Yorkstone is one of those quintessential British stones that everyone has heard about but few people actually know what a very special stone it really is. Yorkstone is a sedimentary sandstone laid down from the sediment of long disappeared lakes and seas. This process also produces stone such as Portland and Bath stone which are deeply layered, creating fine clear stone, some with heavy fossilised shell. However, yorkstone is laid down in fine layers just a few millimetres thick, giving it much of its character and forming a dense hard stone with greater tensile strength than most other sedimentary stones. It is this that gives York stone an incredible capacity for wear and tear, and today old York paving, originally laid down a hundred or more years ago ,is a prized and expensive re-claimed commodity.
Scottish hardwoods such as oak and elm are extremely durable and the beauty of the wood used in the furniture is that it can be preserved with minimal care. The oak, in particular, has a wilder and more characterful grain than its European counterpart. Scotland’s oak, cherry, elm, and sycamore have been used to make fine furniture for generations; our native hardwoods are also popular among woodworkers and are used for carving and turning blanks. Since wood is a natural product, the grain varies with each piece of furniture. The pattern and knots are natural occurrences so finishes differ slightly on each piece and are not considered defects.
Steel work is designed and crafted locally in balfron by ironhorse ironmongers using mild steel. Each set of brackets is individually calculated to fit the size of furniture, beautifully produced, and sealed with a lacquer finish to prevent corrosion and rusting.