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Natural Stone Landscaping Boutique & Luxury Outdoor Living
Shaped by Time Not by Trend
Each piece of natural stone is inherently unique, marked by the geology it came from, and the journey it has taken to arrive here. What you see is not a finish applied, but a story uncovered.
In every season, it responds without losing itself. Frost settles on its surface without altering its character. Light draws out its tones. Rain deepens it. Time refines it.
This is material chosen not for a moment, but for a lifetime.
Thoughtfully designed. Carefully placed. And built to be lived with, season after season, year after year.
About us
We are The Hillsborough Collection, a curated range of natural stone, stocked and showcased in Hillsborough.
We provide a complete design, supply and installation service, creating bespoke natural stone landscapes for residential and commercial projects alike. Every scheme is carefully considered. Materials are hand-selected at source from quarries around the world, then brought together through craftsmanship, precision and experience.
Working entirely in-house, we create a seamless connection from quarry to completion. The result is a refined and enduring space, shaped with intention and built to last.
From elegant patios to fully realised outdoor living environments, our work goes beyond the surface, creating places designed for living, gathering and returning to, season after season.
+44(0) 28 9268 9587
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Design Services
A Hillsborough Collection design is created to realise the full potential of your investment, bringing together natural stone, thoughtful design and lasting craftsmanship to create something both functional and enduring.
Each space is shaped around the way you live, enhancing not only the character of your property, but the experience of spending time within it. Natural stone brings depth, permanence and individuality, creating outdoor environments that feel both distinctive and deeply connected to their surroundings.
Every design is bespoke. Considered carefully, shaped collaboratively and exclusive to you.
Just Some Inspiration
3D Concept Design
From £2,450
Visit our showgarden for an informal consultation with a member of our sales or technical team, where you can explore materials in person and discuss ideas for your space.
Our full range of landscaping materials and fittings is on display, allowing you to experience the texture, tone and character of each stone firsthand. Bringing along photographs, plans or inspiration images can help us better understand the style and direction of your project.
Consultations are available weekdays between 10am and 3pm, with evening and weekend appointments available on request. While appointments are not essential, we recommend calling ahead so we can allow enough time for your visit.
3D Detailed Design
From £4,750
Your bespoke garden concept design includes an overview plan alongside conceptual 3D visuals of key areas within the scheme, helping bring the space to life before work begins. This may include bespoke structures, garden rooms, outdoor kitchens and an early impression of the planting palette and overall atmosphere.
To better understand the level of detail provided, contact us and we will email you an example Concept Design. You can also explore our social media channels and Irish Stone YouTube channel to view previous projects and completed schemes.
Trade Assistance
Fully modelled garden and site including any dwellings and outbuildings to show real context for your design. We will show you vistas from vantage points and views from identified rooms in your home with an evening lighting scheme illuminating any features and planting.
We also offer a technical package which includes construction drawings that our team will use to price and install your garden accurately reflecting the design.
Setting Out Plan / Lighting Layout / Drainage Plan / Bespoke garden rooms plans & elevations / Planting plans and specifications / Hardscape Plan / Outdoor Kitchen plans & elevations
We work closely with landscape architects, designers, contractors and trade professionals, offering specialist support from material selection through to installation. Combining technical knowledge with hands-on experience, we help ensure every project is delivered with precision, consistency and a clear understanding of the design intent.
With carefully sourced materials, practical guidance and in-house expertise, we provide a collaborative approach that supports projects of every scale.
Site visits are available for £140 + VAT, payable in advance, and are carried out by our technical and design team. To arrange a visit or site survey, please call 028 9268 9587 or email info@irishstone.com.
Bespoke Fabrication
Every project is different, which is why we offer bespoke stone fabrication tailored to the exact requirements of your space. Any size, any shape, each piece can be cut by saw or shaped by hand, allowing for a level of precision and individuality that standard formats cannot achieve.
From custom paving and steps to coping, walling and architectural details, every element is crafted with careful attention to proportion, finish and fit, ensuring the final result feels considered, seamless and entirely unique to the project.
Expert Maintenance
Made by nature. Refined
Reasons for you to choose natural stone solutions. by
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Natural stone is not only sustainable from a climate and cost perspective, it also contributes to a better environment for residents in urban areas in purely qualitative terms. 1 2 3 4
Natural stone is shown to reduce costs by 40% over 50 years, primarily thanks to lower maintenance costs.
Quarrying natural stone is subject to environmental regulations in many regions, which ensure quarries follow strict environmental guidelines.
Natural stone kerbstones have a total climate impact equivalent to around 3 kg CO2 equivalents/m, as opposed to 60 kg CO2 equivalents/m for concrete kerbstones.
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Replacing concrete for natural stone in housing areas that have had problems with vandalism, resulted in residents spending more time outdoors and increasing the quality of life.
Natural stone has advantages as it always has seams, and therefore working drainage which reduces the risk of large amounts of water collecting. Climate change makes extreme rainfalls more common. The maximum daily rainfall is expected to increase by 20-30 percent.
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Natural stone is in itself a sustainable product with excellent properties, especially when it comes to climate impact and life cycle analyses. The ecological life-cycle of a natural stone tile is approx. 84% lower than that of a large ceramic tiles.
Natural stone has been used for thousands of years as a construction material, but also for monuments, decoration and in industrial processes.
Kilkenny Limestone
Kilkenny Limestone’s Classic Range of blue limestone paving is designed to exist in harmony with its surrounding environment. Effortlessly blending with brick walling and other surface materials, such as tropical hardwood and crushed stone. This line of bespoke paving products is available in ten individual finishes, offering designers the freedom to custom design the size and dimensions of a landscaped area.
Tumbled Paving
Hardwearing yet tasteful, Arduno Irish Blue Limestone cobbles are an ideal choice for clients desiring a more natural landscaped effect. With characterful detailing around the cobble edges, and thickness (50mm). The Arduno line is suitable for a variety of landscaping projects.
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Edging
• Kerbs
• Paving
Dark Grey limestone with fossils, available in a variety of finishes.
Liscannor Limestone
Dark to light grey limestone with a unique natural textured finish.
Options available:
• Paving
• Copings
• Building and cladding stone
• Steps
• Hearths
• Window heads & cils
• Pillar caps
Liscannor Limestone comes from a variety of quarries located very close to the Cliffs of Moher in Irelands County Clare.
The layers of stone are characterised by the fossil tracks of a marine worm, that traversed the sediments which formed the rock.
Typical blue black in colour with some varieties of reddish hue, it has a textured surface with high non-slip properties. A high Silica stone, it is very hard and has superb mechanical and weathering properties. The material is ideal for both indoor and outdoor paving.
Donegal Sandstone
Golden and beige sandstone with light grains.
Donegal Sandstone has been long favoured as a building material in Northern Ireland. This finely grained stone is today only commercially quarried in West Tyrone and Donegal.
The Mullaghmore sandstone is very distinctive in terms of colours which are bright yellow and rust orange varieties due to the oxidation of iron weathering.
Mount Charles sandstone on the other hand is described as ‘creamy to nearly white’ in colour.
Sandstone is suitable for use in many aspects of construction including flooring, paving, load bearing masonry and cladding. Special consideration is required for areas where a long service life is needed in acidic conditions.
Options available:
• Paving
• Copings
• Building and cladding stone
• Steps
• Hearths
• Window heads & cils
• Pillar caps
Caithness Flagstone
Caithness flagstone is a Devonian sandstone, named after the Northern Scottish county in which it is most abundant.
Caithness Flagstone is famous for its jet black appearance when polished. The flagstone is unrivalled in its versatility and durability, as a result of this, it can be found around the world in paving, architecture and, more recently, interiors.
We’ve spent a long time getting to know the properties of this fascinating material and discovering how best to apply its exceptional properties to stylish and practical solutions for modern living interior and exterior projects.
Options available:
• Paving
Culcavy Grey Sandstone
Culcavy Grey is another of our most popular stones, a mix of light blues and pale mellow greys that brightens dark areas. The clefted surface detail of this hard wearing sandstone requires minimal maintenance and adds a relaxed feel to traditional and contemporary designs.
Options available:
• Bench
• Circle
• Cobbles
• Coping
• Hearths
• Kerbs
• Landing
• Paving
• Steps
Wallace Green Sandstone
Options available:
• Circle
• Cobbles
• Coping
• Hearths
• Kerbs
• Landing
• Paving
Wallace Green is likely our most popular sandstone. This sandstone paving is often associated with India due to the wide scale importation of this stone to the UK and Ireland over recent generations.
This paving carries a lovely range of beige and pastel tones which blend into a warm mosaic, occasionally with marbled veins. The material is available in the natural/ riven surface with the handcut edges for a more rustic look, or the sawn finish with sawn edges which suits a contemporary and modern setting very well.
Royal Black Sandstone
Royal Black is a mix of charcoals, blues, pale mellow greys with a hint of vibrant rust that brightens dark areas. The clefted surface detail of this hard wearing sandstone requires minimal maintenance.
Options available:
• Circle
• Cobbles
• Hearths
• Kerbs
• Paving
Autumn Brown Sandstone
Autumn Brown is a mix of rustic reds and greys that change colour specifically when wet. This paving is an excellent accompaniment to a red brick house and always retains the warmth of character presented by the house.
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Paving
Forest Green Sandstone
Forest Green is our unique blend of the famous Raj Green Indian sandstone. These paving slabs blend with most surroundings and are made from a robust stone which will last a lifetime if looked after. This Indian stone has many shades throughout with mixes of greens and gentle browns, the occasional purplish tones run through the blend.
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Paving
Castle Gold Sandstone
Castle Gold is a mixture of vibrant yellows, golden oranges and a mixture of honey like colours. This selection of sandstone also has a very visable frain running through much of the stone. This is a stone that is very vibrant when wet.
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Paving
Premium Black Granite
With its sophisticated appearance and versatile design application, Indian Black Granite has become the stone of choice for many homeowners and trade professionals. This stone is equally ‘at home’ in either outdoor or indoor environments. This product is consistent in colour and texture with very little veining running through the slabs.
This product is available in a variety of sizes and also a wide range of accessories.
Available in mixed shades, or single shade for all slabs.
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Coping
• Kerbs
• Landing
• Paving
• Riser
• Tread
Sindhu Limestone
The popular Sindhu Black natural Indian Limestone paving slabs, kerbs, copings and cobbles are available in various sizes to suit your outdoor project needs. These slabs bring modernised and lavish look to your yard or patio.
Suited to the British and Irish climate, the natural limestone is frost resistant.
• Variety of finishes
• Consistant appearance
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Paving
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Chinese Granites
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Kerbs
• Paving
• Steps
Chinese materials have been a popular choice for the UK and Ireland for many years. The Chinese refer to their stones not by names but by numbers.
Platinum Pearl - Silver/Grey
This grey granite is easily the most popular stone to come out of china as it is the most cost effective. It is widely used commercially but is also a very appropriate varient to the home owner.
Pepperino - Mid grey
Slightly lighter in colour than the Indian Black, this Blue Granite comes in a variety of formats and finishes.
Lava Buff - Beige
This stone is a medium grained, yellow to pink granite of the Precambrian period. There are principally three sectors of G682 Granite - light, medium and gold. G682 looks best as a polished or honed finish as flaming and shot blasting reduces the vibrancy of the colour.
Portugese Granites
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Kerbs
• Landing
• Paving
• Risers
• Steps
• Threads
Silva Vilar
Silva Amarello
Preta Venato
Egyptian Limestone
Options available:
• Building and cladding stone
• Copings
• Hearths
• Interiors
• Paving
• Pillar caps
• Steps
• Window heads & cils
Our Egyptian Limestone is a timeless natural stone, valued for its durability, dense structure and refined appearance. Available in soft beige and elegant grey tones, each piece features subtle quartz veining, fossil markings and gentle tonal variation that bring depth and character to every space.
Our preferred finish is sand blasted and brushed, creating a soft, textured surface that feels both natural and understated. Durable enough for everyday living yet refined in appearance, Egyptian Limestone works beautifully across both indoor and outdoor settings.
Sinai Pearl Biege Sinia Pearl Grey
Reclaimed Paving & Cobbles
English York Stone
Reclaimed York stone flags are one of our specialities. If you want a product that will stand the test of time in the UK and Irish climate, there is only one product, and thats a York stone flag.
Beautiful natural York stone paving will last hundreds, if not thousands of years; so thats almost forever! Available in a large variety of sizes and finishes. Call us for our up to date stock list and prices.
Persian & Italian Porphyry
This beautiful and durable stone has been valued as a construction material for well over 3000 years.
The Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used Porphyry for pavements, buildings and monuments. The porphyry stone, due to its very strong characteristics and durability was taken to be a symbol of prowess and invincibility. The term “porphyry” has roots in Greek meaning “purple”. Purple was the color of royalty, and the “Imperial Porphyry” was a deep purple igneous rock with large crystals of plagioclase. Porphyry also comes in shades of green, red and brown.
Options available:
• Cobbles
• Coping
• Kerbs
• Paving
• Inherent strength
• Durability in severe climatic conditions
• Resistance against natural wear and tear in various climates and enduring colour fastness.
• Hardness of the non-slippery surface
• Very resistant to peeling or cracking, especially in very cold weathers.
• Used in paving since the times of the ancient Rome.
• High resistance against chemical reactions.
The Marquis Collection
Building on decades of knowledge and expertise, Irish Stone has partnered with UK based company Hardscape to offer a premium collection of ethically sourced natural stone, carefully tested and specified for performance, quality and longevity.
Available through Irish Stone, the Marquis Collection brings together two distinct ranges. The first reintroduces the character and richness of traditional Irish sandstone tones, inspired by historic materials that are now rare or obsolete. The second is a refined collection of technically advanced granites, selected for their durability and distinctive aesthetic.
The sandstone range includes Errigal Buff, Sperrin Gold, Forest Green and Mourne White, each available in beautifully honed finishes that bring warmth, texture and individuality to outdoor spaces.
Alongside this, the granite collection offers an alternative to conventional silver and grey tones, with four unique granites sourced from single quarries: Pencil Black, Rustic Grey, Platinum White and Pink Storm. Each selected to create outdoor spaces with greater depth, character and originality.
The entire Marquis Collection is supplied through Hardscape’s recognised ethical supply chain, ensuring full compliance with the Modern Slavery Act. A wide range of finishes is available, with additional products supplied to order on request.
Options available:
Sandstone
• Paving
Granite
• Paving
Mourne White
Errigal Buff
Ivory & Buff coloured sandstone
Sperrin Gold
Forest Green
Light green/pink/grey sandstone
Pencil Black
Ivory coloured sandstone
Steel Grey
Ivory & Buff coloured sandstone
Platinum White
Royal Grey
Grey coloured sandstone
Courtyard Cobbles
Sandstone variety
Cobbles, cobblestones or setts have been firm favourites in Ireland and across Europe for centuries.
Cobbles are the ideal material for creating a garden feature and can also be laid in diagonal, hexagonal or circle shapes.
Heritage Cobbles
Cobbles are regularly used in creating paved areas they can be an attractive solution on pathways and driveways. Our range of Granite cobbles can be used for both light-use constructions (paths, patios and landscape features) as well as heavy-use pavements (drives, forecourts and roadways).
We stock a range of cobbles in all our different stone types but this page show cases our very popular Portuguese granite cobbles available in a mix of colours, silver, black and gold.
Granite variety
Marble
Polished, Honed & Brushed Marble and Limestone for unique interiors
Our interior design/ supply/installation services offers traditional materials and craftsmanship. Our sharp focus attention to detail completes the top quality service.
We offer some of the most beautiful colours and natural stone tiles and slabs, sourced from Italy, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and China.
The most popular stone that we use in our interior projects are;
• Carrara marble from Italy
• Crema Marfil From Spain
• Azul Valverde from Portugal
Floors, Walls, Furniture & bespoke items
Black Carrara Polished Marble
Grigio Luxury Polished Marble
Bianco Onyx Honed Marble
Bianco Carrara Polished Marble
Subway Silver Cloud Semi Polished
Grey Saint Laurent Polished Marble
Botticino Honed Marble
Daino Reale Polished Marble
Crema Marfil Marble
Snow White Honed Marble
Statuario Venato Polished Marble
Bardiglio Nova Polished Marble
Calacatta Oro Polished Marble
Azul Honed Limestone
Royal Silver Polished Marble
Typical Step Profiles
Available in most stone types and in a variety of standard sizes.
Bespoke products/dimensions can be fabricated to order
For stock availability and standard dimensions and sizes, call us on +44 (0) 28 92689587
Typical Coping & Pillar Cap Profiles
Standard Kerbs & Cobbles
Sawn-Pitched (with drip detail)
Sawn-Gradient (with drip detail)
Sawn-Hat (with drip detail)
Split Edge & Split Face
Sawn Edge & Split Face
Polished Face & Edge
Rebate (with drip detail)
Curved (with drip detail)
Bullnose
Regency
Edwardian
Half Round
Pencil Edge
Chamfered
Irish Stone is the parent business of ‘The Hillsborough Collection’ and also provides the following, complementary natural stone services;
Facade Conservation Consultants and Specialists Sub-Contractors
Sympathetic restoration of Churches and Heritage buildings
Interior stone restoration and fit-out Marble, limestone and polished granite floors, bathrooms and swimming pools
Stone merchants – Import and retail Block, slabs and tiles from Europe, Asia and around the world
Public realm paving and Civils (streetscape repair work) contracting New streetscape schemes in local town centres including work on new commercial projects. Streetscape ‘Lift and relay’ works for Utility providers
Natural Stone Design & Consultancy Investigations, reports, specifications, design
Find out more at www.irishstone.com
Whilst, Irish Stone is technically competent and can adapt to tackle any stone related project, its specialism is in natural stone design, repair and restoration. Our knowledge base regarding the availability, characteristics and qualities of local and internationally sourced stone, mean that we can bring a wealth of information to the early design stages of a project. We can also quickly advise on any faults and failures during and following the installation process.
The company prides itself in, attention to detail, ‘going the extra mile’ and a unique time sensitive service which provides a 24/7 response.
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Hillsborough:
26 Harry’s Road, Hillsborough, Co Down, Northern Ireland, BT26 6HJ | +44 (0) 28 9268 9587
Malahide:
20 The View, Marina Village, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Ireland, K36 CX99 | +353 (0)1 437 0078
Chelsea: Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London, UK, SW3 6RD | +44 (0) 20 7118 9587
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