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News Release from: Forest Pennant | Subject: Royal Forest Pennant natural stone
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 April 2008
Natural stone at new Cardiff Castle
Visitor Centre
Forest Pennant has supplied its Royal Forest Pennant natural stone to the new Interpretation Centre at Cardiff Castle.
With its unique natural patterns and stunning colours the stone has now been installed in both the main structure and the external works of the centre, which includes visitors reception, cafe and an exhibition of the 2000 years of the Castle Approximately 300m2 of 75mm thick coursed ashlars cladding of Forest Pennant Sandstone, mixed colour variant, has been supplied to clad the new Interpretation Centre
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Cladding has also been used for seats of the Castle ramparts.
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"It was of historical importance to us that we used a local, British stone for the visitor centre and a stone that was in keeping with the existing structure".
"Forest of Dean Sandstone was first used in 1869 for the Burgess Clocktower, Wales's most ornate architectural icon, therefore it made perfect sense to continue the tradition and use it again," said John Edwards, Conservation Project Manager, Cardiff Castle.
"We are delighted that our stone was chosen for the Interpretation Centre at Cardiff Castle, it is an iconic landmark in Wales".
"We are very proud of the heritage qualities of stone that we supply, its unique appearance and the environmentally friendly way the stone is quarried".
"It is the perfect indigenous stone solution for such a prestigious conservation project", commented Simon Hart, Director at Forest Pennant.
Cardiff Castle received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant to carry out a major programme of conservation to restore, conserve and enhance the existing building.
Due to the age of the Castle emphasis on the project was conservation, but the new visitor centre was also an important feature.
The aim was to ensure there continues to be somewhere for visitors to learn more about the castle, its history and shop for souvenirs.
Natural Pennant stone from the Royal Forest of Dean has been used as a traditional building material in many of the ancient cities within the South of England and Wales for hundreds of years.
The natural patterns and colours are unique to the stone quarried in the Forest of Dean.
It is quarried in the traditional and environmentally friendly, plug and feather method and offers a stunning mix of colours with natural patterns throughout the stone, both unique to the stone quarried in the Forest of Dean.
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