Stone walls, driveways and house extensions across Wakefield and the villages around it, about 35 minutes from our base in north Leeds. Simon has 27 years in the trade, and every quote is written and itemised before work begins.
Services
Our own team carries out all seven kinds of work below. The first is the one we have already completed near Wakefield, at Sitlington.
We build new garden and boundary walls in stone or brick, and rebuild failing ones, on proper footings with copings bedded to shed water. The Sitlington walls on this page are natural stone.
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We lay block paving, Indian stone and tarmac driveways on a properly excavated and compacted base, so they stay level and drain correctly for years.
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We build single and two-storey extensions to your architect's drawings and the engineer's calculations, and manage building control on site. Where the house is stone, we build in stone.
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We build and repair walls, piers and steps in new and reclaimed stone, coursed and pointed to match the existing building.
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We lay porcelain, Indian stone and natural stone on a full-depth sub-base, with drainage planned first.
More about patios and paving →
We supply and fit oak and timber porch canopies, and build the stone dwarf walls, steps and paving beneath them.
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We build decks on a braced, level frame, with steps and edges finished cleanly where they meet the patio. Composite boards are available for low maintenance.
More about decking →Not sure which of these your job is? Send a photograph and a rough idea of the size, and Simon will advise.
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Why us
We are small on purpose. The person who quotes your job is on site while it is built. There are five of us, so we take on fewer jobs and see each one through.
Stone is our specialism. Coursing, pointing and matching older stonework is the part of a job most builders rush, and it is the part we are known for.
Everything is in writing. You receive an itemised, fixed-price quote before work begins. We ask for a modest booking deposit rather than most of the money up front, we carry £5m public liability cover, and our work comes with a 10-year guarantee.
Near Wakefield, the stone walls and gate piers on this page are at a house in Sitlington, and we photographed the job from the first day to the finished walls.
Recent work
The first job is near Wakefield, at Sitlington. The others are elsewhere in Leeds and Yorkshire, and each one is labelled with its location.
Sitlington
Natural stone boundary walls with copings, and stone gate piers for a pair of timber gates and a side gate, at a house south-west of Wakefield.
Bramhope
A garden wall faced in coursed sandstone on a concrete block inner leaf, with the quoins toothed in and concrete copings bedded on top.
Halifax
A timber porch canopy set on coursed stone dwarf walls with dressed copings, built at the same house as the Halifax porcelain patio.
Calverley
A flat-roofed rear extension in red brick, with a wide picture window and bifold doors opening onto the garden.
Halifax
Cream large-format porcelain laid the full length of the house and down the side, off new timber sleeper retaining beds, on a full-depth sub-base.
Adel
Riven Indian sandstone in mixed sizes, laid along the side of the house and into the garden, with the manhole cover cut in flush.
Common questions
Areas we cover
| Where | Distance from Wakefield | Planning sits with |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield (WF1 and WF2) | City centre | Wakefield Council |
| Outwood and Stanley | 3 miles | Wakefield Council |
| Horbury | 3 miles | Wakefield Council |
| Crigglestone | 4 miles | Wakefield Council |
| Ossett | 4 miles | Wakefield Council |
| Sitlington and Netherton | 5 miles | Wakefield Council |
| Normanton | 5 miles | Wakefield Council |
| Pontefract and Castleford | 9 miles | Wakefield Council |
| South of Barnsley | 12 miles plus | Beyond our area, and we will say so |
Distances are approximate, measured from Wakefield city centre. Our base in north Leeds is about 35 minutes away.
Wakefield is about 35 minutes from our base in north Leeds, and it is a district we already work in: the stone walls on this page are at Sitlington, south-west of the city. Distance does not change how we work. We visit before we quote, the quote is itemised, and the same team builds the job from start to finish.
Everywhere in the table is planned through Wakefield Council, which also handles dropped kerbs. Most patios need no planning permission, and garden walls and driveways usually do not either, within height and drainage limits that we check before quoting. Extensions may require it, and for those your architect's drawings come first.
Many of the older villages around Wakefield are built in local sandstone, with long runs of old stone boundary wall. That is where stonework is judged: the right stone, laid and pointed to match what it joins. It is the part of the work we are best known for.
We also have pages for Halifax and Harrogate, each showing the jobs we have completed there.
Tell us what you have in mind for the house, drive or garden. We reply within 24 hours, visit to look at the job, and then send a written, itemised, fixed-price quote.
Public liability £5m · written, itemised quotes · 10-year structural guarantee in writing.
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