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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Weatherboard
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 December 2006
Marley Eternit Weatherboard is all manor
of things
Architects Miller Hughes Associates specified Weatherboard in black and mahogany wood stain for aspects of the Woldhurst Manor development by Bloor Homes.
Two colours of fibre cement Weatherboard from Marley Eternit have helped planners sympathise with the redevelopment of a former Edwardian care home into high spec first and second homes Architects Miller Hughes Associates, who are regular users of Marley Eternit roofing products, specified Weatherboard in black and mahogany wood stain for aspects of the Woldhurst Manor development by Bloor Homes
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 28 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Work involved demolition of the two-storey care home (originally a manor house) and single-storey outbuildings.
A new main building and associated outbuildings were then constructed to maintain the manor house theme.
All the units are new-build, constructed from traditional block work, beam and block ground floor and a facing brick exterior.
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Miller Hughes' design for the 2.4-acre site in Runcton, West Sussex, comprised a main, two-storey building with brick featuring and plinth to replicate the appearance of a small Edwardian stately home.
A series of outbuildings were included, which were deliberately random to give the appearance of traditional barn units that may have been added at different times.
The design and scale of the buildings was influenced by the site's semi-rural/urban setting, the size of the existing buildings and the proximity to surrounding residential properties.
It also reflects design principles contained in PPGs 1 and 3 and emerging Structure Plan and Local Plan Policies.
Arun Bose of Miller Hughes, who celebrate their 20th anniversary this year, said: "The planning authority was sympathetic to the theme of the design - the main house and outbuilding arrangement.
The Marley Eternit cladding contributed to this by providing the weatherboarded finish to the outbuildings.
"The Marley Eternit weatherboarding was chosen because it provided a viable alternative to the use of timber which would have required preservation and maintenance.
Test samples were prepared in the office using various stains on neutral-coloured boards before deciding on the final shades. Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
It was important to stain the boards to provide different shades around the development and to emulate outbuildings which might have been built or re-treated at different times." He added: "It plays a major contribution to the final appearance of the development and has been a successful contribution to the development.".
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