07400 418340info@drsmithbuilding.co.uk Mon–Fri 8am–5pm · Sat by arrangement 07400 418340 HomeAboutServices Areas Our WorkContact07400 418340Request Free Estimate Home/Areas we cover/HighworthBased in Highworth, SN6 # Highworth's local bricklayersand general builders,up the road since 1988. We're not a Swindon firm claiming to cover Highworth, we live here. Our yard's on Windrush, our vans are on Highworth streets most days, and if you're inside SN6 we're usually with you within 24 hours of the call. Request a Free Estimate Call 07400 418340 Free site visit. Written estimate in 3–5 working days. £5m public liability. Family-run for three generations of tradesmen. - 0–5 min from our Highworth yard SN6 postcodes covered in Highworth Since 1988 working in and around Wiltshire £5m PL public liability, £10m employers' We serve Highworth ## We live here: that changes the timescale. Highworth is home. Our address is 329 Windrush and our postcode is SN6. When a Highworth homeowner rings, the site visit is almost always the same week: often the same day if we're already on a nearby job. ### Response times to Highworth Enquiries from Highworth (SN6) are answered the same working day, and for storm damage or urgent structural issues we're often on site inside a few hours. ### Property types in Highworth The Highworth housing stock we know inside out: the older stone and brick cottages around the High Street and the Square, Georgian and Victorian frontages on Sheep Street and Brewery Street, post-war and 1970s housing on Windrush and Blackworth, and the newer builds at Redlands, Westrop and off the Shrivenham Road. ### Common Highworth jobs Regular Highworth jobs: repointing on older frontages, single-storey extensions on the 70s stock, stone garden walls on the Cotswold edge properties, driveway aprons in reclaimed brick, and full pitched re-roofs on estate houses now hitting fifty years old. Services available in Highworth ## The full family-run trade list, in Highworth. Every service below is handled by the same three-person family team. ### Bricklaying in Highworth Fair-faced brickwork, garden walls, arches and repairs: built by the family that's been doing it since 1988. Read more ### Stone Laying in Highworth Natural Cotswold stone walling and cladding, laid with the eye and hand of a specialist. Read more ### Extensions in Highworth Full home extensions handled start to finish: groundworks, brickwork, roofing, plastering. Read more ### Plastering & Render in Highworth Smooth internal plastering and clean external render by the same three-person family team. Read more ### Pitched Roofing in Highworth Tiled and slated pitched roofs: repairs and full re-roofs. (We don't take on flat roofing.) Read more ### Patios & Hard Landscaping in Highworth Patios, garden walls, turfing, decking and fencing: the outdoor build, handled in-house. Read more Why choose us in Highworth ## Why the neighbours book us. In a town this size, reputation is the only marketing that matters. A bad job on Sheep Street is talked about at the Saracen's Head by the weekend. ### Our name is above the door. Dale Smith isn't a trading name. He's the man who comes to your quote, runs the job, and answers the phone if something needs sorting after. ### Nearest genuine local builder. Not travelling in from Swindon or Oxford. We're already in town: that means shorter travel, faster call-backs, and no van fuel on your invoice. ### Three generations, one family. Dale learned from his father. His two sons are on the tools alongside him, three generations of standards on every job. That's rare in this trade, and it shows in how the work is finished. Local building issues ## Common Highworth building problems. Highworth's mix of older stone-and-brick and 70s estate housing throws up a familiar set of issues. ### Cement pointing on lime-built frontages. A lot of the older Highworth stone and soft-brick frontages were re-pointed in cement in the 80s and 90s. The stone is now spalling behind it. Correct fix: rake out and re-point in a lime mix. ### Bulging render on 70s estate housing. Windrush and Blackworth housing was largely rendered in sand-and-cement. After fifty years of freeze-thaw it maps, cracks and blows. We hack off, re-mesh over the cracks and re-render. ### Failing concrete-tile roofs. Original roofs on 70s Highworth stock are at the end of their life. Slipped tiles, sagging felts, rotten battens. Full strip-and-relay pitched re-roof is usually the honest answer. ### Wobbly boundary walls with no footing. Older garden walls between properties on Blackworth, Windrush and off the Shrivenham Road were often built without a proper concrete foundation. When they lean, the only real fix is take-down and rebuild on a new footing. In depth ## Building in Highworth. Highworth is a small market town on a hill north-east of Swindon, at the edge where the Cotswold stone belt meets the Wiltshire red brick country. That means we've got two entirely different building materials in play, sometimes on the same street. The older properties around the High Street, Sheep Street, Brewery Street and the Square lean towards soft brick and rubble stone, laid in lime mortar, with timber lintels and clay tile or slate roofs. Get onto the post-war estates and it's cement mortar, standard machine-made facing brick, concrete lintels and concrete interlocking roof tiles. This split matters because the trade skill needed for one is not interchangeable with the other. Fair-faced facing brickwork on a modern extension is one job, matching a Georgian bond in reclaimed soft red brick and lime mortar to blend with an existing Highworth frontage is a different job entirely. Same with stone: a modern reconstituted-stone quoin block goes down in minutes; a proper piece of Cotswold rubble stone with a lime bed and a lime pointing takes longer, costs more, and lasts a century. We do both. The site visit is where we tell you which one you've actually got. Because our yard is inside Highworth, the practical stuff is easier here than anywhere else on our patch. Access surveys are quick. Skips get delivered fast. If we've forgotten a bolt we're not driving twenty miles for it. And when the job finishes, we're still in town: if anything needs looking at a year later, you're not chasing a firm two counties away. Our process ## The same four-step process, whether you're in Highworth or up the road. Repeatable, honest, and identical for every job: a garden wall or a full extension. 01 ### Free site visit We come out to your Highworth property, walk the job with you and answer questions in person. - 02 ### Written estimate in 3–5 days Itemised, in writing, with staged payments set out. No verbal quotes. - 03 ### Booked in and started Materials sourced, timing agreed. The same three-person team on site from day one. - 04 ### Snagged and handed over Site cleared, snag-list walked with you, aftercare explained. We stay reachable after the job. Recent works ## Recent projects in and around Highworth. See all our work Previous slideNext slide Nearby areas ## Also serving these Wiltshire towns and villages. See all areas SN6 ### Builders in Shrivenham 8–12 min from Highworth SN1–SN5, SN25, SN26 ### Builders in Swindon 15–25 min from Highworth SN7 ### Builders in Faringdon 10–15 min from Highworth FAQs ## Common questions about our work in Highworth. Can't see yours? Ring Dale on 07400 418340. Do you cover the whole of SN6?Yes: Highworth itself and the SN6 villages around it: Hannington, Stanton Fitzwarren, Sevenhampton, South Marston and up towards Watchfield and Shrivenham. How fast can you get to a Highworth job?For urgent damage in Highworth, often within a few hours. For quoted work, a site visit inside the same week is standard. Can you match older Highworth brickwork?Yes. For repairs on older Highworth frontages we source reclaimed soft red brick and match the mortar mix to the original. Modern brick against a Georgian frontage looks wrong immediately: we don't do that. Do you do stone laying in Highworth?Yes: natural Cotswold stone walling, cladding and repairs. Highworth sits right on the eastern edge of the Cotswold stone belt so a lot of the older properties are part-stone. Are you the same DR Smith building people my neighbours have used?Very possibly, after four decades in one small town there aren't many streets we haven't worked on. Ask around. Cost of a typical Highworth extension?Priced only after a site visit and written up as an itemised estimate inside 3–5 working days. Staged payments, nothing due before we start. Do you work Saturdays in Highworth?Standard hours are Mon–Fri 8am–5pm. Saturday work is available for smaller jobs by arrangement: repointing, a bit of walling, guttering. Ready when you are ## Get a free estimate for your Highworth job. Free site visit at a time that suits. Written, itemised estimate in 3–5 working days. Staged payments, nothing due before we start. Request Free Estimate Call 07400 418340 Family-run since 1988 £5m public liability Free site visits Bank transfer or cash 07400 418340 info@drsmithbuilding.co.uk 329 Windrush, Highworth A three-person, family-run building firm serving Highworth, Swindon and the Cotswolds. 40 years on the tools: honest quotes, quality work, and we turn up when we say we will. 07400 418340 info@drsmithbuilding.co.uk 329 Windrush, HighworthMonday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm · Saturday: available for smaller jobs by arrangement · Sunday: closed ### Building Services - Bricklaying in Highworth & Swindon - Stone Laying in Highworth & Swindon - Extensions in Highworth & Swindon - General Building in Highworth & Swindon - Plastering & Render in Highworth & Swindon - Patios & Hard Landscaping in Highworth & Swindon - Fencing in Highworth & Swindon - Pitched Roofing in Highworth & Swindon - Guttering & Fascias in Highworth & Swindon - Kitchens & Bathrooms in Highworth & Swindon - All building services → ### Areas Covered - Builders in Swindon - Builders in Highworth - Builders in Lechlade - Builders in Fairford - Builders in Cirencester - Builders in Faringdon - Builders in Witney - Builders in Burford - Builders in Shrivenham - All areas we cover → ### Assurance - £5,000,000 public liability - £10,000,000 employers' liability - Enquiries answered within one working day © 2026 DR Smith Building. 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