Indian Sandstone Patios for homes in Costhorpe
Indian sandstone is natural riven stone, so no two slabs are identical — you get variation in tone and texture across the patio that manufactured paving cannot really imitate, and it weathers in rather than wearing out. It comes in mixed sizes that can be laid in a random pattern, or in single sizes for something more uniform, and the colour range runs from pale grey and buff through to warm autumn browns and darker greys. We lay it on a full mortar bed with consistent joints, then point it properly and wash it down so the colour comes up rather than being left flat and cement-stained.
Working in Costhorpe
Costhorpe sits immediately north of Worksop, effectively continuous with Carlton in Lindrick, and it grew around the colliery and the works serving it. The housing is largely brick terracing and semis from that period on regular plots, with later development added around it, and the plots follow the pattern common to purpose-built pit housing — modest frontages designed as front gardens, and longer rear gardens than the house frontage suggests. Converting those front gardens into off-road parking is the most frequent job here, and on the narrower frontages the setting out is what makes it work: the width, the threshold position and the fall to the road have to be right first time because there is no spare space to correct a poor layout later.
What's included
- Natural riven stone with genuine tonal variation
- Random mixed-size or single-size patterns
- Full mortar bed with consistent joints
- Pointed and washed down to lift the colour