Granite, Marble, Nabresina, Portland, York stone and Slate. Granite can be all polished, fine honed, rustic with a panel for inscription. All polished memorials are easy to maintain. Fine honed memorials are also easy to maintain but need washing down to remove any natural weathering and growth which can adhere to material. Marble, Nabresina, Portland, York stone and rustic memorials with inscription panels, will need attention. They need to be washed and brushed down regularly to remove natural weathering and growth, paying attention not to brush around the inscription as this can weather the lettering. Some memorials will in time become weathered and you may find you are unable to keep them cleaned, but rest assured these can be cleaned on site in the cemetery/churchyard by our stonemasons. All our memorials are fixed by our BRAMM licenced stonemasons, and are fixed to NAMM standards, using a health and safety anchor or shoe fixing.

We have a wide selection of fonts, languages and designs at our disposal. All lettering and designs are done in our workshop on our premises, some using sophisticated computerised stencil methods, and traditional hand cut and lead methods. Once an order is placed, and the memorial is at a certain stage of our work programme, a layout showing the inscription and any design work will be sent for your confirmation before any work is carried out on the memorial. Lettering and designs on any memorial will need attention in time and this can be carried out on site in the cemetery/churchyard by our stonemasons.

There are different rules and regulations for all cemeteries and churchyards in England. These set out grave-space sizes, foundations, size of memorials and in some cases the material of the memorial and content of the inscription. We can advise you of these and help you choose a memorial in keeping with the regulations. We will deal with all the paperwork in getting the memorial approved by the relevant Local Authority or Church Diocese and advise you of any fee payable for permitting a memorial to be placed in the cemetery/churchyard.

We will provide you with an itemised quotation which will include all fixing, relevant memorial fee and VAT.

We require a 50% deposit on confirmation of order. An invoice for the final balance will be sent when work is nearing completion, for settlement prior to fixing the memorial in the cemetery/churchyard. Our customers are more than welcome to come into our works to view the completed memorial before making final payment.

Completion of memorials is on average 10-14 weeks, although this will depend on the work involved and availability of material. However if you need a memorial to be in place sooner, for example by an anniversary or birthday, please speak to us and we will always try to help.