Building materials manufacturer Aggregate Industries
has successfully supplied walling, roofing, and flooring products to an
exclusive new residential development in Charlbury, Oxfordshire.
The ten luxurious five-bedroom houses at Ditchley Gate
have been built by developer H Willis Ltd. The scheme is located in a thriving
small Cotswold town in the Evenlode Valley.
Each property has been individually designed to meet a
high specification, with homes offering unique views onto the glorious
Oxfordshire countryside.
As Aggregate Industries manufactures a wide range of
building products with a high aesthetic design, its products are ideal for
residential developments in the picturesque Cotswold. The expert team supplied
Bradstone Rough Dressed walling in ‘Southwold’ for the exterior walls.
The unique walling is reminiscent of roughly-dressed
quarried stone and, on this development, a unique design feature included the
use of small jumper blocks as a corner detailing.
For the roofing, Bradstone ‘Cotswold’ tiles were
specified, as they resemble indigenous Cotswold slate. The reconstructed stone
roof tiles provided a viable alternative to natural stone slates, and were laid
to a traditional diminishing course for an authentic visual.
Aggregate Industries also supplied a range of
structural products to the development, including concrete blocks for the
external wall construction. Masterdenz features a 100mm thickness and a
strength of 7.3N, providing a dense, robust, load bearing unit.
For the flooring, on both the ground and first floor
levels, the team provided bespoke Beam and Block flooring system, from Charcon
Construction Solutions, the division of Aggregate Industries which offers
off-site manufactured pre-cast concrete products.
Composed of pre-stressed concrete beams, it is a
practical option for creating hard wearing floors. It also achieves thermal
insulation values when combined with appropriate finishes, as well as being
naturally fire resistant.
Jeremy Lee, Sales Director for Aggregate Industries’
Building Products division, comments: “This job demonstrated our capabilities
perfectly, as we were able to offer a full solution to H Willis Ltd, providing
concrete blocks, walling, flooring and roofing to the development.
"With many of our products manufactured in our
large-scale facility in Ashton Keynes, Swindon, we were able to flexibly
accommodate the delivery schedule, causing minimal disruption to local
residents.
“We’ve worked with H Willis Ltd for a number of years
due to the fact our products provide an authentic, aesthetic appearance that
complements the indigenous Cotswold natural area.”
Henry Willis, Managing Director at H. Willis Ltd,
comments: “The products supplied by Aggregate Industries lent themselves to the
project extremely well.
"The look of the roughly-dressed quarried stone
for the walling was perfectly coupled with the ‘Cotswold’ roofing tiles,
providing a beautiful finish, enhancing the overall development.”
