Roofers in Knutsford
We cover Knutsford, Mobberley, Plumley and the villages around Tatton Park, coming across from Macclesfield on the A537. Knutsford's old town is full of character roofs, from Georgian brick houses on King Street to the Italianate buildings of Richard Harding Watt, and much of our work here is careful repair that keeps them looking right.
Brick shops and houses with slate roofs along King Street, Knutsford. Photo: Tricia Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knutsford's houses and roofs
The centre of Knutsford, the Cranford of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, is a conservation area of narrow streets, Georgian and Victorian brick buildings with slate roofs, and some older timber-framed buildings. Around 1900 Richard Harding Watt added a string of unusual Italianate buildings, including the Gaskell Memorial Tower on King Street, with towers, domes and decorative roofs you see nowhere else in Cheshire.
Away from the centre, the town has interwar and post-war family housing, and the lanes towards Mobberley and Over Peover have farmhouses, cottages and converted barns, some with clay tile or stone slate roofs.
What goes wrong on Knutsford roofs
- Original slate past its fixings
- Victorian slate roofs in the old town where nails and battens have failed and slates are slipping.
- Chimney stacks
- Tall stacks on Georgian and Victorian houses that need repointing, new flaunching and new lead flashings.
- Parapet and box gutters
- Hidden gutters behind parapets on town-centre buildings that block and overflow into the building.
- Barn and cottage roofs
- Rural roofs with heavy traditional coverings and older timbers that need sympathetic repair.
Planning and roof work in Knutsford
Knutsford is in Cheshire East. The town centre is a conservation area with many listed buildings, so roof work there often needs to match the original materials, and listed buildings need listed building consent for most changes. Cheshire East Council's conservation officers advise on what is acceptable. Outside the conservation area, normal permitted development rules apply to most houses.
Council: Cheshire East Council. Postcodes: WA16. Getting to you: We reach Knutsford along the A537 west of Macclesfield, past Chelford.
Roofing services in Knutsford
The jobs we are asked for most here come first.
- Slate roofingWelsh, reclaimed and natural slate repaired, refixed and relaid to match.
- Heritage roofingListed buildings, conservation areas, stone slate, lime and traditional lead.
- Chimney repairsRepointing, flaunching, pots, cowls, flashings, rebuilds and removal.
- Roof repairsLeaks traced to the cause, then slates, tiles, ridges, valleys and flashings put right.
Also in Knutsford: emergency roof repairs, new roofs, flat roofing, fibreglass roofing (GRP), rubber roofing (EPDM), lead flashing and leadwork, guttering, fascias and soffits, velux and roof windows, roof surveys, garage roofs, roof cleaning and moss removal, commercial roofing, gutter cleaning, conservatory roofs.
Roofing in Knutsford: questions
Can you repair a roof in Knutsford's conservation area?
Yes. Repairs that match the existing materials are usually straightforward. Changes of material, new roof windows facing the street or removing chimneys may need permission, and we can help you work out what to ask the council.
Do you cover Mobberley and Plumley?
Yes. We cover the WA16 area, including Mobberley, Plumley, Ollerton and the villages around Tatton.
Can you work with stone slate or clay tiles on an old barn?
Yes. Heavy traditional coverings are sorted and reused wherever possible, with matching reclaimed material for any that are broken. See our heritage roofing page.
Roof problem in Knutsford?
Call, or send a few details and a photo if you have one. We will come back to you, arrange a visit and give you a written quote before any work starts.