Areas we cover · Beaconsfield
Roofers in Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield has an Old Town of coaching inns and red brick houses along its wide streets and a New Town that grew up around the station after 1906. We repair and reroof homes across both, with the leadwork done in house.
- About 16 miles from Aylesbury
- Postcodes HP9
Quick answer
Do you cover Beaconsfield?
Yes. Beaconsfield is about sixteen miles from Aylesbury and we cover the Old Town, the New Town around the station and the roads between, all in HP9, along with Seer Green, Jordans, Knotty Green and Penn.
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Planning authority
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Postcodes
- HP9
- From Aylesbury
- About 16 miles
Old Town and New Town
Beaconsfield Old Town grew as a coaching stop on the road from London to Oxford and its wide streets are lined with old inns and red brick houses. It has been a conservation area since 1969. The council's heritage records for buildings there describe slate roofs, hipped roofs in old clay tile and plenty of chimneys, the kind of roofs where a repair has to match exactly.
When the railway station opened in 1906, about three quarters of a mile to the north, a New Town grew up around it. Its Edwardian and interwar houses have bays, dormers and tiled hips and later estates and extensions have added concrete tile and flat roofs.
Old buildings like these have usually been altered many times, so their roofs often hide years of changes: valleys added over rear extensions, parapet gutters behind street frontages and flat roofs over later back additions. Those hidden areas are where water tends to get in and they are exactly what we photograph on an inspection so you can see them without going up a ladder.
What Beaconsfield roofs usually need
- Like-for-like slate and clay tile repairs in the Old Town.
- Lead flashings and valleys on period houses where the lead has split or been patched.
- Chimney leadwork on tall brick stacks.
- Lead and flat roofs on bays, dormers and extensions.
- Reroofing Edwardian and interwar houses in the New Town.
Two conservation areas
Beaconsfield has two conservation areas, the Old Town and Hampden Hill. Buckinghamshire Council decides consent in both. Matching slate, tile and lead like for like is normally treated as a repair that needs no consent. Changing the covering of a listed roof needs listed building consent and some visible alterations in either conservation area need planning permission. We'll check before any materials are ordered.
Leadwork in Beaconsfield
Coaching inns, tall stacks and New Town bays
The old inns and red brick houses along Beaconsfield's wide Old Town streets carry tall chimney stacks and big roofs, many of them hipped in old clay tile or laid in slate. A tall stack catches the weather from every side, so its lead apron, step flashings and back gutter take a beating. When they fail, water tracks down inside the stack and shows up on a chimney breast or bedroom ceiling.
North of the Old Town, the Edwardian and interwar houses of the New Town around the station have their own lead details: bay roofs, dormer cheeks and valleys where tiled hips meet. On houses of that age the original lead may still be in place after a century and starting to split at the laps.
We renew lead to suit the building, using a heavier code where a detail takes the most water, such as a chimney back gutter. The slate and clay tile around it are matched to what's there.
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Straight answers
Roofing in Beaconsfield: common questions
Anything else, call Damien on 07803 473995 or send us a photo on WhatsApp.
Do you repair leaks around tall chimney stacks?
Yes. On Beaconsfield's older houses a tall stack's back gutter and step flashings take the most weather. We renew the lead as a set so the chimney is sealed on every side and repoint the stack while we're up there.
Do you work on listed buildings in Beaconsfield Old Town?
Yes. Old inns and townhouses in the Old Town need slate, clay tile and lead put back as they were. We record the existing roof in photos and can provide the specification a conservation officer asks for.
Do I need permission for roof work in Beaconsfield?
Repairs in matching materials usually don't. Changes of material on listed buildings need listed building consent from Buckinghamshire Council and visible changes in the Old Town or Hampden Hill conservation areas may need planning permission.
Do you cover the New Town as well as the Old Town?
Yes. We work across the whole of Beaconsfield, from the coaching inns of the Old Town to the Edwardian and interwar roads around the station.
Nearby
Nearby areas
We also cover Seer Green, Jordans, Knotty Green and Penn.