Serving Cirencester & the Cotswolds
Bricklayers, stone masons
and general builders
in Cirencester.
Cirencester: the capital of the Cotswolds, has a building stock that ranges from Roman-era foundations to Georgian townhouses to modern estates. We've been working across all of it, on stone and on brick, for forty years.
Free site visit. Written estimate in 3–5 working days. £5m public liability. Lime-based repairs on solid stone properties as standard.
We serve Cirencester
Cirencester on the schedule most months.
It's a 25–35 minute drive from Highworth to Cirencester depending on the A419 traffic, and we're on jobs somewhere in the town or the surrounding villages most months of the year.
Response times to Cirencester
Cirencester enquiries are answered the same working day. Site visits are usually booked inside the week.
Property types in Cirencester
Cirencester's fabric is dominated by Cotswold oolitic limestone, Georgian and Victorian townhouses around the market place, Cecily Hill and Coxwell Street, older stone cottages in the historic core, and Cotswold-stone facing on the more recent developments at Chesterton and Kingshill. There's a strong conservation-area presence and a substantial listed-building stock.
Common Cirencester jobs
Regular Cirencester jobs: lime re-pointing on Georgian and Victorian stone frontages, matched Cotswold-stone extensions and garden walls, pitched stone-tile and slate re-roofs, and internal replastering on solid-wall properties.
Services available in Cirencester
The full family-run trade list, in Cirencester.
Every service below is handled by the same three-person family team.
Stone Laying in Cirencester
Natural Cotswold stone walling and cladding, laid with the eye and hand of a specialist.
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Bricklaying in Cirencester
Fair-faced brickwork, garden walls, arches and repairs: built by the family that's been doing it since 1988.
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Pitched Roofing in Cirencester
Tiled and slated pitched roofs: repairs and full re-roofs. (We don't take on flat roofing.)
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Plastering & Render in Cirencester
Smooth internal plastering and clean external render by the same three-person family team.
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Extensions in Cirencester
Full home extensions handled start to finish: groundworks, brickwork, roofing, plastering.
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Patios & Hard Landscaping in Cirencester
Patios, garden walls, turfing, decking and fencing: the outdoor build, handled in-house.
Read moreWhy choose us in Cirencester
Why Cirencester owners bring us in.
The high-value Cotswold stone housing in and around Cirencester is not the kind of property to hand to a firm that mostly does modern brick estates.
40 years on stone.
Dale has been working stone since the 1980s. Georgian townhouse frontages, Cotswold cottage walls, matched stone extensions: it's not a sideline, it's a core specialism.
Lime, not cement.
Natural Cotswold stone is soft and porous: it hates cement-heavy pointing, and it needs a lime-based mortar to breathe. We work stone the way it wants to be worked, not the way a mixer full of OPC would prefer.
Conservation-area aware.
Much of central Cirencester is inside a conservation area with additional planning controls. We know what triggers consent and what doesn't, and we won't quietly do work that lands you with an enforcement notice.
Local building issues
Common Cirencester property issues.
Georgian and Victorian stone-built stock in Cirencester tends to fail in a predictable set of ways after 150 years.
Cement pointing eating Georgian stone.
Frontages re-pointed in cement in the mid-20th century are now shedding stone. Rake out and re-point in matched lime, and the stone stabilises.
Failed lead flashings on parapet walls.
Parapet detailing on townhouses is a classic leak point when lead perishes. Water tracks down inside walls and shows up as internal damp. Sorted with correct lead and matching stone re-set.
Gypsum plaster on solid stone walls.
Modern gypsum plaster on original solid stone walls traps moisture and blows off. Lime plaster is the correct specification.
Sagging Cotswold-tile roofs.
Original stone-tile roofs on older Cirencester property eventually shed tiles as battens rot. Full strip, new battens, breather membrane, re-set stone tiles.
In depth
Building in Cirencester.
Cirencester: Roman Corinium: is one of the historically dense towns in the country, and its building stock reflects that. The medieval Church of St John the Baptist dominates the market place; the streets around it hold a huge concentration of listed Georgian and Victorian townhouses in Cotswold stone, plus older stone cottages, and Cirencester Park's estate boundary walls run for miles. Newer housing at Chesterton, Kingshill and along the edges is often stone-faced to fit the town's aesthetic.
The core skill is knowing when you're working on a solid stone wall versus a modern cavity wall, and treating each accordingly. Solid stone construction has to breathe: lime mortar for pointing, lime render externally, lime plaster inside on original walls. Cement and gypsum on solid stone trap moisture and cause damp, staining and stone decay: the fix ten years later is far more expensive than doing it correctly now. We spec lime as standard on older Cirencester property and won't compromise on it.
For newer additions, extensions and outbuildings, matched Cotswold stone can be sourced through established regional yards. Bed heights, colour and finish all need to be right for the addition to read as belonging to the property. Where a matched-stone addition isn't the right call: for cost, for planning or for the property: a well-detailed brick or rendered addition is often a cleaner design choice than a poor stone imitation. We'll talk through both at the site visit and put an itemised written estimate in front of you inside 3–5 working days.
Our process
The same four-step process, whether you're in Cirencester or up the road.
Repeatable, honest, and identical for every job: a garden wall or a full extension.
- 01
Free site visit
We come out to your Cirencester property, walk the job with you and answer questions in person.
- 02
Written estimate in 3–5 days
Itemised, in writing, with staged payments set out. No verbal quotes.
- 03
Booked in and started
Materials sourced, timing agreed. The same three-person team on site from day one.
- 04
Snagged and handed over
Site cleared, snag-list walked with you, aftercare explained. We stay reachable after the job.
Recent works
Recent projects in and around Cirencester.
Nearby areas
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Do you work on listed buildings in Cirencester?
Yes, subject to appropriate listed-building consent from Cotswold District Council. We work in lime, source matched stone and coordinate with the conservation officer as required.
Do you use lime mortar on Cotswold stone?
Yes, always on solid stone construction. Cement damages Cotswold limestone and we won't specify it.
Can you match existing Cirencester stone?
Yes. Matched Cotswold stone sourced through regional yards, with bed heights and colour selected to blend with the existing property.
How long does it take to drive from Highworth to Cirencester?
25–35 minutes on the A419, depending on the time of day. Not a problem for regular attendance on a running job.
Do you re-roof Cotswold stone-tile properties?
Yes, full pitched re-roofs and repairs. We do not do flat roofing.
What does an extension cost in Cirencester?
Priced only after a site visit, matched-stone extensions in particular vary widely on source and quantity. Written, itemised estimate in 3–5 working days.
Are you insured for high-value Cotswold property?
£5,000,000 public liability and £10,000,000 employers' liability. Certificates on request.
Do you cover villages around Cirencester?
Yes, reachable villages around Cirencester are on the patch. Ring Dale and we'll confirm on a case-by-case basis.
Ready when you are
Get a free estimate for your Cirencester job.
Free site visit at a time that suits. Written, itemised estimate in 3–5 working days. Staged payments, nothing due before we start.