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Bespoke memorials
SR Wesson provides granite gravestone or marble headstone memorials. These are of the highest quality, robust, and provide a long lasting tribute to your departed loved one.
We stock a large range of memorial stones and also offer a memorial repairs service. For a sample of our range see our online brochure or visit us.
About SR Wesson
We own and operate Steven R Wesson Memorials.
We're members of the British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons (BRAMM).
All our memorial stonework is guaranteed for quality and workmanship for 30 years and meets BS8415.
Contact SR Wesson
Contact us online or call 01226 785633
Designed with love
We can include personal touches to make your memorial truly unique.
Whether it's a certain sport or hobby, or perhaps some special achievement, we can create a memorial design to include those thoughts and memories.
Take a look at our online brochure for a few examples of what we supply.
Choice of stone
When making your decision to buy a memorial, you'll want to consider the type of stone to be used. Both granite and marble are suitable for memorials as they're very durable and distinctive. However, each has its natural limitations and characteristics.
Marble
Marble is widely used and one of the best known materials chosen for sculpture and carving. However the ability to work this stone to such fine detail means it's not as strong as granite.
Marble commonly comes in white. Other colours such as pink and grey are available, but can cost more. Marble will weather at a greater rate when compared to granite. It will also need maintenance during its lifetime to maintain its colouration.
Granite
Granite is available in a wide range of colours, from black or grey to reds, blues and greens. As it's a natural product, some colour and contrast variation may occur in certain types depending on when and where it's sourced.
Granite is extremely strong and virtually indestructible. Its texture lends itself to polishing to bring out it's true beauty. Due to its toughness, for ornamentation purposes designs tend to be etched rather than carved.
Personalising stones
We can produce the perfect memorial to suit your particular taste. We can inscribe designs, such as crosses, hearts, shamrocks or angels. If you provide us with your own design we can produce a stencil for it using our software.
Ceramic plaques for graves
If you have a photo memory that you want to include on your memorial, we can reproduce this onto a high quality, ceramic plaque.
We should be able to reproduce most family photos. The image provided should be the best contrast quality and sharpness possible. Usually wedding photos or professionally-shot portraits provide the best results. We can accept images in print, or in high resolution via email.
If you're not sure whether a memorial photo is good enough to use, or if you'd like help to design something bespoke, please contact us.
Cost
The price of a stone includes up to 72 letters, and putting it in place. Extra letters or bespoke designs are priced separately.
We offer interest-free payment plans, and pre-purchase payment options. We also offer competitive insurance cover against any third-party damage. Please contact us to discuss your needs.
Permit fees are payable to the local authority. Diocese fees are separate to the memorial price.
Installation
You need to wait six months before placing a full memorial on a cemetery burial plot, unless a concrete raft is installed. Waiting this long prevents problems after the memorial has been installed. It also allows you time to choose a fitting memorial.
If there's a concrete raft, a permanent and secure headstone can be attached by our stonemasons at any time.
There are other things you'll also need to arrange, and local authority charges for adding a headstone, kerb or memorial to a grave.
Visit us
Visit our show site at Barnsley Crematorium, Doncaster Road, Ardsley, Barnsley, S71 5EH to see our full range
We're open from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and from 8.30am to 4.30pm on Fridays.
If you can't visit us, or would like advice first, please contact us using our online form.