I work solo as a waller from my base in Cardiff, Wales. Below is a selection of my work.

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2024

Above Magor – Recovered random dry stone wall replacing hedge line.

Fallen walls raised in Penarth -‘Pleasure – a superb job and we re very happy’ Private customer

Restored Victorian wall in random stone replacing failed black mortar with NHL 3.5 lime mortar – Whitchurch Cardiff

A drystone terrace restoration in a steep garden in Trehafod – Rhondda Valley -using dug-out existing stone – built to meet the existing steps

2023

Machen – removal of rotting sleepers and replaced with Blue Pennant – drystone retaining wall (stone from RP Williams (Pencoed)

Steady progress repairing the dry stone field wall – Upper Cwmbran – South Wales –

Thanks for the latest build.. looking good – private client

Garden transformation before and after – Creigau – double wall to take beech hedge saplings – new limestone from RP Williams, Pencoed

Love it!!!! – private client

A quick repair – Pontcanna, Cardiff – private client – ‘We’re really pleased with the wall thanks, made such a difference’

Upper Cwmbran overlooking the Bristol Channel – second bite! 19 century rubble farm wall

Cyprus – opportunity to offer training under Erasmus scheme in Pano Lefkara – restoring the village steps from the Pigi village spring to the village centre and local church.

June 2023 – A Pembrokeshire style Clawdd built in Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales as a protective ‘hedge’ for a kitchen garden. The stone is random river pebble or glaciated stone – tricky to work with – requires a different tool set – literally! a gate will be installed in due course. Stone supplied by RP Williams – Pencoed

May 2023 – above Cwmbran with beautiful views across the Severn Estuary restoring this 150 year old fieldstone dry stone wall on a steep hill – forty metres to go – A wonderful project.

February-March 2023 qualified as a professional Dry Stone Walling instructor with the DSWA in Cumbria and practicing with the DSWA Wales Branch in Ogmore, Glamorgan. My co-instructor here is the talented Jamie Gwilliam.

March 2023 – the wettest month – Between Usk and Chepstow come snow, rain fog and sun! Back late summer to add the coping stones and a full finish to a 35m wall

February 2023 – Taken down by a 3 ton truck in Machen, South Wales & repaired. “Looks terrific” and from a neighbour “Looks better than it did before.” Puts a smile on your face!

February 2023 – Cefn Coed, Merthyr Tydfil – a dental practice car park wall repaired with assistance from my willing helper, Joe. Its really great to be repairing/restoring these lovely period walls, over a hundred years old, rather than seeing them taken down and replaced with breeze block or worse. The response from the practice: “The work is great, thank you for completing”

Kitchen Garden design – Private client – helped by Joe. Pentyrch, Vale of Glamorgan. “The walling looks fantastic a transformation – a joy to behold!”

2022

It  is good to see that there are still craftsmen at work. The repair to the wall has blended in nicely. – Client

October 2022 – DSWA Wales Clawdd training course with Jamie Gwilliam and David Cope instructed by the exuberant Sean Adcock, Caernarfon – North Wales

‘Thank you for the work. It’s fab and I’m sure we will be in touch for any further repairs needed’ – Parish Church Warden

Llandow October 2021- Completed exterior walls, curves and letterbox. Pillars by Anthony – Abbey Masonry – Master Craftsman – Crosshands, Llanelli – A transformation from earlier !

Work in progress August 2021 Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales [20 tons of limestone from Stalbridge Stone quarry – a local geological seam but the other side of the Severn Estuary]

This happy customer emailed me images a year on – beautifully integrated into their design.

3 Llandaff jobs almost next door and on the street ‘Thanks… Looks just as we hoped’ ‘The wall looks great’ David – Karen – Jeanette private clients Llandaff.

‘Looking lovely – fair play’ Margam Country Park staff.

Hi Richard thanks for a great job, we are very pleased , I will try and leave a review on yell for you Kind Regards Private client – Kevin & Jane

Volunteering – Dyrham Park National Trust, dry stone wall around the deer park. An extensive repair completed by my Monday team includes a small return to protect the root system of this beautiful ancient oak. Capping stones required to finish!

A dry stone repair for a friend – 100 year old garden wall in Cardiff using original stone ‘Amazing, thanks’ John, Pontcanna

Llanisien a traditional garden stone wall – a pre Xmas project before the guests arrived!

‘We were absolutely delighted with the work carried out by Richard.  He worked methodically and thoroughly and our garden was transformed.  The dry stone wall looks so much better than wood fencing or concrete walls!’                                                      (Private clients Elisabeth and Roger – 2019)

Cwmogwr Forest phase II north – first 10m including a ‘smoot’. ‘Excellent work – very happy’ – owner John Williams

Rebuilding on roadside of Sandy Lane for the National Trust, Dyrham Park 

Restoring forest walls in the Ogmore Valley – copes to follow                

Working with Ken Young high above Newbridge – thank you Ken!

Working above Aberfan with the South Wales Dry Stone Walling association

My first cheekend in tight space in Derbyshire – with brilliant, generous John Broadhead – Ox Stonecraft, thanks for your time and raising my game – a rapid acceleration in skills

Overhanding skills with Ken Young – there’s a deep lane behind the wall.

National Trust Volunteer Rangers – Dry Stone Waller in Dyrham Park – (the only place I have seen stone sorted quite like this) working with John, Dave and Alan.

Another cheekend in Burford working with Kath Wright – star!

Working with Winchcombe school students for  Cotswald Conservation Board.  Novice  students stripped out to foundation and rebuilt the wall with my support. Brilliant work guys!

Always beautiful locations – gapping with a view to the Skirrid and to the Bristol ChannelWorking with Ken Young – Ken’s better side – a project below Twmbarlwm – Newport

Working solo in Ogmore Valley – December 2018 – 20 metres down – 80 metres to goDSWA Level 2 intermediate qualification day  – Strip down and rebuild a cheek-end + 2.5 metres of wall in 7.5 hours of driving rain on the Brecon Beacons – 5 tons of stone shifted and one knackered  happy individual.