Stone patios, retaining walls and complete outdoor builds — serving Woolacombe and the surrounding North Devon coast area from our Barnstaple base.
Woolacombe and neighbouring Mortehoe are around half an hour from our Barnstaple base, and we take on work across the village, the clifftop properties above the bay and the older stone cottages of Mortehoe.
Woolacombe's three-mile beach has driven decades of premium development — clifftop homes, holiday properties and major renovations — while Mortehoe's historic core is proper old stone-built Devon, with the church and cottages dating back centuries.
Full Atlantic exposure makes this one of the harshest building environments in the county: render, masonry and roofing detail all have to be specified for salt, wind and driving rain, or the snagging list writes itself within two winters.
The landscaping that transforms a property isn't decking and a few sleepers — it's structural: stone retaining walls that terrace a sloping garden, properly built patios and steps, boundary walls that frame the house. That's hard landscaping, and it's where a stonework specialist produces something a general landscaper can't.
We design and build complete outdoor schemes: natural stone patios, curved and straight retaining walls, steps, piers and boundary walls, with all the excavation, drainage and groundwork handled by our own plant and team. Our coastal landscaping work at Putsborough shows the standard — large-scale, exposed-site stonework finished to a level that matches the property behind it.
On sloping and coastal sites especially, what's below ground decides whether the scheme lasts — footings, drainage behind walls, ground stabilisation. Because we do our own groundworks, that side is engineered properly rather than hoped for.



A large part of our work comes through architects, and it shows in how we operate: we price accurately from drawings, build exactly what's been designed, raise the practical questions early rather than mid-build, and keep sites clean and organised enough to walk a client around at any point. If your landscaping project in Woolacombe is architect-designed, we're comfortable being tendered against anyone.
The capability behind that is unusual for a contractor our size: stonework specialists in-house, our own plant and machinery, and experience across heritage restoration, full stone new builds and complex structural work. From a commercial natural stone facade for Tesco Express to complete barn conversions and coastal builds, the same in-house team carries every project — which is why the finish is consistent and the programme holds.
Stonework, brickwork, groundworks and finishing handled by our own team — not a chain of subcontractors.
Diggers, dumpers and machinery owned and operated by us, which keeps rural and awkward sites moving.
Traditional masonry is the heart of the business — the standard of our stonework carries through every job.
Barnstaple based since 2015, working across North Devon coast — ask around, our work speaks for itself.
“Absolutely stunning work”
— Craig Cronin“Transformed our garden completely”
— Melissa Barker“Exceeded every expectation”
— D. NewmanHard landscaping is our strength: stone patios, retaining walls, steps, boundary walls, driveways groundwork and complete garden restructures. For planting-led schemes we'll tell you honestly if a garden designer is the better fit.
Yes — sloping and exposed sites are where we do our best work. We run our own excavators and plant, so terracing, retaining structures and access on awkward ground around Woolacombe are all manageable in-house.
Always. A retaining wall without drainage behind it is a wall waiting to fail. We engineer the footings, backfill and drainage as part of every structure we build.
It varies hugely with the site, the stone and the scale, so we quote individually. Call George on 07841 933038 for a free site visit and a no-obligation quote.
Call George for an honest conversation and a free, no-obligation quote. We'll visit the site, talk through what's possible and price it properly.
Call 07841 933038