Slate stone walls

We supply a number of slate products suitable for building or facing a masonary wall

We supply in two colours:

• Natural "rustic" face -  This is coloured a soft earthy colour including browns, reds, bronzes.

• Sawn "blue/grey"face - This is a grey colour with some lighter and darker greys and blues.

We supply in the following dimensions:

• Small walling stone

This is suitable for building a wall with a cement or lime mortar or for facing a blockwork wall.  It can also be used as a facing stone for walls made with gabion baskets. The stone is hand selected from the quarry to provide:

1. A bed width of 100-200mm nominal size (4-8 inches)
2. A building face
3. This material will build approximately 3 square metres of wall per tonne

• Medium walling stone

This is suitable for building a wall with a cement or lime mortar or for facing a blockwork wall. It can also be used for high quality cornish hedge construction or dry stone walling where a high quality of finish is required (e.g. For garden use).   The stone is hand selected from the quarry to provide:

1. A bed width of 100-300mm nominal size (4-12 inches)
2. A building face
3. This material will build approximately 2 - 2.5 square metres of wall per tonne

• 100mm (4 inch) cut stone

This is suitable for building a wall with a cement or lime mortar or for facing a blockwork wall.  It can also be used for forming the outer or inner leaf of a cavity wall.  It is cut using a stone saw to provide:

1. A bed width of 100mm nominal size (4 inch)
2. A building face
3. This material will build approximately 4 - 4.5 square metres of wall per tonne

• 150mm  (6 inch) cut stone

This is suitable for building a wall with a cement or lime mortar or for facing a blockwork wall.  It can also be used for forming the outer or inner leaf of a cavity wall.  It is cut using a stone saw to provide:

1. A bed width of 150mm nominal size (6 inch)
2. A building face
3. This material will build approximately 3 square metres of wall per tonne