Basildon Park, Reading - 2018

Basildon House & Park, near Pangbourne. Contract to rebuild boundary wall, sub-contract to A F Jones stonemasons. The original wall had fallen into disrepair so much so that it became unsafe to keep repairing it and also not cost-effective. The decision was taken by National Trust to dismantle original and rebuild. The wall is half a mile long flint on the front and brick on the back, 2 metres high.

"18 month contract for 470 metre run at 2.025m high = 951m² of brick and flint averaging 400mm wide, 380m³ of lime mortar. Approx 750 tons of bricks, lime mortar and flint to be stored, protected and laid to look brilliant and become a local section of wall that I can be proud to have been involved with." Angus Jones, Project Contractor.