New entrance building and souvenir shop for Folly Farm

 

Client:
GD Harries and Sons Ltd

Project:
Folly Farm entrance and shop

Reference:
E11766

Folly Farm, Pembrokeshire, is an award-winning visitor attraction, increasingly popular for its wild and domestic animals and commitment to conservation. Shufflebottom worked with local business, GD Harries, on a new entrance building and souvenir shop to cater for increasing visitor numbers. We manufactured steelwork for the inner strength and for durability as well as aesthetics of the new build.

Building specification

  • 33 tonnes of hot-rolled steel

  • 4 tonnes of cold-rolled steel

  • Souvenir shop – 36m long x 23.6m wide x 3.5m to eaves

  • Entrance area – 12m long x 22.4m wide x 2.7m to eaves

Building options

  • Steel-work shot-blast to B.S. SA. 2.5

  • Painted in 75 microns Zinc Phosphate High-Build Primer – Colour 18-E-53 (Blue)

  • Roof clad in 0.5mm Kingspan KS1000RW XL Forte Leather-grain Plastic coated Box Profile LPC Approved 120mm Composite panels

  • 10% of roof fitted with Kingspan roof-lights 

Photography of Folly Farm – exterior of entrance
Photography of Folly Farm – Shufflebottom worked with local business, GD Harries, on a new entrance building and souvenir shop for Folly Farm. We manufactured steelwork for the inner strength and for durability as well as aesthetics of the new build.
Photography of Folly Farm – interior of shop
Photography of Folly Farm – steel-framed roof detail
Photography of Folly Farm – exterior of steel-framed entrance