Colour families
We hold no photograph of this finish on one of our own projects, so this page does not show one. Everything above is a colour family, not a picture of a material.
Natural stone
Cut ashlar stone
Stone sawn to rectangular units and laid in courses. More formal than fieldstone, less repetitive than manufactured, and the pattern that sits most comfortably against a traditional house.
Bespoke cost band
Specified, sourced or fabricated for one yard. Longest lead times.
Colour families
- Cream limestone
- Buff
- Grey
Families, not products. The exact colour gets chosen off a physical sample against your house.
What is true of this material
- Cut
- Sawn rectangular units, coursed or random-coursed
- Joints
- Mortar joint width is a design decision, not a default
- Reads as
- Formal, built, quiet
Attributes
- TypeNatural stone
- PatternCut ashlar
- Colour familyCream / whiteWarm buff / tanGrey
- Cost bandBespoke $$$
- Where it goesFireplacesColumns & pilastersSeat wallsRetaining walls
- StyleTraditionalMediterranean