Roofers in Baughurst
Curtis Cottage, Oak Cottage and the roofs of a village beside Tadley
Baughurst has a short list of protected buildings and a larger town, Tadley, along the road. We inspect each roof, photograph the faults and say what it needs.
Baughurst roofs, cottage to pub
Curtis Cottage and Oak Cottage
Two Grade II cottages with neighbouring list entries, both first listed on 18 May 1984.
The Wellington Arms
The Wellington Arms public house, Grade II, where a commercial roof sits among homes.
Houses towards Tadley
Homes on the Tadley side of the village, with the Tadley conservation areas a short way beyond.
Baughurst, beside Tadley and Pamber Heath
Tadley lies to the north-east, with Pamber Heath beyond it. Aldermaston is north and Silchester east, while Kingsclere lies to the west and Woolhampton to the north. Baughurst is 18.8 road miles north-east of East Street in Andover, in a civil parish that had 2,464 usual residents at the 2021 Census.
- Distance
- 18.8 road miles north-east of Andover
- Planning
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Council
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council
The Baughurst roof report
Local editionBaughurst, HampshireFew listings, one large neighbour
A village of four listed buildings beside Tadley: how a Baughurst roof is cleared
Baughurst lies 18.8 road miles north-east of Andover in Basingstoke and Deane borough. This report covers its listed cottages and pub, the conservation areas of Tadley next door, and the borough and county rules for a roof.
Two cottages, a pub and a very short list
Baughurst parish counted 2,464 usual residents at the 2021 Census. Historic England's list records only 4 listed buildings within about 500 metres of the centre, which is a short list beside the dense clusters in towns such as Romsey or Newbury. Curtis Cottage (list entry 1092595) and Oak Cottage (1092596) are both Grade II, both first listed on 18 May 1984. The Wellington Arms public house (1092597) is Grade II too.
A short list is easy to misread. It does not mean that nothing here is protected, and it does not mean that anything is safe to alter. It means that a listing turns on the individual address, so the question to settle first is whether your own address is one of them. At the survey we look it up on the National Heritage List and write the result and its entry number into the survey note.
If your house is listed, work that alters its character needs listed building consent, and the application goes to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council before the scaffold is booked. For an unlisted house beside a listed cottage, the repair is judged on its own, but the listed neighbour still affects how we work: where the ladder rests, how a shared gutter is handled, and who is told.
Pubs bring a different set of questions to a roofer. A commercial roof must be kept watertight while the business trades, access for deliveries and customers has to be kept clear, and noisy work needs to be timed. Where a Baughurst business wants a survey, we visit outside peak hours and agree the working days with the owner before a frame goes up.
North of Baughurst, Aldermaston is 2.7 miles away across the county line in West Berkshire. That is a different planning authority, a building control partnership (BCS) and a different scaffold licence. A friend there who has had a roof done will have been through a route that does not apply to you, and the reverse is equally true.
Many village roofs carry additions: a flat-roofed rear extension, a porch, a garage. Each has its own weak points, such as outlets, edges and the upstands against a wall, and the survey covers them as carefully as the main slopes.
Whatever the building, the survey follows the same order. The covering is read first, then the ridge, the edges and the points where the roof meets walls or chimneys, then the loft. Damp stains on a ceiling often mark the end of a journey that began a long way away, and the loft is where the journey can be traced.
Tadley's conservation areas and the borough's directions
The conservation areas nearest Baughurst are in Tadley: Church Road, Tadley, and Tadley itself, within about 2.5 km. Only the borough's own map can show whether either of them reaches your street. The body to ask is the borough's planning department, and the question is whether a conservation area or Article 4 direction touches your address.
The borough's Article 4 directions that bear on roofs, covering roof changes, fascias, soffits and guttering, are tied to four named town conservation areas in Basingstoke itself. The council's list of houses-in-multiple-occupation directions names several villages, and Baughurst is not among them. Neither fact is a guarantee about your road, which is why we still ask.
Building Regulations in Baughurst are looked after by the borough's own Building Control team, on 01256 844844. A registered building control approver is the private alternative. The borough's page includes re-covering a pitched or flat roof as alteration work that "might also need" approval. We treat that as a cue to enquire. Before a Baughurst re-roof is booked, a description of the roof and the plan goes to the team, and its reply is forwarded to you.
Nationally, the Planning Portal gives a rule of thumb. An application is normally unnecessary when under 25 per cent of the building envelope and under 50 per cent of the roof is involved, but a covering that weighs 15 per cent more than the old one, or beyond, needs approval whatever the proportion. Light slate or plain tile exchanged for concrete is the swap that trips it. The loft shows whether the rafters are sized for more.
Imagine a Baughurst house where the tiles on the rear slope have begun to slip. From a ladder we see which have moved, from the loft we see whether the battens have rotted where the tiles are nailed, and the photographs show whether this is a repair or a re-cover. A patch repair needs no application. A whole slope relaid in heavier material brings the weight rule into play, and the Building Control team is asked before a tile is ordered, so the roof is never stripped on a guess and a refused plan never costs you a delivery.
Small jobs sit well inside all of this. A few replaced tiles, a repaired flashing or a re-bedded ridge piece is maintenance. Larger ones are explained at the survey, with the line they cross, the person we will ask and how long an answer is likely to take.
“Four listed buildings stand near Baughurst's centre, and a listed neighbour is worth knowing about before work starts.”
Hampshire's scaffold licence, step by step
Scaffolding set on the public highway requires a licence under section 169 of the Highways Act 1980. For Baughurst, the council that grants it is Hampshire County Council, not the borough. Hampshire's page leaves the application to the scaffolding contractor, and you are never asked to fill in a form.
Hampshire's terms are plain. Hampshire County Council charges £211.90 on application for the first 2 weeks, then £72 for each additional 2-week period. It wants a lead time of 10 clear working days before the licence starts, and it will not extend a licence once issued. Scaffold must meet BS EN 12810/12811 or NASC guidance TG20:13, and the application includes a 1:500 plan and proposals for signing and guarding. Land that is not public highway, a private drive included, is outside the licence.
Those terms shape our order of work. Materials are ordered and checked first, then the frame is booked for a date that gives the licence time to arrive, and then the roof is opened. While any consent decision is pending, the booking is held back. We tell you the start date in writing once everything is in hand.
Licences are charged in 2-week periods, which makes idle days expensive. The tiles, battens, underlay and lead arrive before the frame does, and a strike date is agreed with the scaffolder at the outset. If rain closes the roof, the open slope is sheeted and work resumes when it dries; we choose the start with some days in hand for that reason.
Many village roofs never touch the highway. A house with a front garden can usually stand the whole frame on its own ground, and a rear extension can be reached from a tower in the garden. At the survey we look at the plot and tell you which applies and what it means for your timetable.
Baughurst roofs suit a handful of everyday services. Roof repairs answer slipped tiles and lifted flashings. Commercial roofing covers pubs, shops and small units. Guttering, soffits and fascias cover the roofline: the gutter, the fascia board holding it and the soffit lining the overhang.
People walk past a scaffold, so the lowest lift is fenced, the boards are fixed tight and netting catches anything that might drop. Next-door households hear from us a few days before the frame goes up, and we agree where the skip and deliveries will stand. Each evening the site is made safe and tidy, and on the last day the waste leaves with us.
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Baughurst roofs: the cottages, Tadley and the licence
Can I repair a Baughurst roof beside Curtis Cottage without consent?
Consent attaches to the listed building, not its neighbours. Curtis Cottage and Oak Cottage are Grade II, so work altering either needs listed building consent, but a repair to the house next door does not, unless that house is itself listed. At the survey we check your own address against Historic England's list and hand you the entry result.
Does the Tadley conservation area reach Baughurst?
Church Road, Tadley, and Tadley itself lie within about 2.5 km of Baughurst, and Basingstoke and Deane's own map shows whether a boundary reaches your road. For whether one reaches your own street, ask Basingstoke and Deane's planning team about your address, and whether an Article 4 direction applies. We can ask on your behalf and send you what it says.
Does a new roof covering in Baughurst need Building Regulations approval?
Possibly. Basingstoke and Deane's building control page names re-covering a roof, pitched or flat, as something that might also need approval, and a covering 15 per cent or more heavier always does. We raise it with the Building Control team on 01256 844844 before booking and hand you the reply, so the answer comes from the officer and not from us.
Is the scaffold licence extra on a Baughurst roof job?
It is a real cost, but it sits inside your single written total. Hampshire County Council charges £211.90 on application for the first 2 weeks and £72 for each further 2-week period, and the firm erecting the frame applies to it. A frame wholly on private ground needs no licence, so the plot is checked first.
Round Tadley: Baughurst's close neighbours
Request a Baughurst roof survey
Send your address and a photo. A survey comes first, then the consent check, then a written total.
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