Westmorland Slate Roof Tiles

The width never being less than half the length.

Westmorland slate roof tiles.

Beautiful westmorland green slate from all slates uk limited. It is a thick textured beautiful green slate which covers many of the uk s and ireland s most prestigious and landmark buildings. Further extensive expansion took place during the later part of 19th century and by 1891 3000 tonnes per year were being extracted. Patterns are cut to fixed dimensions of length and width.

Where the roof already exists reclaimed slate offers the property owner the opportunity to find a good match to their current roof covering yet at a fraction of the cost of new. Yorkshire grey slates. Balmoral grey slate. The history westmorland slates.

Interestingly westmorland slates have been quarried opencast since the late 17th century they are a superb roofing material. It is an extremely popular slate across cumbria and is an ideal roofing material for traditional buildings. Where a roof has a shallower pitch larger sizes of pattered slates can be used. Employment at the mine was in excess of 100 men.

The burlington westmorland green is quite possibly the most famous and best quality green slate found anywhere in the world. Burlington grey slate and westmorland green slate.