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WELSH SLATE HELPS GIVE A BRUSSELS APARTMENT BUILDING FACADE A NEW BUZZ
Welsh Slate’s Cwt-y-Bugail Dark Blue slate, with a honed finish on selected sides and faces, has been used to restore façade elements, wall copings and cills/thresholds at the La Magneto apartment building in Brussels.

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NATIONAL TRUST TRUSTS WELSH SLATE WITH WITH AN APIAN ISSUE
The reroof, with Welsh Slate, of a historic National Trust manor house with ornamental gardens overlooking the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, has created quite a buzz locally.

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WELSH SLATE IS JUST THE MEDICINE FOR A NEW PUBLIC GARDEN
A new public garden with Welsh Slate at its centrepiece is set to be officially opened this spring. The new Welsh Herbal Garden forms a central part of the 45-acre Treborth Botanic Garden, which is owned by Bangor University

Roofing
WELSH SLATES SCORE OVER A CENTURY AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL
310 Studio Architects said: “The roof, made of beautiful Heather Blue Welsh slate with horizontal banding in green, serves as the building’s first line of defense against the unforgiving Welsh weather

Roofing
WELSH SLATE HELPS TO BRING HISTORIC CHURCH BACK FROM THE BRINK
An £8 million project to rescue one of central London’s most significant churches from Historic England’s Buildings at Risk Register is now complete, and topped with Welsh Slate.

Hard Landscaping
WELSH SLATE TO SUPPLY ROCK ARMOUR FOR KINMEL BAY SEA DEFENCE PROJECT
Welsh Slate is supplying local civil engineers with more than 50,000 tonnes of three to six-tonne each of granite rock armour from Ffestiniog

Roofing
SALVAGE HUNTERS: GEORGIAN HOUSE RESTORATION
The programme includes Drew Pritchard at Penrhyn Quarry to see the process of splitting and dressing slate as he buys Welsh Slate for the renovation of his Georgian House in Bath.

General
WELSH SLATE HELPS OLD COPPERWORKS WITH A NEW BEATING HEART
Some 800m2 of Welsh Slate’s Cwt y Bugail 500mm x 250mm roofing slates feature on three buildings at the heart of Swansea Council’s £5 million regeneration of the Hafod Morfa Copperworks in the city.

Ffestiniog Quarry
BLAENAU FFESTINIOG QUARRY PUBLIC PLANNING CONSULTATION
The public planning consultation for Blaenau Ffestiniog was well-attended and we were encouraged by the positive response to our future proposals

Roofing
WELSH SLATE TOPS THE FOREFRONT OF A BUILDING REVOLUTION
The Red House was a blueprint for York’s building revolution as following the Great Fire of London, the Government of the day issued new building regulations, including a requirement that any new houses fronted onto a pavement must be built of brick and/o

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WELSH SLATE HELPS WITH A LIFELINE TO A HISTORIC HOSPITAL
Penrhyn Quarry hospital plays an important part in the story of Welsh Slate, and in particular the role of health and welfare within the slate society.

Roofing
DM ROOFING & ROUGHCASTING LTD CELEBRATES TRIPLE WIN AT NFRC AWARDS WITH WELSH SLATE
The University of Glasgow project showcases the pinnacle of roofing expertise and the timeless beauty of Welsh Slate. The Cwt-y-Bugail slate, renowned for its durability and aesthetic appeal, perfectly complements the heritage architecture of the universi