Stonemason Service - South London
Artisan Memorials – Stonemason Service in South London
Artisan Memorials Ltd is a family run business driven and inspired by the life long passion for lettering and calligraphy of company founder Mark Brooks. Mark has over 30 years experience as a professional letter carver and Stonemason serving South London.
He has an extensive catalogue of public works and regularly teaches letter carving and calligraphy in London and the South East. He is supported by his close family who share a passion for fine workmanship and customer service.
Together we offer a sensitive, compassionate and reliable service which truly delivers the highest quality memorials.
Stonemason at work in studio.
Memorial Stonemason serving South London, Surrey and Kent.
Our deeply carved inscriptions will last for centuries.
We design each memorial individually in consultation with our clients.
We use the wonderful range of natural stone available in the UK.
Good design and fine quality craftsmanship by Expert Stonemasons.
We put good design at the very heart of everything we do.
We believe that the arrangement and design of the lettering can be expressive and offers the chance to evoke something about the person being commemorated.
Our lettering is V carved – the traditional technique for inscribing stone, which creates a sculptural, three dimensional quality that elevates the memorial and ensures the inscriptions last for centuries.
We offer a range of bespoke memorials including Headstones and Commemorative Plaques.
Call or email us to discuss your thoughts and ideas. We are able to offer advice on all aspects of your memorial.
Short clip of our expert Stonemason in South London carving an inscription into this Welsh Slate Memorial Headstone.
Our service includes design, applications for permits and installation. We work all over London and the South East.
Headstones
Unique, individual and hand crafted Headstone Memorials, designed and made by expert Stonemasons.
Commissioning a memorial stone can be a highly emotional experience. Often a precious opportunity to say something deeply personal and lasting about someone close.
Whether you have a clear idea, or just a sense of how you would like to commemorate the person being remembered, we are able to help, sensitively guiding you through the process, to achieve an entirely unique and beautiful tribute.
We use the wide range of stones available here in the UK, including Welsh Slate, Yorkshire Sandstone and Dorset Limestones.
YORKSHIRE SANDSTONE
A beautiful, honey coloured stone from Yorkshire with excellent weathering properties.
WELSH SLATE
Perfect for intricate, detailed carving, this fine grained stone will defy the elements for centuries to come.
PORTLAND LIMESTONE
A hardy white limestone used throughout the UK for centuries.
NABRESINA LIMESTONE
A favourite in the memorial industry, it carves crisply & is perfect for the UK climate.
We work in a wide range of stones including Granite and Marble. All our stones are suitable for the London climate.
CREMATION GRAVESTONE
With Celtic Cross and italic inscription on base.
Memorial Plaques
Create a truly personal memorial to your departed loved one.
Testimonials
“Mark did an amazing job with my mother’s gravestone; we wanted a beautiful gravestone for her and I can’t recommend Mark highly enough. He is a true artist with a great eye for typography and design”
Celeste – London
“Excellent service and quality of workmanship. Mark’s attention to detail was fantastic and he handled the whole process with a kindness and humour mum would have loved. Highly recommended“
James – Canterbury
“We looked for ages but all we could find were mass produced headstones with basic lettering. We wanted something more individual and in keeping with mother’s memory. It was such a relief to find Mark. Our headstone is beautiful. Very highly recommended ”
Lawrence – Berkhamsted
Address
Artisan Memorials
2 Westgate Court Avenue Canterbury
CT2 8DW