• Replacement Stock Barn, Anroach Farm
  • Holiday Barn Conversion, Waterhouses
  • Rear Extension, Stonyslacks Farm
  • Manège at Hawthorne Cottage
  • Small Industrial Unit, Waterhouses
  • Office Conversion, Waterhouses
  • Grade II listed building, Stanton nr Ashbourne
  • First Floor Extension, Waterhouses
  • Loft Conversion, Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Agricultural Worker's Dwelling, Peak District National Park
  • Sun Room, Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Garage, Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Barn Conversion, Staffordshire Moorlands

Equestrian Arena or Manège Plans

Showing the site Showing the base with herringbone drainage system Showing the drainage layer The completed manège The Arena, Side & End Elevations The Arena, Plan View
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Hawthorn Cottage Manège

Hawthorn Cottage is a smallholding in Grindon in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The project involved the construction of a manège to allow all year round schooling.

The area was levelled and a network of perforated land drains installed. A geo-textile membrane filters out any fine practicalities percolating down through the free draining aggregate layer above. A further membrane separates the drainage layer from the surface dressing. A variety of materials can be used for the top layer, including coarse sand or bark chips. In this case recycled chipped rubber is used as a durable, low maintenance alternative.

Manège - Menage?

Some say manège, some say menage, lets call the whole thing off - as the song goes. Menage comes from the old French word for household, hence menage â trois and menagerie. The correct term should be manège, although many riders don't use it.