Stone Cladding for Exterior Walls, Façades & Pillars
Quartzite, Lesotho sandstone and slate for façades, boundary walls, gate pillars and garden walls — stone that is coloured right through and wears in, not out.
An outside wall is the hardest job you can give a cladding. It bakes in the Highveld sun, takes summer storms side-on and sits through frosty winter nights — and it is the first thing anyone sees of your home. Natural stone is coloured all the way through, so there is no printed surface to fade or chip, and a well-built stone wall should look as good in twenty years as it does on the day it goes up.
For a wall in full sun, start with quartzite: it is the hardest and most colour-fast walling stone we stock. Lesotho sandstone gives a pale, cream-to-gold wall that brightens an entrance or a long boundary, and riven slate brings the warmest rusts and golds. We stock all three, in formats from tight riven strips to drypack blocks and split building stone.
Outside, the format matters as much as the stone. Building stone, drypack and chunk walling give pillars and boundary walls real mass; riven strips and interlocking panels give a plastered façade a slimmer, lighter finish. Send us a photo of the wall with rough dimensions and we’ll recommend a stone and format, estimate coverage and quote delivery to site.
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Exterior cladding we supply
Each format links to its full range — colours, sizes and packaging.
Quartzite building stone
Split stone standing 60–80 mm from the wall, in Ivory White, Beige, Autumn Emerald and Autumn Brown.
Random & vertical quartzite
Irregular pieces for “crazy” cladding on pillars and chimney breasts, 20–50 mm from the wall.
Lesotho sandstone drypack
Sawn blocks in a five-size mix, 100 × 100 to 400 × 200 mm, for a dry-stone look on entrances and pillars.
Lesotho sandstone chunks
Random pre-masoned walling stone, 40–60 mm thick on average, for rubble-style boundary walls.
Riven slate & quartzite
Stack-stone strips 40–60 mm high, packed 1 m² per level — a slimmer finish for plastered façades.
Interlocking stone panels
Natural stone strips pre-assembled into panels for fast, tidy walls, boxed with a known m² coverage.
Looking for a specific colour, size or finish? We stock far more than we can show online — .
Choosing stone for outside walls
- Full sun
- Quartzite — the hardest and most colour-fast walling stone we stock
- Light & bright
- Lesotho sandstone — cream to gold; seal it outdoors against water marks
- Warm & varied
- Riven slate — rusts, golds, pinks and charcoals; seal it outdoors
- Mass & depth
- Building stone 60–80 mm from the wall; drypack and chunks for dry-stone and rubble looks
- Slim finish
- Riven strips (slate 8–14 mm thick) and interlocking panels
Where exterior cladding works best
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Façades & street walls
One clad wall at the entrance gives the whole elevation weight — and quartzite keeps its colour facing the street.
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Gate pillars & columns
Drypack and building stone wrap pillars in solid-looking stone; riven strips turn corners neatly.
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Boundary & garden walls
Chunks and random quartzite give long walls a natural, rubble-built look that sits easily with planting.
Exterior stone cladding: your questions answered
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