Old Leylands house is a stunning 5 bedroom character country home with a large garden which dates from approximately 1914. However, it was discovered once the roofs were stripped that the original part of the house which was a simple four hipped roof may have dated from earlier times with many additions and extensions added over the years. The original tiles were a mixture of peg tiles and nibbed tiles which were spalling, broken and missing and also various repairs had been poorly carried out over a number of years by previous owners.

 

The roof is made up of 25 intricate slopes with 4no. projections on the south rear elevation with run out gutters in between.  The west elevation comes off at an acute angle with the roof pitch changes from approx. 45° at the eaves increasing to 70° mansard towards the top.

 

It was decided that as a large proportion of the existing tiles were not suitable for reuse, the quotations should be prepared for various new nibbed plain tiles with a price range from machine made clay to hand made clay. It was also decided that the hand made Goxhill tiles would be used, as the client wanted to keep the character of the house looking correct for the period.

 

The client required the insulation to be Eco friendly so we decided to use Sheepswool and not PIR solid insulation or roll-out fibre glass.

 

The existing clay tiles were removed and any sound salvageable were taken back to our yard for use on future projects i.e. extensions or re-roofing. The remainder together with batten were placed into segregated rubbish skips and taken away for recycling.