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    Contractor

    RG Spiller

    The Project

    The Donkey Sanctuary was founded over 50 years ago and has become globally renowned for its work; now having over 6,000 donkeys in its care worldwide with 500 housed at this site in Sidmouth. The site has recently seen significant redevelopment, including a new visitor centre, a 200-seat restaurant and a gift shop, all designed to enhance the visitor experience.

    New buildings are bold but also sensitively designed in keeping with this rural setting in the Devon countryside, using predominantly locally sourced traditional materials. Existing pathways have been improved and new ones created, retaining and planter walls constructed, soft landscape beds planted up and new external lighting and seating installed.

    Curved Railroad bench with backrest outside The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth
    Railroad bench with backrest outside The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth

    Project Solution

    Our RailRoad Loop style seating range was chosen for the external seating adjacent to the new visitor centre. Two long seats were supplied – one comprising 2 segments and the other 3, and together providing around 7 linear metres of seating – both with backrests and curved in plan to match the new walling to the rear of each seat

    Steelwork is in a galvanised finish, which perfectly complements this agricultural setting and the iroko hardwood timber slats have been left uncoated to naturally weather over time to visually blend with its surroundings.

    Products used

    RailRoad seating and planter modular solutions
    Leicester University outside seating

    RailRoad
    Range

    Endless seating configurations
    and integrated planters

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