Slate Roof Restoration & Replacement - Heritage Buildings
Welsh Slate & Sandstone - Christ Church Saint Laurence
This beautiful church with its new Welsh Penrhyn slate roof and sandstone block walls lays quaintly nestled amidst some “tall timber” in Railway Square in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.
This sandstone and slate church was originally designed by Henry Robertson but the building was finished by Edmund Blacket. The foundation stone was laid in 1840 and construction completed in 1845. The original slates lasted nearly 160 years!
The white stains running down the roof under the dormer window may have been prevented by treating the lead flashing with patination oil - an explanation of which appears in the Roofing Slate Users Guide.
