A G M Stone is a bespoke masonry contractor working across Scotland.

The company is an accredited specialist in conservation, restoration and the use of traditional materials. Focusing on service, knowledge and high standards of workmanship to deliver a complete and professional package in all aspects of conservation and stonework

Boden and Ward Stonemasons Ltd are a family owned and run company, and as such we offer a complete service for all your masonry requirements, from initial planning, stone selection, working drawings and production of the stone through to the fixing and completion of the work.

WHAT WE DO - We welcome enquiries from everyone from private clients, builders,conservation specialists, architects, stonemasons for supply of stone, estate managers and members of the public – anyone with a requirement for either stone supply or stone supply fix for a project that can be large or small. Please contact us to discuss, we will be more than happy to help.

AWARDS - We are always very proud of our achievements. The Stone Federation Great Britain run a biannual competition called the 'Natural Stone Awards'. This is the most prestigious accolade in the UK for anyone involved in stonework. Over the years, we have been privileged to have won many of these awards in the Restoration, Internal Stonework and Craftsmanship categories

Collins and Curtis have been producing high quality stone products since 1925. We directly employ dedicated master craftsmen with decades of experience, so combine traditional methods of masonry with new techniques to provide the highest quality stone products.

We supply bespoke architectural, ecclesiastical and memorial stonemasonry, as well as cills, copings, fireplaces, flooring, kitchen and bathroom tops and other items unique to your home or building.

Collins and Curtis offer a complete service from survey to installation as either main or subcontractor. We have a reputation for providing quality products at competitive prices and are focused on caring for our customers, to ensure they are delighted with the products and service they receive.

Our highly skilled stonemasons convert limestone and sandstone blocks from many quarries, into a variety of products. We supply all types of natural stonemasonry using both British and imported Limestones, Sandstones, Granite and Marble to restore existing and construct new structures. Working from our purpose-built factory in Ipswich, Suffolk our masons produce high quality bespoke natural stone products from blocks of stone (up to approximately 4m3 and weighing 10 tonnes) which are cut to size using our primary, secondary and profiling saws. All work is hand finished in our workshop.

Recent projects include Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral, Westminster and Gonville & Caius Colleges in Cambridge and numerous churches in East Anglia.

The English Stone Forum works in support of the production and use of English building stone. This includes promotion, publicity, research and professional and craft training.

Working to

- encourage greater public interest in and awareness of the stone built heritage of England and the threats it faces
- encourage the use of English stone for the public benefit and to
- ensure the availability of the stone required for the maintenance of the built heritage and new build

The English Stone Forum consists of representatives of nine organisations

- British Geological Survey
- Building Research Establishment
- Historic England
- Institute of Historic Building Conservation
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- National Stone Centre
- Stone Federation Great Britain
- Stone Roofing Association
- Mineral Products Association.

It is chaired by Terry Hughes of the Stone Roofing Association. Alison Henry of Historic England is the secretary.




e chair rotates amongst members and is governed by representatives of the British Geological Survey, English Heritage, the IHBC and others.

Flint-Tec is a professional flint walling service with over 15 years experience in the trade, providing reliable quality work at competitive rates. From standard walling to prestigious works, through English Heritage, conservation trusts, local council and private clients.

I have worked on many Flint walling projects, mainly in Sussex and Southern counties.

Prestigious flint and brick works include extensive replacement and repairs at Worthing clock tower on the seafront as part of the leisure centre new build which included rebuilding some of the columns. Also the rebuild of Brighton Groynes for the seafront defence, and Brighton College Tower

In addition, I am a qualified bricklayer and have worked on many conservation brickworks and repairs.

Graciela Ainsworth Sculpture Conservation is an award-winning company in the field of conservation and restoration of public and privately-owned sculpture and statuary, museum artefacts, carved stonework and historic building fabric.

The company, with over 25 years experience and accredited by ICON, has an expert team of 9 trained conservators, artists and sculptors available for projects throughout the UK all of whom pride themselves in completing high quality conservation and restoration work within budget.
Recent high-profile projects include:

- Conservation of the six 1720’s stucco Muses in the great hall of Seaton Delaval, and the Conservation to the external carved sandstone pediment of Seaton Delaval Hall for the National Trust.
- Conservation of the ten Da Maiano renaissance terracotta roundels and the Wolsey Coat of Arms installed at Hampton Court Palace in 1521.
- Conservation of marble sculptures at the National Museum of Scotland.
- Decorative painting and gilding works to recreate the historic interiors at Stirling Palace, including the painting of the Stirling Heads.
- Re-carving the heads, arms and legs of Robert Burns and Highland Mary in marble, for West Lothian Council and the Bathgate Historical Conservation Society.
- Conservation of 7 bronze statues at Kelvingrove Park and Elder Park, Glasgow.
- Recent completion of the conservation of the plaster cast collection at Edinburgh College of Art and University of Edinburgh, including an original cast of the Parthenon Frieze.
- Completion of the conservation of the Roman Stone collection for the recently refurbished Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
- Conservation of 49 plaques, panels and finials at Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter Scott.
- Conservation of four renaissance stone heraldic panels, and the re-carving of two new heraldic panels for the renaissance Scone Archway at Scone Palace.
- Dismantling, Conservation and Installation of the Pictish cross-slab at Nigg.

Hérès is a French stonemason company, specialising in conception and realisation of classical solid stone facades. We empower clients, architects and builders from drawings to stonemasonry construction and sculpture with our unique 3D modelling techniques and craftsmanship know-how.

Founded by Richard Martin in 2006, Heritage Stone Access has grown to become a company combining artisan stoneworkers with specialist rope access workers. All masons and carvers that work for HSA are cathedral trained, and all rope workers are level 3 IRATA trained. This ensures the quality of the work done is of the highest standards.

Our skills combined allow us to access any part of an historic or modern building, survey and document the findings in a comprehensive report, carry out any repairs to the fabric, and mason and carve any stonework for it. Being craftspeople ourselves we take a great amount of care in doing our best for the building.

Hot mixed air lime mortars, with or without small volumes of pozzolanic addition, were the ubiquitous lime mortar of traditional construction around the world, only falling from general use as the 20thC wore on, when the use of Portland cement or hybrid Portland cement and industrially produced dry hydrated air lime mortars displaced them from most building sites. This shift coincided with the growing disempowerment of masons and other crafts in the industry. Previously, mortar design had been the domain of the craftsmen, and wherever they were in the world, they chose to use hot mixed air lime mortars.

These mortars were the most economically made; they were quickly and efficiently prepared (by a variety of simple methods) and delivered mortars of eminent workability and usefulness. They enjoyed unparalleled water retentivity and excellent bond, and displayed maximum cohesiveness and adhesiveness.

All of these properties were shared with traditional earth-lime mortars, a mortar of similar ubiquity, which had dominated masonry construction throughout Europe and the Middle East before the 18thC and which were still commonly used for bedding mortars and base-coat plasters across the Americas even into the 20thC. Hot mixed lime and traditionally slaked lime putties were always used in conjunction with these.

Hot mixed air lime mortars, with suitable pozzolanic addition according to purpose, are eminently breathable – they have a vapour permeability more than twice that of a typical NHL mortar; they are much more effectively porous than other mortars and keep building fabric dry. They are durable and frost resilient in a properly detailed traditional building and are easy to prepare and deploy.

Hot mixed lime mortars are truly like-for-like and are compatible with all traditional fabric in ways that modern Natural Hydraulic Lime simply is not. Natural Hydraulic Limes were not much used for building in the air before the later 19thC – they were used, if at all, for water and underground works and for concretes. They were not available in North America unless imported from Europe, although natural cement was produced and was used for similarly wet situations, or as a gauge to otherwise hot mixed mortars in thick-walled military construction during the 19thC.

JS Stonemasonry is owned and managed by Jon Suttle. Jon has more than 30 year’s experience in Stonemasonry and has a loyal team of qualified contractors that he uses to carry out the projects. He has worked with the same highly experienced and trusted team for years.

JS Stonemasonry has worked on many projects within the UK and internationally and are happy to provide creative and original solutions to any stonework requirements. The company prides itself providing excellent value for quality craftsmanship. We take great care to understand exactly what our customers require so ensure all our customers deal directly with a Stonemason to discuss all their needs.

Stucco porticoPrevious Projects include:

- Royal Chelsea Hospital, London
- Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London
- Constitution Hill, London
- Buckingham Palace
- Tower of London
- Wells Cathedral, Somerset
- St John the Divine Cathedral, New York

A Family History in Stone - Suttle is a name synonymous with Stone. Jon Suttle and his family through many generations have been connected with the stone industry in all aspects from Quarrying to Banker Masonry. These skills and traditions which span over 100 years have made this Company well equipped to the requirements of today.

Taking a brief look of the Suttle family history would start in the 1870’s when Daniel Suttle (Great Great Grandfather) moved from Suffolk to County Durham to work in the quarries of Wearsdale.

His Son George Suttle (Great Grandfather) and brother Alfie worked in the Quarries of Frosterly and Stanhope, County Durham. George as a youth also spent several years in Texas, USA learning and using explosives in Quarrying. During the depression of the 1920’s he moved the family to Dorset and worked in quarries on the Isle of Purbeck. George Suttle progressed to owning his own Quarry at Sunnyside in the Purbeck Hills where he quarried and dressed the stone until the late 1940’s.

Suttle Family - Suttle's Quarry c1930's

His son John Suttle (Great Uncle) founded his own quarries in the 1950’s on the Isle Purbeck and the Company (Suttles) continues and is still family owned and managed by his son Chris Suttle (cousin) and his sons and nephew.

Steve and Pam Paine (nee Suttle – cousin) in the 1990’s founded Hutton Stone in the Scottish borders with their own Quarries supplying Stone in that area and further afield. The Company is still family owned and managed by son Marcus Paine (cousin)

Jon Suttle was an apprentice Stone Mason with Wells Cathedral, Somerset and also worked at St John the Divine Cathedral in New York and many other prestigious buildings. His experience of working in his early years abroad and for many years in the UK has given him a depth of knowledge of the stone trade.

As families fragment over the generations the association with stone for the Suttle family has always been maintained.

London Stone Conservation are specialists in conservation and restoration for London’s built heritage. Our approach combines traditional craft skills and modern methods of efficiency. We enjoy working on a broad range of projects, offering our clients four expert service areas:

- Building conservation and restoration
- Ecclesiastic and monument conservation
- Conservation of sculpture, objects and decorative surfaces
- Carving and lettercutting

Founded by Stone Carver Florian Kirchertz in 2003, our aim has always been to provide sympathetic and informed interventions. Our team of expert craftspeople specialise in delivering complex programmes of work for listed buildings and monuments. Always sensitive to the needs of our clients and the areas we work in, we pride ourselves of working efficiently with minimal disruption to our clients’ own day-to-day activities.

Here at Mono Masonry, we believe in excellence. We craft exceptional bespoke masonry, ranging from one-off pieces for private clients to large masonry projects. We can manage any and every stage of your project: design concepts, drawing, and templates, producing precise, like-for-like or new design masonry and fixing on site to a precision only found with true craftsmen. Our highly experienced and skilled team includes award-winning masons, trained conservators, stone carvers, draughtsmen and project managers.

PAYE Conservation offer a refined service to Conservation Architects, Trusts & Bodies (such as Historic England and The National Trust) and a range of private clients looking to preserve and protect historic buildings and their contents. We have a complete range of in-house skills and as such are expert and proficient at providing everything from initial specialist Consultancy services through to the complete delivery of complex Conservation and Restoration projects.

Our works can and often include:

Advisory works and Consultancy
Emergency on-site response following collapse/fire/flood etc
Report writing/scheduling (for tendering and grant aiding)
Condition survey report writing
Defect scheduling
Material analysis and interpretation
The development of specifications for tender
Project management
Hands on specialist conservation and restoration works
Undertaking works as both main contractor and specialist sub-contractor

Since our formation in 2007, PIERRA has grown to be one of the country’s leading specialist contractor’s operating within both the specialist heritage and commercial sectors providing a comprehensive service in conserving, restoring and adapting historical buildings, facades and monuments.

It is our standard of service and quality of work in achieving our clients objectives which has seen our organisation evolve into one of the most highly revered specialist contractors being entrusted to conserve and repair some of our nations monuments including Bayham Old Abbey and the Archbishop’s Palace along with various properties and structures owned by the National Trust and Historic England.

These high standards have seen the company shortlisted for Historic England’s Angel Awards, RICS awards and runner-up in the King of Prussia Gold Award 2015, together with numerous commendations.

Proctor's Cleaning Services specialises in outdoor cleaning. The company offers pure water fed window cleaning, gutter cleaning by the guttervac system and roof cleaning. Proctor's is proud to be a leading company in its stone and brick cleaning division, which includes paint and graffiti removal.

Proctor's Cleaning Services are a Torc and Doff approved contractor and works closely with Stonehealth Ltd and its products. The doff machine cleans with high temperatures and low pressure, therefore it doesn’t damage the surface it is cleaning. The Torc system is a complete stone cleaning system which features a modulised nozzle to create a gentle swirling vortex using low volumes of water, fine inert granulate and air to produce a sensitive and efficient method of cleaning masonry.

The company’s specialist equipment can clean up to 20 metres from the safety of the floor, therefore avoiding the extra costs of access equipment.

Proctor's Cleaning Services are based in Grantham Lincolnshire but will travel all over the country due to the company specifying in Grade listed buildings and monuments. All the company’s staff are fully trained, fully insured and are committed to each individual contract.

Experienced, professional masons with a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry. Skilled in Building Conservation, Contract Management, Stone, Subcontracting, and Stone Walls. Strong operations professional. A team of 6 masons, a bricklayer, vortech operative and a doff currently working on large stonemasonry and conservation projects in the cotswolds and further afield.

S McConnell and Sons Ltd is a family run business based close to the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland. The company have been in business now for over three generations. The S McConnell brand has now become synonymous with all aspects of traditional stonework, from refurbishments and renovations to stunning new-build projects.

The Company's craftsmen are renowned for their ability to handle the most precise and detailed ornate carving jobs. In reality the only limit is your imagination as to what the company can produce. This has resulted in S McConnell and Sons winning an extensive list of awards.

S McConnell and Sons work closely with their clients to ensure they receive materials perfectly suited to their needs. The Company uses both traditional and modern technology to enable them to create buildings that contain exacting details that will stand the test of time.

Multi award-winning specialists in the cleaning, repair & conservation of historic stonework, statuary, monuments & decorative surfaces

The company operates both as main contractor, sub-contractor and as a specialist consultant in surveying and issuing conservation reports. We undertake the repair and conservation of historic fabric across a range of projects that incorporate architectural stonework, archaeological sites, museum pieces, church monuments, historic plaster and render, sculpture, polychrome and decorative surfaces.
SSHC worker chiselling

We monitor and report on decay mechanisms as well as executing complex conservation specifications including the cleaning, consolidation, structural, conservation repair of historic fabric where necessary. We also specialise in consolidation of sculpture and decorative finishes.

As a main contractor we are experienced at working alongside key consultants such as structural engineers, mortar and paint analysis consultants and supply chain representatives. We have proven track record of managing and working with specialist subcontractors such as historic timber carpenters, lighting engineers, lead workers, glaziers, fabricators and scaffolders.

Saxum Stonemasons is an Uckfield based firm which undertakes work on historic buildings and gardens throughout Sussex and parts of Kent. Our specialist stonemasons undertake workshop and site work with granite and marble, Sussex Sandstone, York Stone, limestone and historic brickwork. We are a small independent business run and directed by craftsman Jamie Wallace.

With years of experience and specialist training in geology (Aberystwyth University BSc) and lime mortar (Weald and Downland Living Museum and The SPAB) you can rely on us for professional advice, high quality craftsmanship and an ardent and friendly approach. In 2021 the team at Saxum were awarded the Best Lime Mortar Firm – Sussex by BUILD Construction and Engineering Awards.

The team specialises in working with lime mortar. All of our stone work is fitted with lime in order to protect the stone by providing a flexible and breathable joint. We also undertake re-pointing work removing old lime mortar and cement and replace this with a suitable hydraulic or non-hydraulic lime. All of our mortar mixes are site specific to ensure our work is long lasting, aesthetically pleasing and suitable for the location. We offer free advice for anyone considering stone repairs or lime mortar re-pointing.

As a small independent stonemason in Sussex we are able to offer very reasonable prices and a methodical approach to all of our projects.