Pool Terraces · Jamestown, RI
Pool Terraces in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
Jamestown is an island of rocky shoreline, stone-walled farmland, and bay views, and that shapes every decision here. We build pool terraces on thin soil over ledge, detailed for the shingled coastal houses and antique farmhouses behind old stone walls they sit beside — hand-set, drainage-first, and made to look like they were always part of the property.
Coping and stone chosen for the house
The coping is the one line everyone reads, from the water and from the house. We set it dead level to the shell with consistent overhang, and choose thermal bluestone or granite for grip underfoot — matched to the shingled coastal houses and antique farmhouses behind old stone walls of Jamestown so the pool reads as part of the garden, not a hole cut into it.
Seat walls, steps, and planting beds get designed into the surround from the start, whether the property sits in Jamestown Village, Conanicut Park, and Beavertail or anywhere else in town.
Working from a plan in Jamestown
If you are coming to us with a plan already drawn, we build it as drawn. We read grading and layout sheets fluently, hold the detail, and keep the designer informed at each milestone — the way we work with Jonathan Keep Landscape Design across Rhode Island.
Beyond Jamestown
Jamestown sits in Newport County, and most weeks we are somewhere in this pocket of Newport County — which means shorter travel, faster site visits, and a crew that already knows how ground behaves around here.
What the work looks like from your window
Most Jamestown homeowners are more worried about the disruption than the stone, and they are right to be. We stage material where it will not kill the lawn, protect the drive and the root zones, and sweep the site at the end of every working day.
Pool terraces in Jamestown
Jamestown’s old farm walls run right to the water’s edge — the island vocabulary is dry-laid stone, and salt and wind decide how anything new gets anchored.
We coordinate with the pool builder, the electrician, and the landscape designer — often Jonathan Keep Landscape Design — so the terrace goes in at the right moment over the right backfill, and nothing gets opened back up later.
Questions
Pool Terraces in Jamestown, answered.
Pool surrounds typically run $40 to $80+ per square foot installed, depending on stone, coping detail, the pool’s shape, and site access. Radius coping and cut work on a freeform pool sit at the higher end.
An island of rocky shoreline, stone-walled farmland, and bay views on thin soil over ledge, with salt exposure on the open-water lots. That governs how we found and drain everything we build here — a proper base and drainage go in before a single stone is set, which is what keeps Jamestown stonework flat, plumb, and intact through freeze-thaw.
Thermal-finish bluestone and granite give real grip when wet, which is why we recommend them for surrounds. Lighter stone runs cooler underfoot — we will talk through color and finish for your sun exposure before we commit.
Yes. Cleiton Landscape & Masonry builds pool terraces throughout Jamestown — from Jamestown Village, Conanicut Park, and Beavertail — and across Newport County, and has since 2008. We’re licensed and insured, we work across Rhode Island, and we build from architectural plans with millimeter precision.
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