Sarah Townsend
Greenough & Sons Roofing Contractors has scooped up a £1.5m contract to upgrade roof slate and timbers at the town hall undergoing a £330m refurbishment.
The contract for the first phase of roofing work is to include removing and replacing 30,000 sq ft of Cumbrian roof slate, update roof timbers, replace 65 tonnes of leadwork and refurbish glazed skylights at the grade one-listed Manchester Town Hall.
The fresh slate will be sourced from the same Burlington slate quarry that was used in the structure’s original build 150 years ago, while the old lead work will be melted down and reincorporated into the building’s ongoing restoration, according to Greenough, a specialist roofing and restoration business based in Anglesey.