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Shackerley brings BrickClad® ‘Saxony’ brick facade range to Salford

Shackerley’s BrickClad® mechanically fixed brick cladding system has been installed at Regent Plaza, a showpiece residential development in Salford comprising 525 apartments across five blocks.

Shackerley’s BrickClad® brick facade nears completion at MOLO Hotel

The brick facade of a 130-room hotel in Liverpool is nearing completion, following installation of Shackerley’s BrickClad® mechanically fixed brick cladding system by Task Contract Services.

Shackerley makes the Facade Awards shortlist

The Royal Warwick Square residential project for which Shackerley provided our SureClad® natural stone facade system has been shortlisted in this year’s Facade Awards.

Sustainable bonded return facade details

Shackerley’s industry-leading reputation as a quality-assured UK facade manufacturer has led to a project involving a wide array of bespoke facade details for a commercial building in Camden.

SureClad® Porcelain facade for bespoke home

Shackerley’s SureClad® porcelain cladding system has been used to create an unusual facade for a contemporary bespoke home in Shrewsbury. The porcelain facade at the private home has been designed to complement and reflect the surrounding landscape of the property, which is on the bank of the river Wye.

About the ISO TS 17870-3 porcelain cladding standard

As technical lead for the new international porcelain cladding standard, ISO TS 17870-3, recently published by BSI, our Founder and Chief Executive, Brian G Newell MBE, explains what it means for porcelain facade specification best practice.

Porcelain facade specified for Blackpool retail project

Shackerley’s SureClad® porcelain facade system has been specified for a distinctive retail development next to one of the UK’s most distinctive landmarks – the Blackpool Tower. The porcelain cladding system is being used for the facade of an extension to Blackpool’s Houndshill Shopping Centre, as the retail destination adds more commercial floorspace to entice shoppers

Shackerley provides granite facade for Birmingham offices

Shackerley has supplied the SureClad® natural stone cladding system for the facade of a prestigious office building in the heart of Birmingham’s commercial centre.

Porcelain facade for Colchester Retail Park

Shackerley has provided a SureClad® porcelain facade system for another retail development, this time providing the porcelain cladding for Stane Retail Park, Tollgate in Colchester.

Seafront hotel features SureClad® porcelain cladding

The SureClad® porcelain cladding system has been specified to provide the facade for a showpiece hotel in the popular Devon seaside resort of Paignton. Re-built on the site of its predecessor, the new Park Hotel is a four-storey, 161-bedroom development. The project is part of a multi-million pound investment into four hotels on the Devon coast.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle visits Shackerley for investment update

Chorley MP and Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, visited Shackerley’s Lancashire HQ this week to learn more about the investment programme we have completed, how we are securing local jobs in Lancashire and what we’re doing to prepare the company for further growth.

Retail Unit highlights porcelain facade versatility

An LED lighting installation within the facade of a retail unit in Teeside has highlighted the design flexibility of Shackerley’s SureClad® porcelain facade system. The lighting has been used to emphasise the texture, panel layout and contrasting colourways of the porcelain facade, demonstrating what can be achieved with the use of SureClad® porcelain cladding for commercial buildings.

SureClad® porcelain and natural granite for hotel facade

Shackerley has provided both SureClad® porcelain cladding and the SureClad® natural granite facade system for a prestigious boutique hotel in Islington.

Porcelain Facade for Shackerley in Dublin

Shackerley has provided the company’s patented SureClad® porcelain facade system for a second warehousing unit at Aerodrome Park; Dublin’s sought after sustainable warehouse and office development.

Shackerley Ceramic Facade for Prestige Offices

Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic porcelain facade system has been specified for a prestigious office building at Airview Park; a strategically important commercial development adjacent to Newcastle international airport.

12,500 m2 Natural Limestone Facade - London

Shackerley’s SureClad® natural stone facade system has been installed at Royal Warwick Square; a development of luxury apartments in the heart the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Shackerley’s facade expertise helps deliver Dublin office

Shackerley’s facade manufacturing expertise has helped to deliver the exceptional interior finish for 20 Kildare Street in Dublin, the commercial office development that won Fit Out Project of the Year for new build offices.

Shackerley project recognised by the Facade Awards 2022

One of Shackerley’s projects – the Allam Diabetes Centre in Hull – has achieved a Highly Commended Certification in this year’s Facade Awards; the prestigious awards programme operated by RCI magazine.

Granite cladding for unitized facade in Dublin

Shackerley’s SureClad® natural stone facade system has been installed as part of a unitised modular building envelope solution at One Le Pole Square; a prestigious office development in the heart of Dublin.

Shackerley SureClad® porcelain facade specified for modular project in Leeds

Shackerley SureClad® ceramic granite cladding system has been specified for a 5000m2 student accommodation facade at Carlton Hill in the centre of Leeds. The project builds on an already large portfolio of facade projects for Shackerley in Leeds, which includes a natural stone facade at Vita Student Living and porcelain cladding for the New York Square residential development.

SureClad® ceramic facade delivers style to distribution hub

Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic cladding system has been installed as a feature to the facade of a new 150,000 sq ft distribution hub for one of the world’s leading online retailers at Glasgow Business Park in Baillieston.

SureClad® Engineered Stone Facade gains buy-in from retail development

Shackerley’s SureClad® engineered stone cladding system has been used to deliver the facade for a £9.3m retail development in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, as part of a town centre regeneration programme.

Ceramic facade and limestone cladding for prestigious office building

Shackerley’s SureClad® cladding systems have been installed as both an exterior facade and an interior cladding solution at a prestigious office development in Glasgow

Porcelain Facade - Leeds Bus Station

Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic facade system has been installed at Leeds Bus Station. The lightweight cladding system was specified to provide an attractive ceramic rainscreen for the gable ends of the bus station building, as part of the £3.6m refurbishment.

Porcelain Facade - Cheetham Hill

The Shackerley SureClad® ceramic cladding system has been installed as part of a £2.6m retail park refurbishment in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester.

BrickClad® is top class for modular school brick facade

BrickClad®, the mechanically fixed brick cladding from Shackerley, has been specified by one of the UK’s leading modular construction companies to create a brick facade for a new school in Norfolk.

Shackerley ceramic facade brings NYC to Leeds

Shackerley’s SureClad® porcelain cladding system has been installed at the SOYO, New York Square project; bringing a ceramic facade to an £81m luxury residential development in the centre of Leeds.

SureClad® Ceramic Granite Graces 3 Glasgow apartment blocks

The Shackerley SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding system has been installed to create a stunning facade with a natural stone aesthetic at the Prestigious G3 Square residential development in Glasgow.

SureClad® Natural Stone Facade Reflects Museum Past & Future

Shackerley’s SureClad® Natural Stone cladding system has been used to create the facade for the £13m National Heritage Lottery Fund financed extension to Manchester Museum.

SureClad® Engineered Stone Checks in for 4* Hotel Facade

Shackerley’s SureClad® Engineered Stone cladding system has been used to create the facade for a stylish and quirky hotel within a conservation area in the heart of Manchester.

Shackerley’s SureClad® Modular Solution at Gresham St Paul’s

Shackerley’s SureClad® Engineered Stone ventilated cladding system has been used as a modular facade solution for a rooftop extension at prestige office development, Gresham St Paul’s, in central London.

Shackerley secures BrickClad® BBA Certificate

Shackerley has secured a BBA Agrément Certificate for the BrickClad® mechanically fixed brick cladding system.

Four SureClad® colourways create BTR Facade in Manchester

Shackerley’s SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding system has been installed to create a striking facade with four different colourways at an award-winning build-to-rent (BTR) development in Manchester.

Shackerley SureClad® Ceramic Facade

Shackerley has provided the SureClad® Ceramic Granite facade system for the prestigious £5.5 million Spitfire Gallery at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, delivering a facade that frames the iconic Spitfire aircraft as visitors approach the new two-storey extension.

A2-s1,d0 engineered stone facade system

Shackerley’s SureClad® Engineered Stone cladding system has been used to create the facade at Stratford Mill; a luxury build to rent (BTR) development for Anthology in East London.

SureClad® Ceramic Granite chosen for FujiFilm HQ

Shackerley’s SureClad® Ceramic Granite has been used as the facade system to give FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ new premises in Billingham, County Durham the ‘wow factor’.

SureClad® Natural Stone at VITA Student

Shackerley has provided the SureClad® Natural Stone facade system for a Vita Student development in the heart of Leeds.

SureClad® Porcelain Facade installed at Allam Diabetes Centre

Shackerley’s SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding system has been used for the facade at The Allam Diabetes Centre at Hull Royal Infirmary, building on the track record of Shackerley’s SureClad cladding systems in the healthcare sector.

SureClad® Ceramic Facade for Liverpool BTR Project

Shackerley’s SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding system has been installed at The Copper House, creating a striking ceramic granite facade for the £100 million build to rent (BTR) development.

Shackerley Chief Exec and Cladding Expert Awarded MBE

Brian G Newell, Shackerley's chief executive and founder has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list, recognising his services to the ceramics industry.

SureClad® Granite Facade Complements Art Deco Design at Charleston House

Shackerley's SureClad® Ceramic Granite facade system has been installed to complement an original Art Deco faience facade as part of Inland Homes' redevelopment of the historic, Grade II listed Randalls department store in Uxbridge.

Shackerley's SureClad® Facade System Combines Heritage and Innovation at SWIoT

Shackerley's SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding system has been installed at the South West Institute of Technology (SWIoT), one of just 12 Institutes of Technology (IoTs) to be established in the UK to help develop the STEM skills that businesses need to grow.

Shackerley Wins TTA Award for One Vesta Street

Shackerley has once again achieved award success after scooping the ‵Best Commercial project (over 250m2)′ accolade in The Tile Association (TTA) Awards.

Shackerley Makes the Facade Awards Shortlist

We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the Facade Awards 2021 for the use of the Shackerley SureClad® Ceramic Granite system at One Vesta Street, a stylish residential development in the trendy New Islington area of Manchester.

Shackerley returns as a TTA Gold sponsor for 2021

We are proud to be supporting The Tile Association (TTA) once again this year as the Gold Sponsor of the TTA Awards 2021.

Shackerley Launches First A1 Non-combustible Rated Anti-Fragmentation Cladding Mesh

Shackerley, has become the first cladding supplier in the UK to develop an anti-fragmentation meshing process that has been certified as Class A1 to BS EN 13501-1 for fire safety.

SureClad® Facade System for Local Market Walk Project

Shackerley is to custom-manufacture 1322m2 of SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding for the £13 million extension of Market Walk in Chorley, just a stone’s throw from our Lancashire manufacturing facility

Shackerley stand at Zak World of Facades UK, Manchester, May 2019

Some of our team of regional Architectural Consultants hosted the Shackerley stand at the Zak World of Facades International Conference, United Kingdom - one of the 21 Zak global events this year

Shackerley announces launch of SureClad® Terracotta with full CWCT certification

Shackerley has expanded its ventilated facade range, with the addition of new double-skin SureClad® Terracotta - initially available at special introductory rates

SureClad® facades take shape at The Christie’s Proton Beam Unit

Cladding installation work using Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated facade system has started on site at the £100 million Proton Beam Therapy Unit at The Christie, the largest single site cancer centre in Europe. The project is currently being built by Interserve Construction, part of Interserve Plc, the international support services and construction group.

Shackerley provides feature entrance for Loughborough STEMLab

Shackerley has helped to create a dramatic feature entrance for the next generation of scientists at Loughborough University’s new £17 million STEMLab project.

Shackerley provides lightweight SureClad® Solution for Edinburgh Uni scheme

Shackerley’s SureClad® engineered stone ventilated facade system has been used to refurbish the building envelope of The University of Edinburgh’s Appleton Tower.

The Gateway to striking design in Lincoln

Stem Architects have used almost 2600m2 of Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated cladding to great effect at The Gateway, an innovative £28 million student accommodation development in Lincoln.

Prestige facade solution for new Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated facade system is being installed at the £329 million Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The new hospital, a centrepiece of the proposed Liverpool BioCampus, will be the largest in England to accommodate in-patients entirely in single en-suite bedrooms when it opens to patients in 2018.

SureClad® Style is here to stay at Stansted

The use of Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated cladding system at the £27 million Hampton by Hilton at London Stansted Airport makes a stylish design statement at the new 357 room hotel.

Shackerley is Number One for Central Square Development

Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated facade system has been used to create visual impact and contrast at Rightacre’s showpiece Cardiff office building, One Central Square.

Shackerley’s SureClad® checks in to Darlington hotel and leisure scheme

A £30 million Feethams leisure scheme in Darlington has been completed using 2,100m2 of SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated facade from Shackerley.

Ceramic granite tackles water ingress in Temple Row refurb

A serviced offices building in the heart of Birmingham’s Colmore business district has been transformed thanks to the installation of 800m2 of Shackerley’s SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated cladding system.

Shackerley cladding is right on track at Newbury Racecourse

Shackerley has supplied over 3000m² of white SureClad® ceramic granite cladding for three luxurious apartment complexes at one of the UK's premier racecourses.

Architects deliver 'civic qualities' with Shackerley's ceramic granite cladding

Shackerley has supplied over 900m² of SureClad® ceramic granite ventilated facade cladding in different styles for Consett Academy and Consett Leisure Centre, adding premium quality external finishes for both parts of this £44 million regeneration project in the North East which aims to inspire the local community into active living and learning.

Shackerley's engineered stone facades shape up beautifully at Kew Bridge West

Shackerley has demonstrated the extraordinary design potential and versatility of its SureClad® ventilated cladding offer by supplying an innovative engineered stone facade system for a challenging installation at Kew Bridge West, an exclusive development of 336 luxury apartments in North London.

Shackerley clads award winning development scheme in Kingston

Shackerley's SureClad® ceramic granite cladding system has enhanced the appearance of a visionary development scheme comprising two very different award winning buildings on the banks of the River Thames in Kingston.

BSI honours Brian Newall of Shackerley with 'International Standards Maker' Award

Brian G Newell, the founder and chairman of Shackerley Holdings Group Limited, the UK's market leading manufacturer and prefabricator of ceramic granite ventilated facade systems, has received an unprecedented award from the British Standards Institution (BSI).

Brian Newell flies flag for British manufacturing in Brazil

On 5 March 2015, an eager audience of over 500 architects and other construction professionals attended a 40-minute seminar on ceramic granite ventilated facade systems presented by Brian Newell, founder and head of Shackerley.

Shackerley and BENCHMARK join forces for Avon and Somerset Police

The developments were delivered by Blue Light Partnership as part of an £80 million PFI project to provide attractive, modern and energy efficient accommodation for the police, comprising custody and crime investigation centres, specialist support units and new police stations.

Shackerley secures 'all-encompassing' BBA certification for SureClad®

Shackerley's cladding helps to turn new academy into civic landmark

Shackerley's SureClad® ceramic granite cladding supplied in an unusual eyecatching 'metallised' finish has helped to make North Durham Academy stand out as an impressive new civic landmark in the former colliery town of Stanley.

Mayor of London congratulates Shackerley on the success of SureClad®

Shackerley is accustomed to architects and contractors from London visiting its Chorley HQ and factory, as its SureClad® facade system is specified extensively for new build and refurbishment projects across the capital. Until this week, however, the company had never been honoured with a visit from the Mayor of London!

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