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4.4 Materials
The walls will be made of brick, using a soft red brick,
matched to the texture and colour of the church
brickwork. Mortar will be lime-based mortar, colour
matched to the church pointing.
Paving around the building will generally be york stone
to match the surrounding street paving, with the
threshold marked in clay quarry paving, making a
connection to inside.
Brick course detailing will pick up string courses and
plinths in the stonework of the brick church, and varied
brick coursing will add interest to the facade and bring
an intrinsic material quality. Bricks from the existing
building will be re-used where possible.
Within the building, we will use a palette of warm and
colourful natural materials to create inviting and high
quality spaces. On the ground floor, the use of
terracotta coloured clay tiles will create a material link
with the quarry tiles within the nave of the church.
Large windows will provide generous light into the
spaces as well as views in and out, giving animation
and a sense of life. Windows and doors will have
high-quality metal frames.
The pitched roof of the new extension will be in
high-quality pigmented metal / copper sheet, in
reference to the copper roofing of the south aisle and
tower turret and to the rainwater goods on the church.
Metal rainwater goods will match the roofing. The
same pigmented metal will form reveals around the
entrance door and main activity room window, also
providing some solar shading.
Material palette: external
Material palette: internal
Soft red brick on the existing church
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