Products used: Hardrow Slates
Project location: Merseyside
Contractor: Fulwood Roofing Services (Northern) Ltd.
Architects: AEW Architects

Renovation work on a grade II listed church building in Merseyside - designed by the renowned Liverpool architect Francis Xavier Velarde - included new roofing utilising concrete roof tiles from Ibstock, with the work undertaken by Fulwood Roofing Services (Northern) Ltd.

The Holy Apostles and Martyr’s Parish Church in Wallasey received a grant of £504,000 from the National Lottery Fund towards the restoration and repair of the church. The first phase included re-roofing the church’s pitched and flat roofs, the building of additional toilet facilities and an upgrading of the heating system. The second phase included the replacement of windows, repairs to brickwork, redecoration and other minor works.

The scheme was designed by AEW Architects.

The roofing was around 70 years-old and coming to the end of its lifespan and the old tiles needed to be stripped off and replaced, whilst at the same time renewing the copper linings.

To match the original tiles, it was a case of taking one off the roof and turning it around to see a good representation of the colour and how they first looked. Replicating stone slates is very expensive and a more cost-effective alternative is to use concrete slates that maintain the aesthetics of a natural stone product.

Ibstock’s Hardrow products were viewed as a very good match and more than 4,000 Yellow Hardrow Slates were used on the refurbishment supplied by Ibstock account customer North West Roofing Supplies.