Heritage & Period Property Roofing in Portsmouth & Hampshire

Heritage roofing is a different discipline from modern domestic work. Get the materials wrong on a Georgian or Victorian roof and you cause damage that takes generations to put right — cement-rich mortar on soft brick traps moisture and rots the wall, modern interlocking tiles on a slate roof change the silhouette and weight loading, and synthetic underlays beneath natural slate cause condensation problems within a few winters. Hampshire has a significant period housing stock — Georgian and Victorian terraces in Portsmouth, Old Portsmouth and Southsea, period villages around Wickham, Titchfield and Petersfield, conservation-area homes through Emsworth and the South Downs, and listed buildings spread across the county. CJH Roofing handles heritage roofing using like-for-like materials and traditional techniques: natural slate from Welsh, Cornish and Spanish quarries; handmade and machine-made clay tiles to match originals; lead work dressed by hand in code 4 and code 5; and lime mortars where the original construction calls for them. We work alongside conservation officers and Local Planning Authorities on listed building consents and conservation-area approvals where needed, and we'll tell you straight when a job needs specialist consents before any work can start.