T R Freeman brings £750,000 “beach hut roofs” to major retail development

Cambridge metal roofing and cladding firm T R Freeman is starting a major £750,000 project in Bury St Edmunds.

It is installing over 10,000m2 of zinc roofing at the town’s new retail development, called ‘arc’.

There will be six retail and residential blocks each with a ‘beach hut’ theme of 45 degree roofs.

The project will also have auditorium which also continues the same design approach.

It has been designed by leading London architects ‘Hopkins’, who T R Freeman closely worked with on the Glyndebourne Opera House project back in 1994.

T R Freeman is sub contracting for Taylor Woodrow, which is building the development for Centros Miller and St Edmundsbury borough council.

Gary Webb, managing director of T R Freeman, said: “We have just completed the roof of the John Lewis in the Grand Arcade shopping centre in Cambridge, and are delighted to be involved in another major retail scheme close by.

“This is an exciting project and we’re delighted to be right at the centre of it.”

The site’s history as a trading area stretches back 1,000 years, and arc will effectively extend the existing town centre.

The development is due to open in spring next year.