Brickwork & Repointing
Stone and brick repairs with matched materials, and lime repointing that lets old walls breathe.
Village work, done sensitively
Builders in Wanborough
From cottages in Lower Wanborough to family homes along the ridge, village properties need building work that respects how they were made. Extensions, stone and brickwork, lime repointing and structural work — engineered, certified, built once.
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Minutes from Wanborough — same-week site visits, no charge to come and look.
| Trade | Bricklayer-led team, NVQ-qualified tradespeople |
|---|---|
| Oversight | Chartered (MCIOB) Director on every project |
| Guarantee | 10-year insurance-backed guarantee on major work |
| Checked by | L. Regan MCIOB, Director |
Old village, careful hands
Building work in Wanborough’s village homes
Wanborough sits just east of Swindon, but it belongs to a different era — a proper Wiltshire village of stone and brick cottages, older farmhouses and newer homes tucked between them, split across Upper and Lower Wanborough. Buildings like these were made with materials that need to breathe and methods that predate the modern rulebook, and they reward builders who understand that.
It’s work we’re built for. Brickwork and repointing is our founding trade — including breathable lime mortars for older walls, where hard cement pointing traps damp and destroys stone and brick faces alike. Repairs and alterations are matched to the original materials, so the work disappears into the building instead of announcing itself.
When a cottage needs more room, we design and build extensions that sit sympathetically against older fabric — and where walls come out or openings are made, our structural work is specified by an engineer and certified by Building Control. Villages also run on the smaller jobs: garden and boundary walls, patios and driveways, honest repairs done properly.
What we do in Wanborough
Our building services
House Extensions
Sensitive extensions to cottages and village homes — designed to sit naturally against the original.
Structural Alterations
Openings and alterations in older buildings — engineered, properly supported, Building Control certified.
Landscaping
Garden walls, patios and driveways built with the same care as the house they belong to.
Why it matters who you choose
Why choose a Chartered builder in Wanborough
Older buildings are unforgiving of the wrong approach — cement pointing on a stone cottage, a beam sized by eye, an alteration with no certificate behind it. The damage is slow, expensive, and usually discovered by a surveyor years later. Village homes hold their value precisely because of their character; protecting it is the job.
SwiftBrick’s Director, Luke Regan, is personally Chartered with the Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB, No. 2082913) and holds an NVQ Level 7 in Senior Site Management. Every structural alteration is engineered properly, supported correctly, and signed off by Building Control. We’re FMB accredited (Membership No. 170197), fully insured, and back major projects with a 10-year insurance-backed guarantee.
Wanborough is minutes from our base — easy for us to call in and look at a wall, a crack or a set of plans. We’re rated 5.0 across 41 Google reviews, our credentials are documented, and you’re welcome to get in touch whenever suits.
Builders in Wanborough — FAQs
Common questions
Do you work on older cottages in Wanborough?
Yes — older village buildings are exactly where a bricklayer-led, Chartered firm earns its keep. Stone and solid-wall construction needs the right materials and methods: breathable lime mortars, sympathetic repairs, and structural work that’s engineered rather than improvised.
Is Wanborough covered by conservation rules?
Parts of the village are within a conservation area and some buildings are listed, which affects what can be changed externally and how. We tell you straight what applies to your property and handle the process with the right people involved.
Can you match existing stone or brick?
Yes — matching materials is a point of pride. Whether it’s Wiltshire stone, older handmade-style brick or a specific mortar colour, we source and detail the closest match so repairs and extensions sit naturally against the original.
Do you take on smaller village jobs?
Where we can, yes — garden walls, brick and stone repairs, repointing. Larger projects take priority in the diary, but it never costs anything to ask, and if a job isn’t right for us we’ll say so and point you to someone good.
Care for the building, straight talk for you
Thinking about work on your Wanborough home?
Send us a photo or the plans — we’ll come and take a look, tell you what it needs, and quote it properly.
Request a QuotePrefer to talk? 07460 232373 · luke@swiftbrick.co.uk