Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
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Geraint Davies Stonemasonry was set up by Geraint in 2014. Geraint is and always will be a hands on stonemason and personally carves most of the stone in the projects the company takes on. Geraint has worked as a cathedral stonemason in workshops in Somerset and London and continues to work using traditional methods to produce unique carvings, new build and restoration for houses and churches
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
3y ago
In 2019 I was commissioned to recreate a font for the RC Church of St Baranabus in Molesey by Fr Richard Biggerstaff. All I had to go on was this rather blurred photo of the original font, before it was removed for reasons unknown, and replaced with a rather unlovely wooden affair which no one ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
NB.As a disclaimer, I can only talk about the masonry side – the ‘forest’ of oak beams, plaster work, art works etc I have no clue about. On the evening of the fire I got a call from a journalist at BBC News asking for my expert opinion on what to do next. I had ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
Letter Carving A small commission to carve lettering into a blank plaque – left blank since the house was built. The trouble was that the person commissioning it was an old-school graphic designer. I studied graphics and was massively into typography and calligraphy. Back then computers were coming in but were dreadfully slow, so it ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
Sundial A lorry delivering to some of the homes in Richmond Park had backed into a 17th century sundial podium and knocked it over. On doing so it revealed that the sundial had been repaired more than once during its lifetime and one at least one occasion not that sympathetically. The stem had been knocked ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
Modernisation This was a key word in the post-war world. Anything Victorian was seen as antediluvian: cluttered, fussy, dark and ugly. People wanted a new sleeker modern world. Fireplaces were ripped out and replaced with tiles, panelled doors covered with hardboard, medieval guildhalls knocked down and replaced with glass and concrete shopping centres. Well how ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
Carved Doorway While working on another house I was called to this one, where the doorway had eroded badly and the embellishment needed replacing. However, this was just one half of the stonework and the neighbour didn’t want theirs to be worked, so we had to just replace the half. Ashlar I’d assumed the stonework ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
Cylindrical Bay This is Victorian stonework at it’s finest: cigarette paper-thin joints,, perfect mouldings and beautiful craftsmanship throughout. However, on closer inspection the stonework was in a pretty frightful state. 2 of the large window sills on the first storey had eroded and cracked. The Restoration We worked 2 new sills and numerous indents throughout ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
Square Bay, Octagonal Bay A really unusual design where the bay is square on the ground storey and octagonal on the first floor. The stone had eroded much more on the left hand side for some reason. The owners had started the process by stripping paint but with busy lives it had become too much ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
St Luke’s C of E A beautiful Victorian church in Kew, the stunning entrance porch has suffered from both general wear and tear and a recent bit of poor reversing by car driver. Previous repairs to the round bases had pinged off over successive winters and those delicate vertical bow-keel mouldings had burst and disintegrated ..read more
Geraint Davies Stonemasonry
4y ago
What’s an indent? In masonry an indent is a repair whereby a damaged piece of stone is cut (out usually square), and a new piece of stone is inserted as tightly as possible into the space. The new stone can be worked beforehand, when inserted or both, so it will blend in as seamlessly as ..read more