S. Stephens Plastering

S. Stephens Plastering is run by Sam Stephens from Castle Cary, Somerset. The business specialises in traditional properties and also offers modern plastering. Materials used include lime putty and NHL lime renders and plasters, clay plaster, limecrete, hemp-lime and lime-glass blends. Finishes include roughcast, flat and thin-coat renders and ashlar lining. Detail work includes plaster quoins, mullion window surrounds and curved walls. Projects described include rendering a 16th-century house at Whitmore Barton, Taunton, with a repaired cob elevation in horsehair lime putty. Another project involved removing cement plaster and metal mesh from a cob cottage before repairing the cob and rendering it in three coats of lime.