Copper

Canterbury Westgate copper roofing

Near completion of heritage project at Canterbury city walls…

Curved barrel-vaulted copper roofs for barn

Near Swansea, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons, this job was a barn conversion for holiday accommodation. The building had three barrel-vaulted roofs which were separated by flat valleys. We asked the carpenter to build the slight curve between the internal gutters in order to give the pitch necessary for a standing seam roof....

Copper clad rooftop cube for beach house at Winchelsea, Sussex

On this Sussex beach house the rooftop cube gives access to a roof terrace and its fantastic views. Installed in its bright form the copper is now a rich dark brown. The colour matches the dark slate cladding on the wall below (though the owners will be able to observe the slow change over the years to vivid copper green). As requested, we cut and installed the...

Copper work on Oxford pool house

Metal Roof Ltd are glad to have had the opportunity to work on this swimming pool house, built as an extension on a house in Oxford. The owners will enjoy the transformation of the roof over the years from copper-brown to...

Bronze finish copper cladding to Sussex House

This project is a large modern home, newly built in the Sussex countryside. The job uses bronze finish copper which is designed to be less prone to the usual green weathering of copper – it retains more of its original colour. The third picture was taken a year later than the first two.  ...

Copper cladding to Bexhill, Sussex, park cafeteria

This cafe is a very striking feature in the Bexhill, East Sussex park with its copper, sloping, circular roof. The design required some careful cutting and fitting in order to get a neat curved edge. Note that the short edge panels must be tapered to get round the curve....