Our roof tiles are constructed with local aggregates and coloured during three different stages of production to give the unique cotswold stone appearance.
Stone roof tiles cotswolds.
Our tiles can also be used to blend in with original cotswold stone tiles when for example there may be insufficient to finish a roof.
There are two types of limestone from which the slates are made each type requiring a different method of production.
Unlike the factory tile the stone slate is hand made.
We extract the stone using as many of the time honoured traditional methods as possible.
Due to the quality of our stone.
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Here at winchcombe tile we are a leading replica cotswold roof tiles concrete and stone roof tiles supplier and manufacturer based in gloucestershire.
Marshfield stone tiles are an excellent alternative to real stone tiles and have been used on many homes in and around the cotswolds including new houses and listed buildings.
Archaeologists working on sites that include roman villas have found stone slates which are almost identical to those used today for the roofs of so many cotswold houses.
Fairford roof tiles ltd offer imitation cotswold stone roof tiles to trade and retail our main areas of trade are in gloucestershire wiltshire and oxfordshire but we can arrange delivery nationwide.
Cotswold roofs covered with cotswold stone tiles can last for more than 100 years if the roofer is a skilled craftman.
Whilst trying to maintain the old techniques we do use a few simple modern tools to speed up the process which helps keep production cost down.
How we quarry your stone.
The graduated tiles of the roofs gave morris the same sort of pleasure in their orderly beauty as a fish s scales or a bird s feather william morris on kelmscott manor the cotswolds are renowned for their beautiful stone buildings and the stone roofs complement that beauty with their mellow weathered appearance sizes diminishing towards the ridge and irregular edges.
Dressing cotswold stone roof tiles at goldhill quarry.
A beautiful quality assured roofing material for the 21st century and a fantastic alternative to original cotswold roof tiles.
Manufacture and testing follows the bs en 490 and bs en 491 specifications.
Cotswold roofing specialists at sunnyside tiles we specialise in bringing you the finest range of roofing tiles.
Our portfolio consists of the conservation cotswold 2000 imitation stone slate the sunnyside standard tiles as well as our ridge tiles which compliment our complete collection.