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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Pendennis slate
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 January 2005
Eternit slates help garden centre grow
naturally
Architects specified Eternit Building Materials' green Pendennis slate for the largest part of the roof as well as cedarwood for some of the cladding of Banbury's Garden Centre.
When West Country businessman David Banbury put his latest venture to planners he understood perfectly their preference for natural building materials Architects Mike Smith and Associates specified Eternit Building Materials' green Pendennis slate for the largest part of the roof as well as cedarwood for some of the cladding of the venture - a garden centre
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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But man-made materials such as metal profiled sheeting and glass have also been used for Banbury's Garden Centre on the hills outside Ashford, above the mouth of the River Taw on the picturesque north Devon coast.
The project is a striking redevelopment of a garden centre that had been run by its previous owners from a portable building for more than 30 years.
The new business combines a garden centre many times the size of the original with a restaurant, both of which are open seven days a week.
Designed and built over nine months by Pearce Construction, the centre is in three sections, each on different levels of the sloping ground.
Eternit slates were fitted by Bracknell Roofing in the prominent positions at either end of the site and for the main reception building to tie it all in.
The roof of the main building features a sprocket detail at the eaves to soften what would otherwise be a very steep pitch.
Originally designed with a mono pitch, planners had expressed a preference for a duo pitch as well as for natural materials.
Rodney Weaton, site manager for Pearce Construction, that has used Eternit slates before, said: "I think they make the end features and are much better than using the sheet metal all the way through". Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
" The client was very pleased with the result.".
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