THE LEAD LADS® / FEATURED PROJECT
Specialist Code 5 lead roofing to the pedestrian footbridge at Selby Railway Station — a large-scale infrastructure project combining curved geometry, stepped bays, bespoke interfaces and traditional hand-formed leadwork.
SELBY · NORTH YORKSHIRE · RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE · SPECIALIST LEADWORK
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Selby Station Footbridge is one of the largest and most geometrically complex leadwork projects within The Lead Lads® archive.
The renewed bridge structure provided a timber-supported background over which the new lead covering was formed.
Across the bridge, the sheet lead responds to changing slopes, stair structures, rolls, apex junctions and numerous interfaces. Rather than a conventional repetitive roof, the project required individual interpretation of each section while maintaining continuity across the complete structure.
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02 — WHY IT IS DIFFERENT
Selby demonstrates what happens when traditional sheet-lead principles are taken far beyond the scale of a normal domestic roof.
The fundamental rules remain familiar — full support, controlled sheet dimensions, movement allowance, laps, rolls and compatible restraint — but every change in the bridge geometry creates another detail that has to be resolved.
The stair sections are particularly distinctive, with lead bays stepping progressively through changes in level before reconnecting with the principal bridge covering.
Large-scale sheet lead formed across the principal pedestrian bridge structure.
The leadwork changes level with the stair structure beneath.
Changes in geometry produce bespoke junctions rather than standard repeated details.
Individual sections were set out and formed for their particular position on the bridge.
The finished leadwork follows the geometry established by the structural and timber build-up beneath.
The opposing roof planes are resolved through carefully formed upper cappings and interfaces.
03 — LEADWORK AT SCALE
Despite the scale of the project, the fundamentals remain recognisable from traditional lead roofing.
04 — TECHNICAL CASE STUDY
The full Selby Station technical case study documents the project in substantially greater detail, including the supporting structure, sheet arrangement, stair-tower interfaces, apex cappings, movement detailing and installation sequence.
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05 — MATERIALS
Code 5 rolled lead formed the principal weathering material, supported by the substrate, timber roll details, underlay and compatible restraint required to create the finished bridge covering.
This is where the project archive connects directly into the Lead Lads Shop: completed work demonstrates how individual materials actually come together on site.
06 — PROJECT ARCHIVE
Selby Station sits alongside a growing archive of completed lead roofs, gutters, dormers, canopies, heritage masonry details and specialist architectural leadwork.
THE LEAD LADS® / FEATURED PROJECT
Selby Station demonstrates how traditional sheet-lead workmanship can be applied to an engineered structure without losing the precision of individual hand-formed details.