Using stone walling to build and preserve garden walls and features
Architects and home builders rely on high-quality natural stone walling to complete their projects. Clipsham limestone could have been specified for the conservation of a public garden. Or perhaps a house builder requires outdoor stone walling that is in keeping with the existing architectural style of the local area.
When it comes to building and restoring garden walls and other stone features, nothing beats the durability and timelessness of natural stone walling. Stamford Stone’s walling stone is tumbled to offer a subtle aged look that blends seamlessly with existing structures, making it ideal for conservation and restoration projects.
Whether you’re designing a garden for a new build or looking for guidance around conservation and restoration. Read on to discover inspiration for using stone walling to build and retain walls and other features.
The benefits of Clipsham limestone walling
Combatting the wear and tear of the outdoors
As a durable building material, limestone can withstand the elements throughout the changing seasons. Architects are reassured by the knowledge that Stamford Stone’s hard-wearing outdoor stone walling solutions will keep their clients’ outdoor spaces looking impressive for many years.
Creating distinct spaces
Walling stone can be used to build clear boundaries and help to create functional areas in an outdoor space. When used for a border around flower beds and other planting areas, stone walling offers a hard-wearing, soil-resistant solution.
Stone walling for every garden setting
As trusted walling stone suppliers, our stone walling is ethically and sustainably sourced from our local quarries, with an experienced on-site team extracting and producing our signature walling stone. We use a combination of sawn, cropped and tumbled techniques for various finishes and offer a variety of sizes, colours and textures for outdoor stone walling.
The versatility of Clipsham limestone offers the benefit of wider uses to create matching steps, patio areas and paving throughout an outdoor space. This means that all stone materials can be sourced from the same supplier for added ease and reassurance of consistency across your project.
The exclusive global supplier of Clipsham limestone
After acquiring both the Clipsham Medwells and Clipsham Bidwells quarries, Stamford Stone became the global supplier of Clipsham limestone in 2018. Owning and operating our quarries provides reassurance of the consistency and provenance of our walling stone, with resources guaranteed for the next 30 years.
Our beds provide impressive similarity in the colour and composition of our walling stone, providing peace of mind for large projects where a consistent stone supply is essential.
Sawn on bed walling stone
Our sawing process creates a textured face that exposes intricate shell formations, highlighting the rich character of our walling stone. After tumbling the stone to remove sharp edges, our experienced stonemasons hand-finish each piece to the highest standards.
Clipsham Medwell Sawn on Bed Walling Stone
Arguably the hardest of all the Lincolnshire limestones, the honey tones bring a distinct warmth to every style of outdoor space.
Clipsham Bidwell Cream Sawn on Bed Walling Stone
Particularly popular in the architecture of Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, this paler stone is ideal for walls that require larger course heights.
Rutland Ironstone Sawn on Bed Walling Stone
The distinctive red colour and subtle blue veining of this limestone make it highly sought after for characterful gardens.
Cropped walling stone
Suitable for traditional gardens and street fronts, cropped walling stone is the ideal accompaniment to period properties, or for dry stone walls.
Northamptonshire Grey Cropped Walling Stone
Aesthetically similar to reclaimed walling whilst producing much less waste, this naturally coursed stone comes in 2-5” heights with a 150mm bed depth.
Clipsham Cropped Walling Stone
This honey-toned limestone is bagged in a wider range of heights between 2-7” with a bed depth of 125mm, for a greater variety of sizes.
Reclaimed Cropped Walling Stone
Naturally weathered and full of aged authenticity, it blends seamlessly into period properties and garden restorations.
Explore our full walling stone range
Helping you create impressive outdoor spaces
Stamford Stone offers a selection of the finest limestones for natural stone walling that provide high quality and aesthetic appeal. For more information or inspiration, browse our walling stone brochure or speak to a member of our team about your project requirements on 01780 740970.