Sturmer's older buildings are roofed in more materials than you might expect for a village its size. Thatch, handmade red clay tile, Welsh slate and red clay pantiles all appear in the listing records, and some barns and lean-tos are under corrugated sheeting. Repairs, re-roofing, lead flashings and chimney work are all covered, including outbuildings and extensions. Where an old cottage has a later extension under a different covering, we check the junction between the two as well as the obvious leak, so the repair deals with the cause. If part of a roof is beyond saving, we quote for that section on its own and explain why, rather than pricing a whole new roof by default.
Sturmer is in Braintree District, Essex, 2 miles south-east of Haverhill and close to the Suffolk border. The A1017 runs through the village as Rowley Hill, and a prehistoric burial mound stands by the easternmost roundabout of the Haverhill bypass. St Mary's church has a pre-Conquest nave and is listed Grade I. The moated site at Sturmer Hall is a scheduled monument, and the Sturmer Pippin apple takes its name from the village. We also cover Kedington End and Wixoe.
Linnetts, listed Grade II*, is a late 15th or early 16th century hall house under thatch, and Roost End Cottage is a thatched hall house of the same age with a 20th century crosswing in red clay tile. The Red Lion is a 17th century thatched house now used as a pub. Woodlands Cottage is timber framed and clay lump. Abbots Farmhouse has handmade clay tiles on one range and Welsh slate on its crosswing, and Mere Cottage carries red clay corrugated tiles.
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New pitched roofs for extensions, new builds and outbuildings in Haverhill and the villages around it, in concrete or cl
When a roof is past repairing, we strip it back to the timbers and re-roof it to current standards. Many Haverhill homes
Slipped tiles, cracked slates, leaking flashings and crumbling ridges are the repairs we are called to most in Haverhill
Flat roofs on garages, extensions and dormers across Haverhill. We replace failing felt with GRP fibreglass or EPDM rubb
Rotten fascias, sagging gutters and cracked soffits let water into the roof edge long before it shows inside. We replace
Lead seals the joints where a roof meets a chimney, a wall or a dormer, and where it fails, water gets in. We fit and re
When a chimney stack is leaning, crumbling or letting water in, repointing is not always enough. We repair and rebuild c
A chimney you no longer use still needs maintaining, and it is still a common source of leaks. We take redundant stacks
Cladding protects walls and dormers from the weather and changes how a building looks. We fit and repair timber, fibre c
Roofs on industrial units, shops, offices and farm buildings in and around Haverhill. We repair and replace flat roofs,
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge - we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
