A range of cast stone dressings from UKCSA member Bradstone have been used to enhance the elevations of two large-scale developments by Bovis Homes in Swindon. The detailing was also chosen to complement the local style of architecture.
Cast stone ashlar masonry and architectural dressings from UKCSA member Bradstone have been used to create two large extensions at the South Lodge Hotel near Horsham, Sussex.
Pennine Stone (part of UKCSA Member the Haddonstone Group) supplied the cast stone to this prestige development by Charles Church South East Ltd (part of the Persimmon Group), consisting of 65 flats, 5 town houses and a community business centre. Pennine Stone’s standard strings, window heads and cills were used alongside a number of bespoke designs.
This contemporary Morton Palms office development in Darlington was designed by architects Red Box Design and completed in 2006. The striking, terracotta-coloured ashlar cast stone masonry was supplied by UKCSA member Forticrete after rainscreen cladding was ruled out on budget.
UKCSA member Haddonstone supplied an intricately detailed cast stone parapet to replace damaged stonework around the ballroom of this Victorian building.
Two new homes in the historic city of Bath have been constructed in the local classical style using cast stone. The material has been a familiar and much used alternative to expensive natural stone since Georgian times. It’s regularly used in sensitive conservation zones, including areas where planners normally insist on natural stone.
Handcrafted cast stone is a key feature of Burton College's new engineering faculty building. Over 2000 individually designed pieces of cast stone have been used to enhance the performance and appearance of the building.
Cast stone dressings for Westminster hospital conversion
UKCSA member Forticrete was called in to supply over 600 cast stone window surrounds, band courses, copings and ashlar for the conversion of a former hospital on Horseferry Road, Westminster, into apartments.
Outstanding development complements Georgian conservation zone
This elegant courtyard development of neo-classical properties by Prowting Homes perfectly complements the surrounding Georgian conservation zone in the historic Lincolnshire market town of Stamford.
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