An English Town Garden

I had three patios constructed and designed, one in particular was far from a straight forward job. Two patios required very intricate stone work. The very skillful work was carried out on schedule and to the agreed costs. A flower boarder was redesigned and replanted. The plant knowledge of the company was tremendous and I am delighted with the results.

Above left - dome shaped sandstone patio in a central alignment. Striking pattern gives strength to its prominent position dominating the garden close to the house.
Above right - sandstone star and low wall set into a Mediterranean style bed as a suntrap and centre piece for large adjoining lawn.
Below left - two crossing paths intersect with the patio making practical routes to different parts of the garden and a strong shape.
Below centre - this is the view from the house. The patio and paths break up the lawn into four quarters making further strong 'classical' style shapes.
Below right - this imposing house required a strong composition of patio and paths. 

Top left and right - the same view after and before our new design was implemented.
Below left and centre - looking in the opposite direction. You can see the dark 'stable' tiles that formed the terrace adjacent to the house before we replaced them with lighter coloured sandstone.

Top left - the elegant style of the house and its stable block needed to have strong yet formal/classical layout and pattern to reflect the quality of their architectural design.
Top right - before our design there was no practical surface on which to place a dining table and no clear paths to get from the house to any part of the garden.
Below left and 2nd left - before and after we built the tudor style door and fence panel in the gap between house and stable block.
3rd from left and right - dark grey stable tiles used to cover the north facing house terrace, making a gloomy impression in a shady position. Our diamond pattern sandstone paving brightened up the area with warm colours close to the house. 

Left - in the centre of this large bed our star patio makes a place to sit and watch tennis on the lawn, a stepping stone path leads through the planting from it to a planned summerhouse.
Right - the various colours of stone were laid in different parts of the star to accentuate the pattern and clad the wall behind and in front.

Left - the sandstone house terrace and paths were laid in a diamond pattern. Looking from the Tudor gate to our oak arch centrally aligned to the crossing path. 
Centre - a view in the opposite direction. RGC use arches to frame views and walks, these 20cm square oak  posts and crossbeam make a strong, eye catching, architectural statement.
Right - our bespoke designed and built gate and fence panel, based on a four centred Tudor arch, diamond pattern paving is another English detail.