WHAT I DO

I will lay your Hedge, Build or repair your Dry stone walling or plant new hedges.

Hedgelaying, Planting, Drystone Walling, Garden features, House stonework, hedgelaying, teaching, illustrated talks, Training in Hedgelaying, Stonework, Drystone Walling

I live and work in the North York Moors area



I'm a qualified hedgelayer and have laid hedges in Ireland, Holland and in the UK. I'm also a drystone waller and have built houses (and walls), garden features, gate entrances in Ireland, Australia and in England.

I've been told I'm a bit of walling and hedgelaying nerd. But I don't mind it because it's normal. Doesn't everyone stop and take pictures of these when they are on holiday?

Some of the site contains my work along with pictures of hedges, walls and walling features from places I've visited. It should be pretty obvious which is my work.

Friday, November 24, 2023

Chalk Walls & buildings


Well almost!!

 There are a number of buildings on the Yorkshire Wolds either partially or completely made from hard chalk.  Not the most obvious of building materials but widely available as the underlying rock is chalk.
The two old lighthouses at Flamborough are built from chalk.

 This specimen was spotted in Bempton near Flamborough on the coast.

The chalk doesn't fracture in long lengths sufficient for corners so all of the buildings I've seen all of the openings and gable corners use brick.


And here in one of the villages on Flamborough is a house completely built of chalk!

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