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David Dyer Monumental Mason

We are a family run monumental masonry business. Kim sees customers at home or David will undertake home visits. Kim also deals with telephone calls/e-mails/faxes, ordering, letters/quotes, invoices, picking up granite/slate.

We aim to provide an excellent, friendly service and always keep customers updated with progress. We offer a wide range of services, almost anything you can think of in granite or slate can be catered for...

New Memorials/Cremation Plaques, Cornish Granite with hand cut lead letters. Additional Inscriptions, Renovations/Cleaning/Re-Painting, House Names/Number Plaques in slate or granite, Pet Memorials, Granite Mushrooms, Bird Baths, Milestones, etc

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Beautiful headstone, unique, you would have to go along way to find another rough hewn piece of slate. I have been recommending you and will continue to do so. Mrs L
incised carving in granite of a swan
incised carving in memorial plaques of a child and a star and moon
hand cut lead lettering

Specialities

  • Incised letters by hand (or machine cut and sandblasted)
  • Hand cut raised lead letters - other Monumental Masons across the country come to David for this rare and distinctive service
  • In fact, we do most things in granite and slate - not just "off the shelf" standard memorials. Some past projects include a milestone, granite seat, granite dog bowl, slate church notice board, granite bathroom - sink, shower tray and shelves, school opening slate plaques and shop or business plaques.
  • Being an experienced Monumental Mason we specialise in memorials made to order
  • Hand painted carvings
  • Hand cut raised lead wheel or fish tail crosses
  • Incised carvings on granite. We have done a huge variety of carvings, from religious angels or crosses right through to tractors, leeks or Teletubbies. Please send us an enquiry if you would like more information.

We pride ourselves on our high standard of workmanship, efficient service and personal attention.

We have a number of Monumental Masons from Cornwall and Wales that sub-contract David to undertake all their raised lead Lettering.

Our workshop is half a mile from our house - where we have samples of granite and slate, brochures and photographs of David's work.



Some special services which we outsource. All the services below can be arranged, please enquire for more specific details.

  • A rainbow, wind chimes, circular hole inlaid with window or a stained glass window of a cross cut into granite
  • A photograph reproduced on any memorial - black granite preferable
  • Ceramic colour photo plaques
  • Shaped memorials such as books, trees, teddies, pillows, footballs etc

Some Granite Types Available

cornish granite smaple black galaxy granite sample starlight granite sample blue pearl granite sample ruby red granite sample
Click images above for larger samples

We undertake memorial orders nationwide and can then arrange for transportation and erection by a local Monumental Mason - especially if you would like Cornish granite.

Inscriptions and Verses

The following are intended to be helpful in making a choice for an inscription not to presume on your own preference for suitable words which are unique to your memories:-

IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR WIFE AND MOTHER (NAME)
WHO FELL ASLEEP (DATE)
AGED 81 YEARS

TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF

CHERISHED MEMORIES OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER (NAME)
(BIRTH YEAR - FINAL YEAR) TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE

If you would like more examples to help you decide on something for a loved ones memorial, we can email more inscriptions to you. Just send us an enquiry asking for memorial inscription examples.

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