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Collingwood blend

Dreadnought Collingwood blend Sandfaced clay roof tiles

Rustic shades of brown

The Collingwood blend of plain clay roof tiles creates a rustic and elegant looking roof of enduring quality. 

It can be supplied on pallets in a predetermined mix with the right proportions of quantities and colours, in machinemade smooth or sandfaced, or in rustic or handmade. When the tiles are pre-mixed, valuable time is saved on site and additional savings are made as waste is reduced when laying.  Also available unmixed.

Available in machinemade smooth/sandfaced/rustic/handmade/mixed/unmixed

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Case Studies

Oak framed house in Shropshire

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Choosing the right building materials for the external envelope was really important to the Lawsons who looked at a number of Dreadnought reference sites before choosing the Collingwood blend for their Welsh Oak frame home.  Full details

Private house, Hampshire

Collingwood blend on a private house in HampshireA Collingwood blend roof on a private house in Hampshire

This newbuild project involved two oak framed properties, a larger farmhouse and a three bed cottage.  The client wanted a traditional and established look and was keen that the ridges and valley tiles would seamlessly match the rest of the roof.  This would have been difficult to achieve with reclaimed tiles. Full Details

New Audley Inglewood Luxury Retirement village

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Set in countryside once owned by William the Conqueror, this new Audley luxury retirement village uses collingwood blend on the roofs of the cottages to blend in with their beautiful rural surroundings and complement the elegant central Manor house.  Audley have won a number of conservation awards for their buildings and are renowned for their high quality developments. Audley Inglewood won a Gold in the "What House?" Awards for Best Retirement Village. Full details

Re-roof of Victorian house, Worcs

with Ornamental Club Tiles and Handed Club Gables, and Bespoke Ornamental Ridge and  Bespoke Finials

Collingwood blend tiles reroof a Victorian house in Bromsgrove    Dreadnought's Collingwood blend roof tiles

Several different combinations of colours were tried in panels before achieving perfection with the Collingwood Blend Because they are natural burnt clay colours they blend perfectly without appearing contrived or artificial.  Just how successful the restoration has been in reproducing the colours and pattern of the original roof can be seen by comparing the new main roof with the original low level bay roofs where restoration will form part of a future phase.  Full Details

Private house, Nr Ringwood

Winner of the CRTC 2008 "Best Self Build" Clay Roof

an award winning Dreadnought Collingwood Blend roof near Ringwood    Dreadnought Collingwood blend roof tiles

This most unusual roofscape design allowed most of the rooms for this contemporary newbuild to centre themselves on the dramatic views without needing the plot space of a linear design.  There are many different facets to the roof which cut in at different angles and there are also an unusual number of verges and abutments . Only plain clay tiles could have achieved the elegant sleek lines of the roof, or could have coped with the small triangular roof areas, which are central to the modern design of this property.  Full Details

Technical Info

Dreadnought Tiles conform to BS EN 1304:2013 and should be fixed in accordance with BS 5534 "Slating and Tiling" part 1 & 2 and BS 8000 Part 6.
Frozen-Icon2 webFreeze Thaw Standards require plain clay tiles for use in the U.K. to withstand at least 150 freeze / thaw cycles under method E of European Standard EN 539-2:2013.   At Dreadnought Tiles we regard this as too low for our climate and we therefore test our tiles to withstand in excess of 400 cycles. 

Download Freeze Thaw Testing Report 

Download this info as a pdf 

Download Specification sheet as a word doc 

  Tiles Eaves Gable
Size 265x 165 mm 215x 165 mm 265 x 248 mm
Weight 1.19 kg 0.95 kg 1.8 kg
Pattern Traditional Single Camber    
Material Etruria Marl Etruria Marl Etruria Marl

 

  Pitched Roofs Vertical
Minimum Lap 65 mm 32 mm
Maximum Gauge 100 mm 115 mm
Minimum Gauge 88mm 88mm
Approx Weight at
Maximum Gauge
71 kg/m2 63 kg/m2
Nails 38 x 2.65 mm alloy 38 x 2.65 mm alloy
Battens 38 x 25 mm 38 x 25 mm
Minimum Pitch 35 degree  

Quantity Guide

Tiles @ 100mm Gauge 60m2
115mm Gauge 53m2
Eaves/Tops 6/lineal metre
Gable (Tile and Half) 5/lineal metre of verge
Hips and Valleys 10/lineal metre of main rafter
Ridges Supplied in 300 mm and 450 mm lengths

Relevant Fixing Standards

BS 5534 2014 Code of Practice for Slating and Tiling
BS 8000-6.2013 Workmanship on Building Sites
BS EN 1991-1-4:2005+A1:2010 UK National Annex to Eurocode 1 -Actions on Structures - Part 1-4: General actions - wind actions

Environmental Info

Place of Manufacture: Brierley Hill, UK
Environmental Management:       ISO 14001        Download Certificate 
Quality Management:                    ISO   9001       Download Certificate  
Life Cycle: BRE 'A+' rating
Freeze Thaw Testing to in excess of 400 cycles  Download Freeze Thaw Test Certificate >>
Energy: Fired in gas kilns to 1130 degrees
Raw materials: Etruria Marl Clay from our local quarry in Brierley Hill, sand
Lifespan: > 60 years. Second hand tiles that have been on roofs in excess of 100 years often sell for more than new tiles on the 2nd hand market
Recyclability: Can be crushed and used as aggregate and/or as an inert bulk fill
Packaging: We keep packaging to a minimum using wooden pallets. We do not shrink wrap or use plastic straps.

Find out more about Dreadnought Tiles approach to sustainability

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Roof Components

BIM

Dreadnought BIM Objects

We have one Revit model file (.rvt) that contains all the available Dreadnought Roof Tile Revit Family types in Revit 2016 format.  

Please complete the following details to access the Dreadnought Tile Revit File.

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Tile Blends Sample Request Form

Please complete this form to let us know which samples you would like.  Due to the high courier cost in sending them out, we cannot supply them free of charge in all cases.

Important: The natural colour of our clay tiles means that no 2 tiles are exactly the same and this is what gives a Dreadnought roof its beauty and character.  Within a single Dreadnought colour, there can be a number of different tones and we will  include more than one tile sample to show you the range of tones you can expect. 

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Please complete details of your project in the space below, together with quantities and timescales if possible. We may need to contact you prior to sending samples out to confirm your requirements, so please provide your day time contact details with your sample request. Please also note there is a substantial courier cost to send out samples and we cannot supply samples free of charge in all cases.
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Key Stockists

We work closely with a small number of key stockists.  The following Roofing Merchants stock our Collingwood blend tiles

Buckinghamshire

D J Giles
20-22 Mill Road
Stokenchurch
HP14 3TT

They also stock Red Smooth, Brown Heather, Country Brown Sandfaced and Staffs Blue Smooth,