• Burlington natural slate roofing stand as the Rolls Royce of roofing materials. For those who won’t compromise and who want to have the best roof in terms of performance and look, it stands as the only true roofing material.

• It can also be supplied and laid using many different sizes and patterns to create striking roofscapes of distinction - enhanced by clean, incisive lines and details - that last the test of time. It is possible, for example, to choose from purely random material for a unique natural look. For those wanting to create a more uniformed appearance, then fixed length and width, or patterned slates, are probably the answer. Or for roofs that are lower in pitch, especially those with hips and valleys, then sized slates often remain the preferred choice.

• Whatever type or size of natural slate is ultimately specified, there remains no other material to match the reality of slate’s permanence. What’s more, natural slate is a material that lends itself to both new and refurbished buildings of all types, sizes and designs.

• Burlington natural slate roofing exhibits excellent technical properties being maintenance free, resistant to chemicals, pollutants and the natural elements. It is also colourfast, hard dense, non-combustible and compatible with many other building materials.

• Burlington’s natural slate roofing has recently features on the Grade II* listed Holme Eden Hall - a rare example of an horologically themed ‘Calendar’ house and one of only two remaining in the UK.

• As part of the restoration process of the magnificent sandstone ‘Calendar’ house – complete with its 365 windows, 52 chimneys, 12 corridors and seven entrances – it has been completely re-roofed in Burlington Blue/Grey random natural slate.

• Supplied as strongs to add greater shadowing and definition to the hall’s often intricate and turreted roofscape, installation has been carried out by Roofing Services (NW) Limited of Maryport. And Managing Director, Tony Stasiuk commented: “As far as I’m concerned, Burlington slate is the best that money can buy and the finished appearance of the roofs across the whole development make this clear for all to see.”

• The same Burlington material supplied as patterned slates also features on 16 new properties that make up the development’s Walled Garden, and which are set within the grounds of Holme Eden Hall.