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WELSH SLATE TOPS AN 18-YEAR CAMPAIGN TO RE-OPEN A LISTED LIDO
Penrhyn Heather Blue roofing slates feature on the lido at Cleveland Pools, a Grade II* listed building that had been on the Buildings at Risk register.

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WELSH SLATE IS A PEERLESS PERFORMER IN A PIONEERING PENINSULAR TOWN
A church in one of the first Conservation Areas in Wales has been given a new lease of life, Welsh Slate’s roofing slates have replaced their 150-year-old predecessors on the grade II listed church

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WELSH SLATE RANKED HIGH IN THE NAMING STAKES
It is some 90 years since the practice of calling different roof slate sizes by the titles of female aristocrats was lost to posterity after many centuries.

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WELSH SLATE HELPS A HISTORIC RAILWAY STATION GET BACK ONLINE
One of the earliest surviving railway stations in the world is enjoying a new lease of life, and TV stardom, thanks in part to Welsh Slate roofing slate

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WELSH SLATES HELP A NATIONAL MUSEUM WITH A NEW TOP HAT
Almost 150 years after work first started on its purpose-built home, the Netherland’s national museum is enjoying a new lease of life with Ffestiniog Blue Grey roofing slate

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FROM FOGS TO FAME, WITH WELSH SLATE
Some 30,000 Ffestiniog Blue Grey slates were used by T&P Lead Roofing for the reroof of the roof of the Central range, while Penrhyn Heather Blue slates were used by Mundy Roofing on the eastern and western ranges.

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WELSH SLATE HELPS HISTORIC COUNTRY MANSION WITH A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Cwt-y-Bugail Dark Blue Grey roofing slates from the leading UK manufacturer have been used over 1,000m2 of roof at Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire, which has been converted into luxury residential accommodation and exhibition spaces.

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WELSH SLATE TOPS ANTRIM ALMSHOUSES
Welsh Slate’s Penrhyn Heather Blue slates feature on the front elevations of 31 almshouses in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland,

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WELSH SLATE TOPS AN ICONIC GATEWAY TO EUROPE
Welsh Slate’s Blue Grey Ffestiniog roofing slates have helped to transform St Pancras International from near demolition to an iconic gateway to Europe.

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WELSH SLATE TOPS A WORLD FIRST . . . AND MORE
The world’s first iron-framed building, the forerunner of the modern skyscraper, will enjoy a new lease of life in the capital of England’s largest inland county, thanks to Historic England and Welsh Slate.

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ST MARTIN’S GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH WELSH SLATE
Welsh Slate has supplied roofing slates from both its Penrhyn and Ffestiniog quarries to provide a like-for-like replacement for an old 19th century roof at London’s famous St Martin-in-the-Fields church complex

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WELSH SLATE TOPS AN HONOURABLE RESTORATION AT LINCOLN'S INN
Penrhyn Heather Blue slates from Welsh Slate feature on Lincoln’s Inn’s Great Hall, one of London’s most unique buildings