Making your choice

You will have three decisions to make in buying a memorial, the stone, the style and the inscription. As we have already discussed your choice of stone will sometimes be made for you, and the choice of styles limited if the memorial is to be erected in a churchyard. Elsewhere, choices are almost limitless. Hereafter we have prepared some guidance that might help your choice.

The Stone

Granite
There is no finer choice than everlasting granite. Impervious to weather it will retain its beauty without deterioration and is available in a vast range of colours from around the World. Some colours are depicted in the brochure and many samples can be viewed in our offices. Granite is not always permitted for use in churchyards but when it is it will usually be in a mid grey colour (Karin) or, sometimes, in green and to a honed (mat) finish.

Natural stone
Most widely used in Churchyards it is porous and weathers with algae and lichens in a wide variety of reds and greens. Predominantly buff in colour the selection includes York stone, Wessex Buff, Portland and Nabresina. Also available, generally grey in colour, is slate and, gentle green in colour, Savernake or Irish Limestone, the latter increasingly difficult to obtain.