Durham Dry Stone

Durham Dry Stone Traditional dry stone walling in County Durham

The Heritage Crafts Association’s craft focus for this week is dry stone walling. See if you can spot a familiar face in...
26/09/2024

The Heritage Crafts Association’s craft focus for this week is dry stone walling.
See if you can spot a familiar face in their post!

Wall rebuild in Shotley Bridge. Quite a challenging build with lots of very small thin stone. I reduced the height, adde...
19/07/2024

Wall rebuild in Shotley Bridge. Quite a challenging build with lots of very small thin stone. I reduced the height, added almost 2 tonnes of lime mortar and still used all of the stone from the original wall.

Nice little field wall complete near Bishop Auckland.
09/07/2024

Nice little field wall complete near Bishop Auckland.

19/06/2024

Yesterday I hand picked 4.5 tonnes of stone from the quarry to finish putting the copes on this, my longest wall to date. That’s roughly 100 tonnes of stone in total. (I’m not sure if it’s me or the dog panting in the video!)

Garden transformation in St John’s Chapel completed last week. New sandstone wall, new Indian sandstone patio, and repoi...
17/05/2024

Garden transformation in St John’s Chapel completed last week. New sandstone wall, new Indian sandstone patio, and repointed wall.

Something a bit different to my usual style, I’ve got some square stone to play with this week.
27/04/2024

Something a bit different to my usual style, I’ve got some square stone to play with this week.

New project started today rejuvenating two lovely stone cottages in Frosterley.These two properties have been a symphony...
02/04/2024

New project started today rejuvenating two lovely stone cottages in Frosterley.

These two properties have been a symphony of beige for about 50 years, with cement render hiding the real beauty of the building behind. The render is being removed ready for raking out and repointing in lime mortar which will allow the property to breathe again.

Not a bad view from the scaffolding either. 😍

Nearing the end of another project. I’ve really enjoyed this one, some interesting challenges along the way and some int...
25/03/2024

Nearing the end of another project. I’ve really enjoyed this one, some interesting challenges along the way and some interesting stone to work with. Final push this week to get the last panel finished up. 💪🏻

Current project stone facing a large barn in Tow Law. I’ve used all the good stone now, next week will be a real test of...
01/03/2024

Current project stone facing a large barn in Tow Law. I’ve used all the good stone now, next week will be a real test of skill! 😂

It’s a wee bit muddy out there...
08/12/2023

It’s a wee bit muddy out there...

I am beyond delighted to be finally putting the copes on this wall. I was starting to think I’d be building it for the r...
06/12/2023

I am beyond delighted to be finally putting the copes on this wall. I was starting to think I’d be building it for the rest of my life!

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