Cranborne Stone Company Profile
Cranborne Stone is an independently owned company specialising in the design and manufacture of cast stone architectural masonry, landscape features and garden ornaments. The company has the capability to produce superior quality product ranges that have a fine finish and are suitable for any project regardless of the size. Cranborne Stone offers a completely flexible service and can create reproduction pieces and individual commissions for bespoke requirements throughout the UK and worldwide.
The stunning ranges of products are manufactured by hand to British Standards using traditional methods and skills within the workshop in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Cranborne Stone has built up a team of professional individuals which includes project managers, creative designers, skilled craftsmen, casters, delivery staff and customer service personnel.
Services
Cranborne Stone has worked with many clients over the years including private domestic customers, architects, developers, builders, landscapers and designers on a wide range of modern and period properties. The company can provide a range of services which are designed specifically around each individual client. Services include:
- Technical drawings in Auto CAD and PDF formats
- Complete project management
- Bespoke design
- Commissions
- Restoration and repair of original features, bringing them back to their former glory
- Stone ageing using natural methods which produce a faux patina
- Colour matching and regional colour options of Portland White, Cotswold, Bath Yellow, York, Italian Terracotta and Shaftesbury Green
- Precision crafting using artisan skills
- Extensive choice of standard items.
Cast Stone
Cast Stone is a cost effective alternative to natural stone and is virtually indistinguishable. Cast stone is made up of natural stone aggregates which are bound together with a cement binder. With the weathering characteristics of natural stone, cast stone will blend quickly and effortlessly with existing buildings and other stone products. Cast stone is widely used for extensions, refurbishments, conservation work and new build properties.
The product range includes:
Architectural Masonry
Cranborne Stone has produced architectural masonry pieces for some of the UK’s finest buildings including ancient properties of national importance through to modern family homes. Cast stone is ideal for architectural features as it is resistant to frost and can be reinforced for structural purposes. Architectural masonry products include:
- Cills and heads
- Window and door surrounds
- Hood moulding
- Corbels, gable vents and quoins
- Plinth and string course
- Coping
- Balustrade
- Porticos
- Architraves and cornices
- Columns
Landscape
The landscape collection will add style and character to any external space. The stunning range of products will blend in effortlessly with existing features and will weather in time. The expert team of designers can provide assistance with designs and plans and a full range of colour options are available such as regional colours for authenticity and colour matching to existing pieces. The landscape collection includes:
- Balustrades
- Balls, bases and pier caps
- Gate piers
- Wall coping and bed edging
- Pool surrounds
- Pier string courses
- Steps
- Pavilions, gazebos and pergolas
- Fountains
Garden Ornaments
The skilled and dedicated team of craftsmen offer the very best in design and function across the whole range of products. The garden ornaments range has been developed to allow customers to create a stunning and individual garden that will provide many years of enjoyment. The beautifully crafted pieces include:
- Vases, urns and finials
- Planters and troughs
- Pedestals
- Sundial stands
- Bird baths
- Seats and benches
- Obelisks and sphinx
- Fountains
Cranborne Stone is fully committed to offering clients a comprehensive range of products and services from design through to installation which are tailored to individual specification. The design team welcomes enquiries for small and large scale projects and can work with basic ideas and sketches, full designs or can create a completely bespoke product. A project manager will oversee large projects from the initial quotation through to design, production and delivery to ensure complete satisfaction. Cranborne Stone is happy to work alongside builders, designers, installers and architects to assist clients in making informed cost effective design decisions.