Architect-designed homes built in natural stone, from footings to finish — 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.
A new build faced in natural stone is a different proposition from a standard brick-and-block house — and most general builders treat the stone as an afterthought. We don't. Stonework is our specialism, so a stone new build with us means the facade is coursed, jointed and detailed by people who do it every week, not squeezed in around the rest of the job.
We deliver new builds and self-builds from groundworks up: foundations and drainage with our own plant, structural blockwork, full natural stone facing, and everything through to render and finish. We've built complete stone new builds in the area — including one in Braunton — so we're pricing from experience, not guesswork.
Most of these projects are architect-led, and that's how we like to work: pricing from drawings, building exactly what's been designed, and flagging the practical details early so the project doesn't stall mid-build. If you're at the design stage, getting us involved before tender usually saves money on the stonework specification alone.



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 stone new build 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. NewmanComplete builds — groundworks, structure, stone facing and finish, all in-house. We can also be brought in purely for the stonework package on a build run by others.
Yes, that's our preferred way of working. We price from drawings, work alongside your architect through the build, and are comfortable with the inspection and sign-off process with North Devon Council and building control.
Whatever suits the design and the setting — we source and dress stone to match local character or to a specific architectural specification, and we'll advise honestly on what works and what blows the budget.
Send your drawings to George at georgestanbury.97@hotmail.co.uk or call 07841 933038. We'll review them, visit the site and give you a properly considered 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