Memorial Mason - Stonecraft Design - Monumental Sculptor & Stonemason

Andrew Irvine has owned Stonecraft Design since 1997 - the company was established in Bowness on Windermere in 1962

Andrew has worked in the Masonry trade since 1986, starting as an apprentice for John Dawes of Parkin & Jackson Ltd, Kendal.
John taught Andrew a wide range of traditional skills from carving ornate roses to cutting letters by hand. Andrew also attended Bath College studying monumental masonry and various carving courses - one of which was at the City & Guilds College in London.

Today at Stonecraft Design the latest technology and machinery play a large part in the working of stone, but Andrew is one of just a handful of craftsmen left in the local area who can still turn to the traditional skills when required.

Millennium Sundial at Blackpool Pleasure Beach by Stonecraft Design - Monumental Sculptor & Stonemason - In the Heart of the English Lake District - Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria, UK

Stonecraft Design will carry out work from renovating headstones to civic monuments and create simple yet practical up to the most ornate memorials, commemorative plaques to house nameplates and bird baths to sundials. In fact any work connected with the shaping and carving of stone and slate.

The largest sundial made by Stonecraft Design was designed by Sir Mark Lennox Boyd and commissioned by Mr Geoffrey Thompson of the Blackpool Pleasure Beach. This 3.61 metre high Green Slate Millennium Sun Dial stands proudly in the centre of the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool.

Memorial in blue/black Burlington Slate by Stonecraft Design - Monumental Sculptor & Stonemason - In the Heart of the English Lake District - Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria, UK Stonecraft Design's work can be found up & down the country from Highgate Cemetery, London to Parkgate, Dumfries.
Locally, from the west coast at Whitehaven through the Tribute Wall at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick to Appleby Station on the Carlisle to Settle railway.

Our memorial work can also be seen in many cemeteries and churchyards throughout Cumbria.

We work in ANY STONE and are happy to advise on the use and qualities of the many variations and types from different quarries and locations.
We use Lakeland slate from the Burlington and Kirkstone quarries.

Slate - Sandstone - Limestone - Granite - Marble

( architect & trade enquiries are always welcome )

Longlands Road, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 3AS - UK
Tel: +44 (0)15394 43600 Fax: +44 (0)15394 88077