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In Singapore, as a change from the colonial style of Sir Stamford Raffles, our client required us to recreate a stone medieval European manor house.
A total of over 1000 cubic feet of Ham, Doulting, Portland, Beer and Clipsham limestone was all worked, exported and installed by Wells Cathedral Stonemasons over a 6-month period.