Grade 2 Listed Building Roof Repairs

To give you some tips we ve put together a guide to roofing repair on listed buildings.

Grade 2 listed building roof repairs.

Repairs and maintenance to a grade 2 listed building. Grade ii 2 building restrictions. If you want to fix areas of your roof if you use matching materials or the same. However local and central government may force repairs to be carried out by using an urgent works notice on a listed building not in use or to a part not in use where the works are urgently necessary for its preservation.

Some conservation officers wanting listed building consent to be applied for to strip and recover a fairly standard roof in like for like fashion and others accepting it as a repair. However these are to be minor in nature re painting the kitchen walls re painting the windows in grey paint if they are already grey. The roof covering is the visible layer of materials on the top of your roof. The facade and return elevation of this already painted grade ii listed building were repainted without listed building consent however the practice guide does take a different and seemingly more robust attitude to restoration a topic only obliquely referred to in ppg15 in paragraph c 6 of annex c.

When performing any kind of roofing work on a listed building whether it be grade i listed or grade ii listed special care must be taken to ensure that all work carried out is in keeping with the building s original features and style irrespective of whether or not the work requires listed building consent to. Repairs and maintenance are excluded from needing permission. To discuss your listed building roofing needs please call 01753 358267. Get a free initial quote locations.

What alterations can i make to a grade ii listed building. If the works are not carried out by the owner the authority has the power to enter the property carry out the works and. Grants for repairs to listed buildings are increasingly hard to find. You will probably need listed building consent to alter the roof s shape height and pitch internal structure or type of covering or to add rooflights.

If you d like to see the team in action installing a new roof for a grade ii listed farmhouse please watch the plonks farm video. Clarendon house 42 clarence street cheltenham gl50 3pl 93 walton street knightsbridge london sw3 2hp. There is a grey area. Keay roofing services can offer you advice and also give you no obligation quote.

If the house is listed and you use matching materials you do not usually need consent for roof repairs. If you re interested in finding out more about grants for listed buildings filling in a funding application or if you have any concerns around the cost of repairing your property call us today 01795 844939. Over 35 years experience in listed buillding renovations and repairs. Generally speaking minor repair works can be carried out on listed buildings without consent so long as the repair works will not alter the original features of the building.

If carrying out a repair or renewal to a listed building would affect its character as a buildingof special.