Roofers in Winterslow
Roof repairs and re-roofs in a Wiltshire village beside Hampshire
Winterslow is a Wiltshire village of 2,044 people whose nearest neighbours include Hampshire's Wallops and Broughton. Which council covers your roof is settled in writing before any quote is given.
Winterslow roofs on the county edge
Middleton Manor
A Grade II listed manor, first listed on 23 March 1960, where any visible roof change needs listed building consent.
Tudor Cottages and Little Petherton
Cottages and a house listed Grade II, among only 3 listed buildings within about 500 metres of the centre.
Extensions and conservatories
Flat, glazed and solid roofs on additions across a Wiltshire parish, each with checks of its own.
Winterslow between Pitton and the Wallops
Pitton lies south-west of Winterslow and Porton north-west, with Nether Wallop and Over Wallop north-east, Broughton east and Lockerley south-east. We take roof work in each.
- Distance
- 13.4 road miles south-west of Andover
- Planning
- Wiltshire Council
The Winterslow roof report
Local editionWinterslow, WiltshireA Wiltshire village beside Hampshire
Winterslow roofs: a Wiltshire parish of 2,044, three listings and a short list of things to check
Winterslow lies in Wiltshire, with Hampshire's Wallops and Broughton a few miles east. Read on for who answers for a roof here, the effect of three nearby listings, and the part that flat and conservatory roofs play in the village.
Three listings in a parish of two thousand
Winterslow parish had 2,044 usual residents at the 2021 Census. Historic England's list holds only 3 listed buildings within about 500 metres of the village centre, a low number for a place this size. Middleton Manor (list entry 1184740, dated 23 March 1960), Little Petherton (1130774, dated 29 May 1987) and 1 and 2 Tudor Cottages (1318625) are each Grade II.
Most Winterslow houses are unlisted, so ordinary planning and building control cover them, and putting back the same covering is plain work. A listed house is the exception. Wiltshire Council must give listed building consent before anything alters its character, and that consent is layered over planning and building control, not swapped for them.
Pitton is the nearest conservation area, a short way south-west of the village. Those records point to Wiltshire Council's map without settling anything at your own gate, so the address goes to the council and its answer is filed beside the survey photographs.
Wiltshire Council publishes its Article 4 areas on the national planning platform, so the record for your own street can be checked. Whether any direction reaches a Winterslow address is the council's to confirm. Before we price a change to a roof's appearance, the question goes in writing. Our planning permission for roof work guide sets out the national position.
A Winterslow survey runs from the outside in. A ladder or tower first, to see the ridge, each verge and valley, and every junction with a chimney or wall; then the loft, if it can be reached, to read the underside of the covering and the framing beneath. Each stage is photographed, because pictures are what you can keep.
Every picture arrives with a caption, so you see what we saw and why it matters. A sound roof is described as sound, with the evidence beside it, and a failed slope is shown the same way. Nobody is asked to take our word for either.
Boundaries do not stop at parish lines. A conservation area can run across fields and lanes, and a house just inside it faces tighter rules than one just outside. The council's map is detailed enough to show which side of the line a gate falls, and we read it for you instead of leaving the question open.
Buyers and sellers will find the file useful when a roof comes up in a survey report or a solicitor's questions. Dated photographs, the council's replies and the written price give a solicitor or a surveyor something firm to read.
Flat roofs, conservatories and what each needs
A parish of two thousand holds every kind of roof: pitched slopes on older houses, flat roofs on garages and extensions, glazed or solid roofs on conservatories. Each kind has its own checks and approvals. The survey identifies which you have, then explains what applies to it and why.
Flat roofs are judged on falls and drainage rather than tile lap. BS 6229:2025, the current British Standard for flexible-membrane flat roofs, keeps 1:80 as the minimum finished fall. Standing water, split seams and clogged outlets are the signals we hunt for, and each is photographed. Our flat roofing page lays out repair and replacement.
Conservatories raise a different set of questions. The conservatory exemption from Building Regulations holds only where it stands at ground level, covers no more than 30 m², is separated from the house and has no house or fixed heating. A new solid roof, however, must comply with the Building Regulations. Our conservatory roofs page compares glazed and solid options.
For a pitched re-cover, the Planning Portal's national line sits at under 25 per cent of the building envelope and under 50 per cent of the roof, and work within it is not normally a building control matter. Separately, a covering that adds 15 per cent or more to the weight brings approval and a structural check. Each slope is tested against both.
Building control in Winterslow means Wiltshire Council's own service, working from Monkton Park in Chippenham on 0300 456 0113, or else the private alternative of a registered building control approver, a role regulated from 6 April 2024. The written price names the route that suits.
The eaves finish every roof. Rain leaves along the gutter, and a run that sags between brackets holds water instead of shedding it. Brett Martin's guide allows 1 mm of fall for every 600 mm of gutter, and we measure runs against that figure.
None of the above touches plain repairs. One cracked ridge tile, or a short run of slipped ones, belongs on our roof repairs page, not in the approvals queue.
Lifespans help with the choice between repairing and replacing a conservatory roof. Polycarbonate has a typical life of 10 years according to HomeBuilding and about 10 to 15 years according to The Eco Experts. Those are typical figures, not promises, and the condition found at survey counts for more than the age.
A glazed roof that has clouded or leaks at its bars may need only new seals and a clean, while a failed polycarbonate sheet is usually replaced. The photographs show which you have, and the options are set out before any price is given.
“Winterslow is in Wiltshire while its nearest neighbours are in Hampshire, so each address starts with which council.”
Wiltshire scaffold, a Hampshire neighbourhood
Winterslow's closest neighbours lie mostly across the county line. Nether Wallop, Over Wallop and Broughton are in Hampshire, where a district council plans and the county council licenses scaffold. Winterslow is in Wiltshire, where a single council does both. A roofer working on either side learns to establish this first at any address.
Scaffold standing on the highway needs the licence that section 169 of the Highways Act 1980 provides for, and in Winterslow the grantor is Wiltshire Council. Wiltshire Council's page gives the application to whoever supplies the scaffolding, through its MiPermit portal. Wiltshire Council's fee depends on the notice allowed, £143.80 above three working days and £164.70 below.
Each Wiltshire licence is valid for 28 days. Proof of public liability insurance of £5 million is required by Wiltshire Council, which also treats scaffold and hoarding as separate licences. Scaffold over a marked parking bay also needs that bay suspended, and unlicensed scaffold draws a late fee of £292.50, so the licence is secured before any pole goes up.
Plenty of Winterslow plots allow scaffold wholly on private ground, with no highway licence at all. A generous drive or a front garden often gives that choice. Access is the first thing checked, since it shapes the programme and the cost more than any other point, and you are told which case your roof falls into.
A low extension can sometimes be reached from a tower on firm ground, which avoids a full scaffold. Safety decides first and cost second, and the photographs are open on the table when the choice is explained.
Each survey closes with one written total. The scaffold with its licence, the roof work and waste taken away sit within it, and a line beside it names the consent route and who must agree.
Pitched work and whole-roof replacement follow the same rhythm as elsewhere. A slope is stripped only as far as it can be closed up again before the working day ends, battens and underlay are inspected before the new covering goes on, and the ridge and verges are finished with fixings that do not rely on mortar alone.
Neighbours and deliveries are planned for. Before a date is fixed, the spots for the delivery lorry and the skip are chosen, and the houses next door hear the dates for putting up and striking the scaffold.
At the end, the site is swept, the scaffold struck and the ground searched for dropped mortar or tile. Fresh photographs are filed next to the survey set, and you keep both with the price.
What we can do for your Winterslow roof
Winterslow roofs: Wiltshire rules beside Hampshire
Does a Winterslow roof follow Hampshire or Wiltshire rules?
Wiltshire. Winterslow sits in Wiltshire Council's area, so that one council plans, runs the Building Control service and licenses scaffold. Nether Wallop and Broughton, a few miles east, are in Hampshire under different councils. The council for your address is confirmed before the survey and set out in writing, together with the contact details you will need.
Is Middleton Manor's roof treated differently from other Winterslow houses?
Yes, because it is listed Grade II. Wiltshire Council must consent to work touching its character, over and above planning and building control. Repair in matching material is the usual opening position, with photographs of each slope. Neighbouring unlisted houses follow the ordinary rules, though each address is checked against the national list before we visit. That check is routine.
What rules apply to replacing a Winterslow conservatory roof?
The Building Regulations exemption for a conservatory needs ground level, no more than 30 m², separation from the house and no house or fixed heating. A new solid roof must comply with the Building Regulations, so ask Wiltshire Council's Building Control service or a registered approver first. A glazed replacement is checked against the same conditions before work starts, and you are told the result.
How much notice does Wiltshire want for scaffold in Winterslow?
Wiltshire Council sets its fee by notice: £143.80 for more than three working days and £164.70 for fewer. Wiltshire Council's licences last 28 days, with the scaffold supplier lodging the application through MiPermit. Choosing the date early secures the lower fee, and a scaffold wholly inside your boundary needs no highway licence.
Book a Winterslow roof survey
Share the address with a photograph. We confirm the council, survey the roof and reply with one written price.
10-year workmanship guarantee, in writing.