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The best of British: How home-grown stone will be one of the stars on the Country Life stand at the Chelsea Flower Show
Country Life's stand at RHS Chelsea will celebrate the beauty of Artorius Faber’s home-grown stone.
The obelisks carved from Cloam English agglomerate.
When Country Life invited the architect George Saumarez Smith to create a Garden Lover’s Library at next week’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the first port of call was Artorius Faber, the specialist in stone from all over the British Isles.
Working with Mr Saumarez Smith’s drawings, Artorius Faber’s highly skilled team has created a Palladian-inspired fireplace hewn from a mid-grey Morley English limestone, and a floor that combines hexagons of hard blue-black Crawford British limestone from southern Ireland.
The latter are interspersed with triangles of grey-cream Taddington English limestone from Derbyshire, creating a star effect that evokes the drama of an 18th-century hallway.
In addition, there is a pair of obelisks made in striking Cloam English agglomerate that naturally combines a variety of stones.
As well as demonstrating the infinite possibilities of working with British stone to elevate projects with a timeless, sympathetic look, these pieces offer an insight into the depth and breadth of the skills Artorius Faber offers.
Based in Somerset, the company has collaborated with Adam Architecture, the practice of which Mr Saumarez Smith is a director, on both the restoration and construction of several high-profile projects, bringing both old and new buildings to life.
See artoriusfaber.com to find out more.
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