About us

For some forty years I have been providing stone carvings, lettering and sculpture to architects, stone masonry firms, councils and private individuals.

Having long experience in following projects from planning through production to ultimately fixing in situ I can provide early sketches, detailed drawings and Maquette’s of proposed ideas.

I am well used to many different materials and have produced work in sandstone, limestone, slate, marble and granite as well as carving in wood and modelling in clay.

I have experience of many different areas of stone carving; from large architectural projects such as capitals for Oxford Colleges, finials for St. Mary’s Nantwich and over life-size statues for Lord McAlpine and Sainsbury’s in Wrexham to intricately carved portraits of people and animals.

Although Conservation of old stonework is essential for our Heritage, new ideas are most important too. To this end I produce my own modern style sculptures which can be placed indoors or outside in a garden setting.

I have produced a large sculpture of an Angel for St Brigid’s School in Denbigh, N. Wales.While producing the statue I worked in the school itself and was very happy to have the student’s interest, enthusiasm and suggestions during its creation. Recently I have had commissions for several Headstones, a water feature for a Jesuit Retreat Centre and a Armorial Plaque for Ruthin School, Denbighshire  I hope to produce more of my own ideas in sculpture in the future.

Large statue of myself and children with (children) for Sainsbury's, Wrexham. N. Wales

Biography of Simon Winter

  • Married to Julie with three children Rosie, Tom and Frances
  • Rose Green C.P. School, Bognor Regis
  • Bognor Regis Grammar School (became Bognor Comprehensive).
  • Three year apprenticeship in Stone Carving at Chichester Cathedral Works
  • Four years sculpture course under sculptor Stuart Osborne Stafford Polytechnic
  • Running a unit at the Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, N. Wales.
  • Working for Chester Masonry Group, Chester
  • I have been self-employed since working for Chichester Cathedral
  • I now work with John Burton, at his unit at the Wrexham Ind. Estate and from home in Ruthin.