Detail

Benches, built into the elevation.

A bench is rarely a piece of furniture. The good ones are built into the wall — set on brick, integrated with the joinery, sitting where the eye says they should sit.

What we do

Bespoke seating built into the architecture of the garden. Oak slat benches set on brick or stone bases. Bench tops integrated with raised-bed cap detail. Long benches running the length of a fence panel where the garden wants somewhere to sit without claiming the floor space. Built per project — never catalogue items, never freestanding.

How we approach it

Designed alongside the brickwork or retaining structure that supports it. Slats spaced for water runoff, end-grain protected with stainless cap details, fixings hidden where the joinery allows. Hand-finished in the workshop, fitted on site once the supporting structure is settled.

A bench is the joinery that makes the wall worth sitting on.

Materials

Air-dried green oak as standard, with the option of iroko or accoya for higher-exposure aspects. Stainless fixings throughout. Brick or stone bases match the surrounding hardscape — we don't bring in a different language for the support.

In practice

The bench portfolio is currently limited; built-in seating is bespoke per project and discussed at brief stage. Site visits across Hampshire are free.

Discuss a bench brief

Tell us about the garden.

A short conversation, a site visit, and a written brief before any work is committed. We work across Hampshire — Warsash, Fareham, Southampton, Portsmouth and the towns in between.