UK Green Roof Audit by County
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COUNTY
|
PROJECT
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DESIGNER
/ BUILDER
|
GREEN ROOF
TYPE
|
REMARKS
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AVON
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Crowe Hall, Bath
|
Hadfield Associates / Erisco Bauder
|
Extensive |
Sedum
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National Federation of City Farms, Bristol
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Architype
|
Extensive |
Turf
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BERKSHIRE
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British Gas Building, Reading
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Foster / Erisco Bauder
|
Intensive |
Lawn
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RMC HQ, Runnymede
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Cullinan / Lovejoy
|
Intensive |
1990. 4500m2 simple intensive roof garden
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
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Garden Retreat, Cadmore End
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Neil May / Simmonds Mill
|
Extensive |
1995. Turf stabilised by split chestnut and rope ‘ladders’ laid over chalk rubble
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Skirmet Shed
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Simmonds Mill
|
Extensive |
1994. 25m2 100mm thick turf roof
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE
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Cambridge University Sports Centre, Cambridge
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Arup
|
Extensive |
10,000m2 of earthsheltering
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CORNWALL
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Environment Agency Offices, Bodmin
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Form Design Group / Erisco-Bauder
|
Extensive |
Sedum
|
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CUMBRIA
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Cumbria Visitor Centre, Penrith
|
Quarmby
|
Extensive |
1990
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DEVON
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Ilfracombe Pavilion, Ilfracombe
|
Ronalds / Erisco Bauder
|
Extensive |
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Paignton Zoo, Paignton
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Elliot
|
Extensive |
Sedum
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DORSET
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Hooke Park
|
Simmonds Gough Mills
|
Extensive |
Turf on bark mulch on butyl membrane, student project (now demolished)
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EAST SUSSEX
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De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
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Chermayeff / Mendlessohn
|
Intensive |
1935. Simple intensive (lawn) on art deco pavilion
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Chisholm House, Ditchling
|
Jon Broome
|
Extensive |
Turf
|
|
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Diggers, Brighton
|
Architype / EcoSchemes
|
Extensive |
1994. 10 houses, self-build scheme. Turf roofs. DOE / RIBA / NHBC Housing Design Award for 1997
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Hedgehog, Brighton
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Architype / EcoSchemes
|
Extensive |
10 houses, self build scheme, turf
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ESSEX
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Longmans, Harlow
|
C D Partnership
|
Intensive |
Roof garden with low shrubs
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Great Notley Primary School
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AHMM / Erisco Bauder
|
Extensive |
Sedum
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Little House, Laindon
|
Jon Broome
|
Extensive |
Turf
|
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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Ebley Mill, Stroud
|
Niall Phillips / Erisco Bauder
|
Intensive |
Lawn
|
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Westonbirt Arboretum
|
Simmonds Mills
|
Extensive |
1994. Turf on 80m2 roof of shelter
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GREATER MANCHESTER
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Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
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|
Intensive |
1974. 2nd floor courtyard roof garden, irrigated
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Dobbcross, Saddleworth Moor
|
Corus
|
Extensive |
2000. Kalzip Nature Roof (Sedum). Trial site on stable block
|
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HAMPSHIRE
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Gateway House, Basingstoke
|
Arup
|
Intensive |
1978-1982. 2nd to 6th floor. Topsoil 225-900mm. Heavy planting. Irrigated. Pools. Nesting birds
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Canoe Lake Toilets, Portsmouth
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Erisco Bauder
|
Extensive |
Sedum
|
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HERTFORDSHIRE
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Integer House, BRE, Watford
|
Cole Thompson / Erisco Bauder
|
Extensive |
35 Degrees pre-cultivated 'Xeroflor' XF300 vegetation blanket with a hydroscopic mineral wool mat rootzone
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JERSEY
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Pizza Restaurant
|
Riva / MEPK / Corus
|
Extensive |
2000. Kalzip Nature Roof (Sedum)
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KENT
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Langdon Cliffs, Dover
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Van Heningen & Hayward / Niall Phillips / Erisco Bauder
|
Intensive |
Lawn
|
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MERSEYSIDE
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National Wildflower Centre, Court Hey Park, Liverpool
|
Hodder
|
Extensive |
Seeds sown into recycled textile matting under gravel
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MIDDLESEX
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Bloomingdales Garden Centre, Laleham-on-Thames
|
Cole Thompson / Erisco Bauder
|
Intensive |
Lawn
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MIDLOTHIAN
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Scottish Widows, Edinburgh |
Sylvia Crowe |
Extensive |
1976. Roof of multi-storey car park 100-500mm of silt loam with peat planted with low shrubs / heather |
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MORAY
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Findhorn Village |
Talbott |
Extensive |
1991. Turf on second round of eco-homes and youth centre |
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NORFOLK
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Castle Mall, Norwich |
|
Intensive |
Park on roof of car park |
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Sainsbury Centre, Phase 2, UEA, Norwich |
Foster Associates |
Intensive |
Lawn |
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EcoTech Building, Swaffham |
Alumasc |
Extensive |
Sedum |
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
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Nottingham University Campus, Nottingham |
Hopkins / Erisco Bauder |
Extensive |
Sedum |
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OXFORDSHIRE
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Bix Barn, near Henley |
Simmonds Mills |
Extensive |
1993. Chalk turf on barn at BBOWT Warburg Nature Reserve |
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Bix Hide, near Henley |
Simmonds Mills |
Extensive |
1992. Turf on bird watching hide at BBOWT Warburg Nature Reserve |
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Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre, Didcot |
Simmonds Mills |
Extensive |
2002. Plants from site planted into nutrient poor soil over geotextiles |
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PEMBROKESHIRE
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Castell Henleys Iron Age Centre |
Niall Phillips |
Extensive |
Turf |
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St David's Information Centre |
Smith Robert / Erisco Bauder |
Extensive |
Extensive grass |
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POWYS
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Centre for Alternative Technology [CAT] |
Various |
Extensive |
Turf roofs on several exhibition buildings |
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SOMERSET
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Interpretation Centre, Wessex Water, Weston-Super-Mare |
Erisco Bauder |
Extensive |
Large Sedum roof |
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SOUTH GLAMORGAN
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House for the Future, Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff |
Jestico & Whiles / Corus |
Extensive |
2000. Kalzip Nature Roof (Sedum) |
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SOUTH YORKSHIRE
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Earth Centre, Doncaster |
Niall Phillips / Erisco Bauder |
Intensive |
1999. Lawn |
|
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Earth Centre Doncaster, Conference and Arrivals Centre |
Dunster / Erisco Bauder |
Extensive |
Sedum |
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SUFFOLK
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West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmonds |
|
Intensive |
1978. 100mm compost on sloping 1st floor roof secured by netion. Irrigated |
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Willis, Faber & Dumas, Ipswich |
Foster |
Intensive |
1971. Irrigated lawn on 225mm of loam |
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SURREY
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|
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Harvey's Store, Guildford |
|
Intensive |
1957. 6th floor. Roof garden with soil 75-100mm deep with 450mm deep planters for trees. Includes pools 100-300mm deep |
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WARWICKSHIRE
|
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Birmingham Children's Hospital |
Lever / Erisco Bauder |
Intensive |
Lawn |
|
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Wesleyan Assurance, Birmingham |
Hing and Jones / Erisco Bauder |
Intensive |
Low flowering shrubs in roof garden |
|
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St Paul's Bus Station, Walsall |
Allford, Hall, Monaghan, Morris |
Extensive |
Turf on concrete shell |
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WEST SUSSEX
|
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Millenium Seed Bank, Wakehurst (RGB Kew) |
Alumasc |
Extensive |
Sedum |
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WILTSHIRE
|
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Pizza Hut / Asda, Swindon |
Corus |
Extensive |
2002. 485m2 Sedum species in Kalzip Nature Roof |
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UNKNOWN ( South, West or North Yorkshire?)
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Underhill, Yorkshire |
Quarmby |
? |
Part lawn, part extensive grass, part shrubs and heathers |
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