BURLINGTON'S SLATE JOINS TREASURES ON VIEW AT THE BOWES MUSEUM

The expansive and intricate roofscape of The Bowes Museum - one of the North of England’s most stunning buildings and home to some of the best European fine and decorative art in the UK - has been meticulously re-roofed in traditional Westmorland Green natural slate at a project cost of £2million. Supplied by the UK’s leading natural roofing slate producer, Burlington - situated in the Museum’s neighbouring county of Cumbria - work on the roof restoration project has recently been completed. Coordinated by Peter Gaze Pace Architects of York, and with grant funding provided by English