The Lighthouse in Fort George, Guernsey, its curved glass balconies and pale engineered stone panels seen from the sea-facing terrace, with scaffolding still in place

Private residence

The LighthouseEngineered stone & porcelain façadeSt Peter Port · Guernsey GY1

Dmitro Development is delivering the engineered stone and porcelain façade at The Lighthouse, a private residence within Fort George, St Peter Port, working for main contractor Breton Construction.

01 · The Lighthouse's curved glazed balconies and pale engineered stone panels, seen from the sea-facing terrace.

At a glance

Package: Engineered stone & porcelain façade
Materials: Shackerley stone & porcelain panels
Location: St Peter Port · Guernsey GY1
Main contractor: Breton Construction
Status: Ongoing

Dmitro Development is delivering an engineered stone and porcelain façade package at The Lighthouse, a private residence within Fort George, St Peter Port, Guernsey, working for main contractor Breton Construction. The package covers the carrier subgrid, insulation, cavity and fire barriers, soffits and Shackerley stone and porcelain panels across the elevations, with work ongoing.

Part of: Façade packages across Guernsey and the UK

The Lighthouse's curved sea-facing elevation with glazed balconies and pale engineered stone panels, seen from the garden with construction materials still on site

The building's sea-facing elevation, its curved glazed balconies wrapped in engineered stone panels.

Close view of The Lighthouse's curved glazed balcony structure above a spiral stair down to the lower terrace, with the sea beyond

The curved glazed lightwell above the spiral stair down to the lower terrace.

Close view of grey engineered stone panels cladding a roof-level plant enclosure at The Lighthouse, with the sea visible in the distance

The same engineered stone system, carried up to the roof-level plant enclosures.

Shackerley stone and porcelain panels clad the roof-level enclosures as well as the main elevations, keeping the finish consistent from the ground to the roofline.

Close view of a vertical light-channel joint between two grey engineered stone panel runs at The Lighthouse

A vertical light-channel joint between two stone panel runs.

Delivered into the façade

01Support brackets & thermal isolators
02Engineered T-rail & carrier subgrid
03Insulation across the cavity
04Cavity & fire-barrier interfaces
05EPDM detailing at movement joints
06Light-channel interfaces between panel runs
07Shackerley stone & porcelain panels

Panel joints and corner returns

Close views of the engineered stone system's setting-out: panel joints tracked precisely into building corners, feature-panel returns and window reveals cut cleanly into the run.

A dark feature cladding panel meeting lighter grey engineered stone panels at a sharp building corner at The Lighthouse — A dark feature panel meeting the lighter stone at a building corner.

A window reveal cut into The Lighthouse's stone panel run, where the panels return to a warmer-toned finish at the building corner — A window reveal where the stone panels return to a warmer-toned finish at the corner.

A window reveal cut into The Lighthouse's engineered stone panel run, seen looking straight up from below — A window reveal cut into the stone panel run, seen from directly below.

History and materials

From Sea Lodge to The Lighthouse.

The Lighthouse stands within Fort George, a former coastal fortification on the edge of St Peter Port, on a site previously known as Sea Lodge. Jamie Falla Architecture's replacement-house design was approved in December 2014, with further amendments to the basement, terraces, elevations, cladding and the site's former fort magazine following through to 2019. The property was renamed The Lighthouse in June 2018.

The original construction phase, under main contractor RG Falla, used a different envelope system: Stonescreen supplied Aerolite cladding, coping, window and balcony details. That original façade package is separate from Dmitro's later-stage work.

Dmitro Development's engineered stone and porcelain façade package began in 2025, working for new main contractor Breton Construction, and remains active. The scope covers façade setting-out, the carrier subgrid, insulation, cavity and fire barriers, Shackerley stone panels, soffits, canopy panels, copings and light-channel interfaces across the elevations, with site records showing installation progressing across multiple elevation stages.

Four Shackerley finishes are specified across the façade, documented by their panel codes:

VAL50SHG Valpolicella
ALEG02SHG Alegranza
BO02SHG Bormina
DEL02SHG Dell'Adamello

Close view of the light-channel gap between charcoal and pale grey engineered stone panel runs at The Lighthouse, with ventilation grilles set into the reveal

The light-channel gap, with vents set into the reveal.

Looking straight up a narrow light-channel gap between a black panel volume and a grey engineered stone panel volume at The Lighthouse

The same detail, looking straight up between the panel volumes.

The Lighthouse's south corner, where pale and dark engineered stone panel runs meet a mitred edge above Fort George's original stone boundary wall

The building's south corner, where the pale and dark panel runs meet above Fort George's original boundary wall.

Dmitro Development, delivering The Lighthouse's stone façade.

Fort George, St Peter Port, Guernsey

Architect (original): Jamie Falla Architecture
Original main contractor: RG Falla Ltd
Setting: Fort George, St Peter Port

Part of: Façade packages across Guernsey and the UK