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Surface Shop’s collection of Ashlar Stone Veneers offers a stunning array of dimensional cut and random chopped styles, giving your project the latest rectilinear masonry style from around the world. Available in quartzite, limestone, and sandstone, each ashlar walling stone is sawn-cut on the back, measured to precise dimensions, and hand-chiseled for an unbeatable natural splitface texture.
Get to know our Ashlar Stone Cladding Collection below.
Ashlar wall cladding is defined by rectangular and square stones with sawn or chopped edges, creating clean, structured joint lines and a refined architectural pattern. At The Surface Shop, we consider this range semi-formal to formal in appearance. Compared with our Dry Stack Ledgestone or free form Terraform Collections, an Ashlar wall creates a more ordered architectural look that feels dressed up while still remaining natural. This style is especially well suited for exterior facades, fireplace surrounds, commercial interiors, and feature walls. Browse our limestone, quartzite, and sandstone ashlar veneer colors below.
Ashlar stone cladding is a classic and elegant look in the stone veneer world. Drawing on inspiration from both Terraform™ stone cladding, where the stones come in irregular shapes resulting in a mosaic style look, and Dry Stack Ledgestone products, where stones are cut in certain specific dimensions to fit together in a tight, non-mortared linear installation, Ashlar mixes longer rectilinear pieces which are periodically broken up by tall vertical blocks.
Ashlar Veneer consists mainly of rough squares and rectangular shapes of stones, each of which are sawn cut on the back and rough chiseled on all remaining sides, including the face. With aesthetics and geometry in mind, the installer should take care to use pieces that fit within a designated pattern during their installation. Surface Shop’s Ashlar materials may be set in the dry-fit style (without point mortar or grout) or tuck pointed with mortar in place, similar to a traditional ledgestone or brick type applications.
While the focus of a most ledgestone-styled or free form masonry installations might appear random, Ashlar installations instead look for a clearer focus on selecting the right shape and size stone to create, thereby loosely extending a natural pattern on the wall. Care should be taken to ensure there isn’t too much patterning, as that can detract from Ashlar’s natural appearance.
Ashlar Stone Cladding is unique in that it crosses genre between both traditional looking stacked stone, owing to its rough cut sides and face texture, yet has a distinctly modern twist to it with the geometric shapes and corresponding design. A repeating pattern can be used or the stones laid at random to tone up or bring down a modern patterned-like feel. No matter how its laid, Ashlar stone cladding is sure to enhance the beauty and style of any wall project.
Surface Shop’s Ashlar Stone Cladding comes in a range of sizes, colors, and stone types. The medium to large format nature of Ashlar products makes them ideally suite for exterior applications on both residential and commercial projects, however the product does also scale well on interior features such as fireplaces and larger scale accent walls. Similar to our Linear Wall Cladding collection, the Ashlar color range tends to focus on the neutral and earth color ranges, letting the pattern and style in which the stone itself is laid take center stage.
Texture is an important element of Ashlar Stone Cladding. The rough cut nature of the shape of this product lends itself to the natural splitface finish on the face of the stones. While the underlying types of stone used in Ashlar vary from quartzite to limestone to sandstone, each of our offerings has a unique surface texture with varying degrees of roughness across the face.
Ashlar stone veneer is a natural stone wall cladding made from rectangular and square stone pieces arranged in a clean geometric pattern. It gives walls the structured look of traditional ashlar masonry while using a thinner veneer format suited for modern residential and commercial applications.
Ashlar wall cladding is defined by sawn rectangular and square stones arranged with clean, structured joint lines. Compared with ledgestone or dry stack stone, which create more linear or irregular movement, an ashlar wall has a more ordered architectural appearance. This makes ashlar stone veneer well suited for contemporary facades, commercial interiors, fireplaces, and feature walls where a refined geometric natural stone finish is desired.
Explore our full natural stone veneer collection to compare ashlar with other stone cladding styles
Ashlar stone veneer uses sawn rectangular and square pieces installed with visible mortar joints for a more formal, architectural look. Dry stack stone uses tighter horizontal courses with little to no visible mortar joint, creating a more rustic, linear appearance. Both styles are used for natural stone wall applications.
The Surface Shop’s ashlar stone veneer collection includes limestone, quartzite, and sandstone options. Whitsunday and Sun Valley are limestone ashlar veneers, Grey Savoy is quartzite, and Harvest Gold is sandstone. Each material offers a different color palette, surface texture, and architectural character.
Yes. Ashlar stone veneer is suitable for exterior wall applications, including facades, entryways, outdoor living areas, and architectural feature walls. For project inspiration, explore our exterior stone cladding applications.
Proper substrate preparation, waterproofing, mortar selection, and installation methods are required for long-term exterior performance. Review the ashlar installation guide for full installation requirements.
Ashlar stone veneer is sawn-cut to create a consistent back and more precise rectangular sizing. The visible faces and edges are rough-chiseled or splitface finished to preserve the natural texture of the stone. This combination of dimensional cutting and hand-worked texture gives ashlar wall cladding its clean geometry and natural surface variation.
These are not the same. Ashlar stone veneer and ashlar tile can both refer to rectangular shaped stone, but they are usually intended for different applications. Ashlar stone veneer is primarily used as vertical wall cladding for facades, fireplaces, feature walls, and architectural surfaces while Ashlar tile more often refers to tile-format layouts for floors or walls (sometimes also referred to as "Versailles Pattern". This collection is focused on natural ashlar stone veneer for walling and cladding applications only, not flooring.
Below is a short list of top selling veneers from our Ashlar Stone Collection, which we think might be worth zeroing in on. These tend to work in a variety of applications and regions because they have a unique color mix that makes them particularly relevant and stylish.
