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Traditional Cornish Dry Stone Walling. Mark Nicholls has worked in the conservation and building of traditional Cornish dry stone walling and Cornish Hedging for many years. Based in Truro, Cornwall, Mark offers a first class service covering the UK. From bespoke commissions, landscaping to repair and restoration.
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Cornish hedge style wall, with a mortar core. This gives the added benefits of a smaller footprint and reduced maintenance. There is a soil cap on top, suitable for small plants. Cornish Hedge rebuild, old stone salvaged and reused on the front, with some new Cornish slate delivered to complete the build. Some before and after pictures of a job.
Cornish Hedging - The Guild of Cornish Hedgers
The Cornish Hedge is a valuable and large habitat with an estimated thirty thousand miles in Cornwall alone. It acts as a seed bank allowing heavily cultivated / managed land the ability to regenerate rapidly.
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A Cornish hedge is a style of hedge built of stone and earth found in Cornwall, south-west England.
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Cornish stone hedges are what I specialise in. From a small garden feature, to a large scale property boundary, all types and sizes can be accommodated and built to your design or specification. A stone wall if built correctly can solidify a bank or …
Cornish hedge - Wikipedia
A Cornish hedge is an ancient style of hedge built of stone and earth found in Cornwall, southwest England. Sometimes hedging plants or trees are planted on the hedge to increase its windbreaking height. A rich flora develops over the lifespan of a Cornish hedge.
Planting Cornish hedges - Country Life
Jun 20, 2009 · Some say a ‘Cornish hedge’ is a free-standing bank of soil whose sides are reinforced with rocks. Others say it’s a double-layered stone wall whose cavity and fissures are filled with earth. The result looks the same to me either way.
New Cornish Hedges should be built from materials that are local to the environment in which the hedge is being constructed. The hedge should also be constructed to be sympathetic to the characteristic style of the hedges in the surrounding area. Cornish Hedges are commonly built to a height of between 1.2m and 1.5m.
The style of a traditional Cornish or stone hedge depends on two main factors: the type and amount of stone available, usually that found locally, and the craftsman who built it. Not only will a hedge in, for instance, West Cornwall (granite) differ radically from a hedge in North Cornwall (slate), though both built on the basic Cornish hedge ...
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Built of stone and earth, Cornish hedges are older than the Pyramids, older than Stonehenge and the oldest man-made artefact known to still be in use for their original purpose. Stone facing is a versatile and stylish solution for enhancing exterior or interior spaces.