Stonemasonry and its allied trades have been the heart and soul of
St Blaise since the earliest days. We have always had our own banker
shop, but of necessity we are itinerant, and will take our bankers to
site whenever possible. We believe the best masonry comes if the mason
carving the stone takes his own templets, and fixes his own work.
We have met great challenges and assembled some of the country's
largest skilled teams (The British Museum) We maintain close links with
many masons and can always build teams at short notice to meet any need.
We have been innovative in applying our experience, at Lloyds Bank,Cirencester and at Highcliffe Castle.
We understand all our masonry traditions and we work our native
stones. We consult, we advise, we design, we draw, we set out, and we
source stone. We work closely with petrographic analysts and have
opened at least four quarries to find the right stone.
We have close ties with Weymouth College. We sit on their Evaluation
and Advisory Committees for the Applied Architectural Carving and
Conservation Course. We mentor their students and offer work
placements. We train, in the craft and in its management. Our quality
control and stone tracking systems are exceptional.
We are as familiar with structure and engineering as we are with
aesthetics. We undertake structural surveys of masonry, we recommend
solutions and we have the equipment and resources to execute them
Structural Case Studies.