Double Award Win for Stonewood at Insider SW Residential Awards! Stonewood Group is celebrating its 50th anniversary year with a double win at the South West Insider Residential Property Awards. The Wiltshire company’s housebuilding division Stonewood Partnerships was...
South West Insider Residential Awards Finalists! We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in five categories at the South West Insider Residential Property Awards. Housebuilder of the Year Residential Developer of the Year Small Residential...
Mental Health Awareness Week Construction group Stonewood is tackling the outdated macho image of building sites and encouraging its staff to talk about problems that could cause stress and anxiety. During Mental Health Awareness Week, a series of site visits,...
Sustainable Homes Plan for Tetbury Will Gift Land for New Medical Centre A developer will gift land for a medical centre to a Tetbury health practice as part of a plan to build new homes in the town. Stonewood Partnerships has exchanged contracts with Landowner Geoff...
Stonewood nominated in two categories at prestigious national awards! STONEWOOD has been shortlisted in two categories at The RESIS, the property industry’s most prestigious awards. Stonewood Group has been nominated in the Climate Crisis Initiative – Residential...
Stonewood Unveils School’s New Play Equipment Eager primary school pupils will finally get to enjoy new outdoor play equipment thanks to the generosity of housebuilder Stonewood Partnerships. The developer, which is building 43 homes at The Tannery in the...
Developer submits plan to save former RAF airbase’s historic buildings A plan to preserve the heritage of a historic wartime airbase and breathe new life into the site by creating sustainable new homes is being described as ‘the last chance to save it’.Wiltshire...
International Women’s Day and Women in Construction Week 2022 ♀ Today marks International Women’s Day 2022 sitting in the middle of Women in Construction Week (6-12 March) which strives to encourage the next generation of women to enter construction, when...
Stonewood Group make Finals of 2022 Bath Life Awards We are delighted to announce that the Stonewood Group have been named Finalists at this year’s Bath Life Awards, in the Property and Sustainability categories. We’d like to extend our congratulations to...
Caroline Ferris appointed as Sales Manager We are delighted to welcome Caroline Ferris to the Stonewood Team. Caroline has joined the team as our Sales Manager and she will be working across all of our sites handling the sales process from first viewing to...
Affordable homes at Somerbrook with White Horse Housing Association Affordable homes in a new neighbourhood built by developer Stonewood Partnerships have been described as a lifeline for the village. The housebuilder has handed over ten two and three-bedroom...
End of Year Land Update We’ve had a busy week at Stonewood, here’s a little round up from our Land Director, James Petherick! – Exchanging conditional contracts with Progress Land Ltd on a site in Sandford, North Somerset, for c. 50 homes plus...
First Homes Reserved at Orchard Field The developer behind a sustainable neighbourhood of 88 low-energy homes has been inundated with enquiries from potential buyers after the first batch of plots went on sale. Stonewood Partnerships has opened its sales office...
The Tannery’s first resident delights in its sense of community The Tannery in Holt’s first resident Anne Wilks says she is delighted to be a part of what feels like a real community. The retired nurse, who spent 48 years caring for new mums and patients...
School pupils create their own history at village’s new community with time capsule. School pupils buried maps, pictures and messages in a time capsule to mark the near completion of a new neighbourhood in their village. The youngsters from Walter Powell...
Milestone moment at the topping out ceremony for our Orchard Field show home in Cirencester! An ancient Scandinavian ceremony marked a milestone as we raised a tree branch to the roof during the topping out ceremony for the show home at Orchard Field in Siddington,...
Stonewood Partnerships join line-up of top developers on government’s financier’s preferred list Stonewood Partnerships has been invited on to a panel of preferred developers by Homes England as part of a revolutionary new approach to the way it disposes...
Housebuilder’s donation will help deliver new games area for village A multi-use sports area for village youngsters could be built in Great Somerford thanks to a donation from housebuilder Stonewood Partnerships. The builder has contributed £5,000 to the Great...
Airtight frames craned into place as Stonewood Partnerships’ 88 sustainable homes at Orchard Field take shape Work on a development of 88 sustainable homes has stepped up, as the revolutionary airtight wooden frames, designed to make them as energy efficient as...
Stonewood cycling event smashes fundraising target! Building firm Stonewood Group’s first charity cycling event smashed its £10,000 target by more than £7,000. The Stonewood Sportive saw more than 50 cyclists raising money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and Brain Tumour...
Stonewood set to expand after being chosen as partner in £300 million new homes fund Housebuilder Stonewood Partnerships is set to expand further across the South West after being chosen as one of just five partners in a £300 million government-backed homes building...
Stonewood attend the Insider South West Residential Property Awards 2021 It was great to attend the Insider South West 2021 Residential Property Awards on Thursday 9th September. It was an amazing event and we are extremely proud to have been finalists in four...
Stonewood Partnerships’ sponsorship helps song-themed village scarecrow trail stay in tune We were delighted to have been a sponsor of the ninth Holt Scarecrow Trail, which raised a record-breaking £3,095 for the village pre-school. The trail, which featured 50...
Family builder working hard to minimise delays after supply issues hit construction industry Stonewood Group is working with suppliers and customers to tackle supply issues and material shortages that are affecting the whole construction industry. Delays in deliveries...
Stonewood staff in training for 100-mile cycle challenge to raise £10,000 for charity More than 70 riders will be taking on a mammoth cycling Sportive challenge to raise £10,000 for two charities. Cyclists of all abilities from the Stonewood Group and its investors,...
The Courtyard has a rich history of poverty, wealth and an aristocratic con-woman who faked her own death! The work is well underway to refurbish the historic buildings on the former Woodlands site in Calne, now known as The Courtyard. It has been great to delve into...
Stonewood group set to drive down carbon footprint with help of sustainability experts Stonewood Group is working with a leading commercial sustainability consultancy to drive down our carbon footprint and revolutionise the way we work. The Stonewood Group, based at...
Customer care manager is a smiling face and a listening ear for Stonewood’s new homeowners Martin Rushforth is our first ever Customer Care Manager, a role we created to ensure all new homeowners get the best service possible when they move in and for the 12...
Q&A with Assistant Site Manager Chelsey Salt We recently caught up with our new assistant site manager Chelsey Salt, who will be based at our Cirencester development Orchard Field. Chelsey joined us back in March and we look forward to watching her...
Determined approach lays the foundations for new apprentice’s construction career with Stonewood Here at Stonewood we pride ourselves in developing talent which is why we are delighted to introduce our new commercial apprentice, Charlie Humphreys. Charlie hails...
No more muddy playtimes for Somerbrook’s local Primary School! Stonewood have arranged for an all-weather surface to be installed at Great Somerford’s’ Walter Powell Academy outdoor play area after hearing that for much of the year it is unable to...
Introducing… The Courtyard, Calne. We are excited to announce our newest development, The Courtyard, located in the vibrant town of Calne, Wiltshire. The development boasts a blend of 18 new and refurbished homes. Including a mixture of 1, 2 & 3 bedroom...
FMB Award Win for our Somerbrook development! We are proud to announce that our Somerbrook development located in Great Somerford has won the House Builder Award at this years South West Master Builder Awards! This year, the 2021 South West Master Builder...
Work has begun on a new community of 88 sustainable homes on the edge of a Gloucestershire village. The homes, at Orchard Field in Siddington, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, have been designed to be as low energy as possible without compromising the high...
A MEMBER of an old Holt family has spoken of her pride that her grandfather’s name will live on in history after it was given to a new house being built on the site of the tannery where he worked for most of his life. Arthur Dunford is one of seven workers at J&T...
Stonewood Builders and Stonewood Partnerships’ conversion of The Tannery at Holt has been voted Residential Development of the Year by judges at the Bath Property Awards. The project to transform the 25-year-old J&T Beaven site in the west Wiltshire village into...
‘Construction is a good place to be’, say female site workers on International Women’s Day WOMEN working on construction sites marking International Women’s Day say they are seeing more female faces alongside them than ever before – but more needs to be done to...
How the mortgage guarantee scheme will help buyers with 5% deposits Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in the Spring Budget that the government is introducing a mortgage guarantee scheme to help first-time buyers and existing homeowners. He explained a little about how...
Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Lily Elder is looking forward to developing her expertise when she is sponsored by Stonewood Partnerships to study for a degree this autumn. “I’m really looking forward to going back into education and learning more about my role,” she...
Stamp Duty Holiday Extended Welcome news as The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has confirmed the extension of the Stamp Duty Holiday from the end of March in this years Spring budget. The threshold for Stamp Duty will now remain at £500,000 until June 30th 2021. This means...
Stonewood Partnerships Christmas Opening Hours We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2020 has been incredibly hard for everyone and we would like to thank all our customers, suppliers, contractors and staff for all their hard work...
Stonewood gathers four finalist spots at Bath Property Awards JUDGES have announced Stonewood is a finalist in four categories of the 2020 Bath Property Awards. Stonewood Builders is in the running for the Contractor of the Year award for a series of stunning...
Milestone moment at The Tannery, Holt The Stonewood Partnerships team recently met onsite for a socially distanced topping out ceremony for our Tannery show home, which is due to open in the New Year. With the branch raised to the roof, the Stonewood team raised a...
Stonewood Partnerships has given school pupils an early Christmas present in the shape of a donation towards new outdoor gym equipment. The developer, which is building 44 new homes at The Tannery in the village, donated £5,000 to Holt VC Primary School...
The J&T Beaven tannery at Holt is being converted into 44 new homes and 100 workspaces in a joint project by Castle Combe-based Stonewood Partnerships and Stonewood Builders. Stone workshops and warehouses dating back up to 250 years are being emptied and...
A nod to history at Somerbrook, Great Somerford The life of MP and balloonist Sir Walter Powell, whose name echoes down the centuries in Great Somerford, will be remembered in the recently-opened show home at Stonewood Partnerships’ Somerbrook development in the...
Show home now open at Stonewood Partnerships’ flagship site, Somerbrook. Welcome to Somerbrook, Stonewood Partnerships’ flagship development site. We are proud to announce that our show home in Great Somerford is now open! To celebrate the launch, the...
Stonewood Partnerships’ new land director has his eye on more quality sites Stonewood Partnerships Residential Land Director, James Petherick will be using his extensive knowledge of the South West to lift the housing developer’s site acquisition to a new level. The...
Milestone as Stonewood tops out its first show home at new neighbourhood development An ancient tradition dating back to the building of the pyramids marked a milestone in the building of a new village neighbourhood. A tree branch was raised to the roof during the...
STONEWOOD PARTNERSHIPS SUBMITS FINAL APPLICATION FOR 88-HOME VILLAGE NEIGHBOURHOOD Work on an 88-home Cotswold village neighbourhood could begin next year after a final application was submitted. The new homes at Severell’s Field in Siddington, near Cirencester, half...
UPDATE: COVID-19 Since we closed our sites back on the 24th March, we have been carefully considering how we can best work and operate our sites so we can get back to building our distinctive new homes. With the health and safety of our employees, contractors,...
W E A R A H A T D A Y F O R B R A I N T U M O U R R E S E A R C H On Friday 27th March, the Stonewood group took part in #WearAHatDay for Brain Tumour Research! Unfortunately we couldn’t celebrate in the office like we had originally planned so we...
A N N O U N C E M E N T: C O V I D – 1 9 Following the Prime Minister’s request for stricter social distancing and after careful consideration, Stonewood Group has decided to temporarily cease activity on all 32 of its current live sites from today. We...
K R I S T A K E S O N T H E B A T H H A L F On Sunday 15th March, Construction Director, Kris took part in this years Bath Half Marathon! Although Kris didn’t attend this years race in the centre of Bath, due to growing Covid-19 fears, he did take it...
H O U S I N G G R O W T H P A R T N E R S H I P S V I S I T S O M E R B R O O K We recently welcomed Housing Growth Partnership to our flagship site, Somerbrook. HGP is a dedicated initiative that invest alongside SME builders in new developments, providing...
T W O N E W A D D I T I O N ‘ S T O S T O N E W O O D ‘ S G R O W I N G T E A M We have added two new members to our growing team to oversee our new development programme. Work has begun work on a stunning 38-home neighbourhood in at Somerbrook...
Homes and workspaces will breathe new life into historic tannery site WORK has begun on an ambitious project that will breathe new life into Holt’s historic tannery site while creating new homes and business units. Developer Stonewood has begun converting the...
Jasmine Padden Work has begun on our beautiful Wiltshire village development in the pretty village of Great Somerford. The development, which borders a farm first established in the 1500s, comprises a mixture of two, three, four and five bedroom new homes that are...
Q&A with our Construction Director In the space of 14 years Kris Beasley has gone from pushing a wheelbarrow and heaving bricks to overseeing multi-million pound contracts for Stonewood. He’s one of many people in the company who have been encouraged to develop...
Jasmine Padden The Stonewood Partnerships team is expanding so much, that we have just moved from our Castle Combe based HQ into an idyllic rural setting on the edge of the village of Tormarton. We are just one mile from Junction 18 of the M4 motorway. As such...
