & clocktower
Auditorium main entrance doorway
Arcade
Front Elevation
College Crest at front pediment
Front & Side Elevations
Arcade arch under construction . Note the correct bedding planes - stone is excellent in compression and the thrust imposed around the arch should be at 90 degrees to the bedding plane.
Historic Private Residence
Stone conservation & restoration, new build extension,
internal loadbearing masonry arches, chimneypieces, chimneys & courtyard barns
Thermally broken bay window to new kitchen extension
Kitchen extension showing internal arched surrounds
Brick barrel vaulting to wine cellar
Kitchen extension firesurround with low-relief carving & herringbone brickwork
Drawing room firesurround with carved overmantel and herringbone brickwork
Badly eroded tracery window being readied for conservation
End tracery springer stone fitted & propped
Central tracery springer in straps and mullion below being aligned
Tracery window surround following conservation & restoration
Finished tracery window surround, fully glazed with leaded lights and lime render finished off
Carving labours to temple Of Love
Temple finished & in use
Carved capitals showing architrave beam soffit detailing
Carved columns, capitals & entablature
Temple showing carved columns and entablature
Major restructuring of large private residence
United Kingdom
Masonry works carried out by Stonebuild Contracts Ltd included:
Restoration of hard landscaping to notable formal gardens; restoration of original tennis pavilion; extension to original house; new 150m long retaining wall & balustrade; new tennis pavilion & colonnade; new banja & grotto; new hard landscaping to woodland gardens; new corinthian temple; front forecourt planters; new portico & new forecourt fountian.
Fountain bowl complete, showing slate pool lining and upstand
Bronze lion head water spouts and banding
Fully commissioned fountain, pool & urns
New Doric front portico
New private residence
United Kingdom
Front Elevation showing Doric portico & pediment
Front Elevation Doric portico
Rear Elevation pilastrade & balcony
Rear Elevation pool building
Ground Floor Terrace above basement garage
Front Elevation Doric pediment
Rear Elevation curved -on-plan bay
Rear pilastrade & balcony Doric entablature
New private residence
United Kingdom
Ionic pediment with carved tympanum, pierced to allow light into stairwell atrium
Rear Elevation showing Tuscan Portico
Entrance gate piers, looking into courtyard
Carving blocks to pediment tympanum set up dry in workshop
Carving labours around pierced tympanum complete
Cotswold stone stair linings
Front Elevation
Rear Elevation courtyard showing Tuscan portico and steps down to living roof above garage block
Entrance gate piers, looking away from courtyard
Garage block and service building
Carving labours to swag complete
Pediment tympanum under construction, showing mild steel 'A' frame
Cotswold stone stair linings and entance hall floor with contrasting cabouchons