I’m very happy that this modest private Chapel in rural Suffolk has won a prestigious Stone Federation Great Britain Award.
I’ve worked with Matthew Seaborn in Cambridge for decades, and this little project has been a delight for the charm and joy it was to visit. A couple of outstanding days, in wonderful light, to make photographs, and a few very jolly conversations in the pub. Every commission should be like this!
The winner of the 2024 Natural Stone Awards New Build Traditional Stonemasonry category is Private Chapel, Suffolk.
The Judges commented that:
“The flint work and the stone dressings on the chapel are outstanding. The design of the chapel in a boat shape with a typical East Anglian round tower sits beautifully into the landscape. The form gave huge challenges in the setting out and execution of the work and the complexity was added to by the tower leaning and tapering.”
The Judges fully appreciate the masons’ setting out skills and their attention to detail in construction. Every coping stone is curved in two planes and each joint to the capping is of a different angle. The judges could not observe any distortion from the desired shape.
