A front boundary wall
The property in this project has a spacious garden and is close to the peak district national park. A boundary hedge separated the property from a main road. Unfortunately the hedge was located in an area of the garden prone to becoming waterlogged, and perhaps getting salt spray in winter leaving it stunted and dead in patches.
The clients had made a decision to have a drystone wall built. We used a local peak district quarry to fulfil the brief for a 1.3m high wall. The Cope stones were hand worked in a rustic half round style of the area. A good cope really makes a wall. In this case we were pleased with the finished result.
The cope was a good balance between the rustic look of the surrounding field walls yet neat enough to fit into a garden setting. This was a rewarding project to work on, the finished wall fit into the setting perfectly, providing a boundary that enhanced the property with a timeless solidity. One advantage of dry stone is that it has an ability to flex as the clay below expands and contracts depending the weather making it a good choice for this situation. We also imagine the wall may provide limited protection to the garden from salt spray in winter. This project was also appreciated by the public who were pleased to see a new wall being created.
The clients had made a decision to have a drystone wall built. We used a local peak district quarry to fulfil the brief for a 1.3m high wall. The Cope stones were hand worked in a rustic half round style of the area. A good cope really makes a wall. In this case we were pleased with the finished result.
The cope was a good balance between the rustic look of the surrounding field walls yet neat enough to fit into a garden setting. This was a rewarding project to work on, the finished wall fit into the setting perfectly, providing a boundary that enhanced the property with a timeless solidity. One advantage of dry stone is that it has an ability to flex as the clay below expands and contracts depending the weather making it a good choice for this situation. We also imagine the wall may provide limited protection to the garden from salt spray in winter. This project was also appreciated by the public who were pleased to see a new wall being created.
There had previously been a laurel hedge, which had not been performing very well as a boundary because of the ground was very waterlogged due to an underground stream. We winched out the hedge in sections and dug in the foundations for the wall.
The upright 'cope stones' that sit on the top of the wall were cut and chiselled to the same template by us at a nearby quarry and provided a stable and neat crown to the wall.