In Hardway, Indian Sandstone is built around low-lying waterside ground directly on Portsmouth Harbour: natural riven sandstone slabs, each with genuine colour and texture variation, laid and pointed. Hardway’s own driveways are shaped by narrow lanes and waterside frontages typical of this old naval corner of Gosport, and direct waterside exposure on Portsmouth Harbour along the old naval moorings. That makes it a strong fit for period and character properties where a manufactured unit would look out of place — worth knowing that as a natural stone it benefits from sealing and can need occasional re-pointing over its life.
About Indian Sandstone
Indian sandstone is a natural riven stone, quarried and split rather than moulded, so every slab carries genuine colour banding and surface texture variation that a manufactured product can’t fully replicate. It is laid on a mortar bed over a properly prepared base and pointed between the slabs, and works particularly well on period and character properties where a manufactured concrete or porcelain unit would look out of place next to original brickwork or stonework. Being a natural stone, it benefits from sealing to help resist staining, and like any natural material it can need occasional re-pointing over its life as joints weather — a genuinely different maintenance reality to a manufactured slab.
Best suited to: period and character properties, patios, paths, and driveways where a natural stone look matters
Less suited to: a completely uniform, unvarying colour and texture across every slab
Ground & property in Hardway
Hardway sits directly on Portsmouth Harbour in this old naval corner of Gosport, where narrow lanes and waterside frontages run close to the historic naval moorings. The older maritime terraces here deal with genuine waterside exposure that the estate streets further inland on the peninsula simply don’t face.
Coastal / flood note: direct waterside exposure on Portsmouth Harbour along the old naval moorings