Serving Fairford & the Coln Valley
Bricklayers, stone masons
and general builders
working in Fairford.
Fairford is Cotswold stone country, from the medieval St Mary's on the market square out to the cottages along the Coln. We've been the family firm working these villages for four decades.
Free site visit. Written estimate in 3–5 working days. £5m public liability. Lime-mortar work on stone properties as standard.
We serve Fairford
We know Fairford's stone stock.
Highworth to Fairford is a straightforward 15–22 minute run. We're familiar with the town centre, the streets running off the market square, the Coln-side properties, and the modern housing off the London Road.
Response times to Fairford
Fairford enquiries are answered the same working day. Site visits typically booked inside the week.
Property types in Fairford
Fairford's building fabric is dominated by Cotswold oolitic limestone with lime mortar, Cotswold stone-tile and Welsh slate roofs, and some 20th-century brick infill. There's a strong listed-building presence around the church, market square and the older High Street properties.
Common Fairford jobs
Regular Fairford jobs: stone re-pointing in lime, matched Cotswold-stone walling for boundaries and extensions, pitched stone-tile and slate re-roofs, sympathetic single-storey extensions, and internal plaster work on older solid-wall properties.
Services available in Fairford
The full family-run trade list, in Fairford.
Every service below is handled by the same three-person family team.
Stone Laying in Fairford
Natural Cotswold stone walling and cladding, laid with the eye and hand of a specialist.
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Pitched Roofing in Fairford
Tiled and slated pitched roofs: repairs and full re-roofs. (We don't take on flat roofing.)
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Plastering & Render in Fairford
Smooth internal plastering and clean external render by the same three-person family team.
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Bricklaying in Fairford
Fair-faced brickwork, garden walls, arches and repairs: built by the family that's been doing it since 1988.
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Extensions in Fairford
Full home extensions handled start to finish: groundworks, brickwork, roofing, plastering.
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Guttering & Fascias in Fairford
Replacement guttering, fascias and soffits to keep the water off the brickwork where it belongs.
Read moreWhy choose us in Fairford
Why we're a natural fit for Fairford.
Working on Cotswold stone properly requires a specific set of skills and materials most general builders don't carry. We've built the business around that specialism from the start.
Stone laying is one of our named trades.
Not an add-on: a specialism we've done for 40 years, with matched sourcing, lime-mortar technique and the patience it takes to make new stone look like it's always been there.
We use the correct mortar every time.
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.
Sympathetic to Fairford's character.
We won't quietly stick a modern brick extension on the back of a listed stone property or use interlocking concrete tiles on a stone-tile roof. If it's wrong for the property we tell you at the site visit.
Local building issues
The Fairford property issues we see most.
Stone-built cottages and townhouses in Fairford share a familiar set of long-term problems.
Spalling stone from cement pointing.
Same story as most Cotswold villages: a cheap re-point in cement decades ago is now shedding stone faces. Rake out, re-point in a matched lime mix.
Cotswold-tile roofs shedding tiles.
Original oak pegs and softwood battens under stone tiles eventually rot. Tiles slip, water gets in, ceilings show it. Full strip and relay with new battens, breather membrane and re-set tiles is the honest fix.
Damp inside cement-rendered walls.
Solid stone walls rendered externally in sand-and-cement or plastered inside with gypsum trap moisture. Lime render outside and lime plaster inside is the proper repair.
Failing garden walls in older lime.
Boundary walls that were built well but never re-pointed for a century need it. Done in lime with a proper cap they last another hundred years.
In depth
Working on Fairford property.
Fairford is a small Cotswold market town on the River Coln, best known for the 15th-century St Mary's with its complete medieval stained glass. The town centre and much of the older housing is built in local oolitic limestone, laid in lime mortar with stone-tile or slate roofing. There's a substantial listed-building presence, particularly around the Market Place, High Street and Church Street. The building tradition here is Cotswold in the purest sense, and it has to be respected.
That respect starts with materials. Solid stone walls need to breathe. Cement pointing and gypsum plaster don't let them. Everything we do on older Fairford property assumes lime: lime mortar for stone pointing and stone laying, lime render externally, lime plaster on original internal walls. New additions can be in stone or in matched brick depending on the property, planning position and budget, but the interface between old and new is where the craft is.
Practically, we operate from Highworth (SN6), about 15–22 minutes' drive from Fairford on a normal day. That short distance keeps travel off the invoice and lets us respond fast when weather or emergency structural work needs attention. We work Mon–Fri 8am–5pm with Saturday availability for smaller jobs. We do not do gas, electrical, flat roofing or soft landscaping.
Our process
The same four-step process, whether you're in Fairford 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 Fairford property, walk the job with you and answer questions in person.
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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.
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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 Fairford.
Nearby areas
Also serving these Gloucestershire towns and villages.
Do you work on listed buildings in Fairford?
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 for stone pointing?
Yes, always on solid stone construction. Cement damages Cotswold stone; we don't compromise on this.
Can you match Fairford stone on new work?
Yes. We source through established Cotswold stone yards and match bed height, colour and finish so an addition reads as belonging to the property.
Do you do Cotswold stone-tile roof repairs?
Yes, and full pitched re-roofs. We do not take on flat roofing under any circumstances.
How fast can you get to Fairford from Highworth?
15–22 minutes on a normal day. Enquiries answered the same working day, site visits inside the week.
What does a typical stone repair cost in Fairford?
Priced only after a site visit, stone jobs vary too much for a meaningful published rate. Written, itemised estimate in 3–5 working days.
Are you insured for work on high-value Cotswold property?
£5,000,000 public liability and £10,000,000 employers' liability. Certificates on request.
Ready when you are
Get a free estimate for your Fairford job.
Free site visit at a time that suits. Written, itemised estimate in 3–5 working days. Staged payments, nothing due before we start.