Located on the coast of North Devon, Woolacombe Bay Holiday Village is a seaside resort that lies at the mouth of a valley in the parish of Mortehoe.
A recent construction project saw £4m redevelopment and extension of the resort’s entertainment complex, including a brand new roof with the Cembrit Alpina slates providing an impressive, stylish roof covering.
The old entertainment complex was a listed, low-rise flat roof brick building constructed in the 1970s. Designed by Peregrine Mears Architects, the project presented an interesting design challenge – how to create a large building that is a suitable extension to a listed building.
In order to break up the mass of the building and at the same time, reflect something of the form of the original structure, a series of pitched roofs was created, with the form being influenced by the beach huts on nearby Woolacombe Beach.
Contractor DJT Roofing specified and installed approximately 35,000 Grey/Green Cembrit Alpina natural slates on the multi-pitched roof.
The company used the hook fixing method to secure the slates and lock them together tightly to achieve a neat finish.
Available in Graphite and Grey/Green, Alpina is a Brazilian natural slate selected from the finest deposits and produced at some of the best facilities in Papagaios, Brazil.
The company says it has virtually no unstable minerals such as pyrites, graphite, carbon and un-oxidised irons and will withstand the most severe weather conditions, unaffected by sunlight, ultraviolet light and even acid rain. Tested to ensure it meets the current national standard BS EN 12326-1:2004, Cembrit says Alpina slates can last the lifetime of a building and are ideal for use on any type of project.
