Bat Tiles in Bedfordshire
Heritage Tiles: Emblematic of the finest craftsmanship
Heritage tiles are the professional roofer's choice for the highest quality clay roof tiles. We pride ourselves in manufacturing, stocking, and delivering the very finest in prestige clay roof tiles.
Heritage Tiles have several tile ranges that satisfy every architectural requirement. Vintage and historic properties right up to modern new builds are covered by the diverse range of clay roof tiles that we stock.
So, whether you are in the building trade, or simply wish to choose your own tiles, Heritage Tiles have the right product for your specific requirements.
What Heritage Tiles have to offer our customers?
- We offer specification and technical solutions to help you achieve the perfect build.
- We also offer expert design advice to all our customers.
- We are happy to engage in site visits with our clients.
- We have stockists and distributors throughout the United Kingdom to ensure that we can provide our expert service to a wider area.
- We can provide estimated quantities from plans supplied by our clients.
- We offer battening plans.
- We can deliver a standard and bespoke colour choice for our clay tile products.
- All our tiles are assessed and approved by Lucideon.
- We provide a nationwide delivery and collection service.
The ranges of clay roof tiles we supply.
The Clayhall Range of roof tiles:
Clayhall Medium Blend - Carefully crafted to replicate all the features of handmade the Clayhall hand crafted range of tiles offers an excellent alternative when budget restrictions are a concern, but without compromising quality or durability.
Clayhall Dark Blend - Quality and durability in a budget clay roof tile. The Clayhall dark blend is sure to turn heads.
Clayhall Red Blend - A beautiful rustic clay roof tile. The Clayhall red blend is a firm favourite with our customers.
Clayhall Hamlet Mix - The Clayhall Hamlet mix is a gorgeous light and sandy looking clay roof tile that is a perennial favourite in the building trade.
Clayhall Birchwood Mix - The Clayhall Birchwood mix offers a gorgeous blend of lighter and darker shades in this diverse clay roof tile. If you are concerned that your roof tiles could look monotonous, the Clayhall Birchwood mix is the clay roof tile to choose.
The Conservation Range of roof tiles
The Conservation range of roof tiles are available in a range of distinctive colours, created by using a very fine sand, The Conservation Weathered; A natural warm tone, achieving an instant mellow and settled look and The Conservation Red; perfect for vertical tiling especially suited for villages and hamlets with olde world vernacular charm.
Manufactured using high quality clay, achieving high strength and durability properties, giving homeowners and contractors peace of mind for many years to come. The conservation range comes with a complete set of associated fittings, including Hog Back Ridge, Half Round Ridge, Bonnet Hips, Valley tiles and External Angles.
The Conservation range of clay roof tiles comes in the following variations:
- Conservation Red
- Conservation Weathered
- Conservation Dark
Conservation Peg Tile
Plain clay roofing tiles laid to a double lap have been used for roof covering in England since before the Norman Conquest and tiles dating back to Roman Times have been discovered under excavation. From the outset clay plain tiles were made incorporating fixing features.
The Classic Edwardian roof tile
The Classic range of plain tiles is one of the finest ranges of clay tiles.
We source only the best raw materials for our craftsman to create beautifully handmade clay tiles of the highest quality and durability.
Tile Fittings available from Heritage Tiles
There are many fittings that are available from us a Heritage Tiles to complete your build to perfection. We stock and supply the following:
- Gable Tile
- Eave Tile
- Baby Porch Ridge
- 90 Degree Ext. Angle
- Universal Bonnet Hip
- Half Round Ridge
- Hogs Back Ridge
- Mono Ridge
- Third Round Ridge
- Universal Valley
- Ornamental Club
- Bat Tile Set
Bat Tiles:
Provide help for our bats with our range of bat friendly roof tiles.
Did you know that all UK bats and their roosts are protected by law? The Wildlife and Countryside Act introduced in 1981, gave legal protection to all bat species and their roosts in England.
Distinct species of bats prefer differing places to roost. The two most usually found species of bat in the UK are the Pipistrelle and Brown Long-Eared Bat. Pipistrelle prefer confined spaces such as under tiles on roofs and hanging spaces. The Brown Long-Eared Bat prefer roof timbers and ridges inside lofts. Heritage Clay Tiles can provide purpose made access points within your roof tiles or ridge tiles. The Bat Tile Set can form part of a mitigation package required by law for existing roosts or as potential access where a roost had not previously been present.
Select a Blend
Getting the right blend for your roofing project can feel daunting, but with our blend generator you can mix and match various blends of tiles to achieve the perfect blend.
Click here to make use of our online tool to choose your own unique blend.
Because our strict quality control provides a consistent tile size you can mix assorted styles and colours of tiles to make your roof unique to you. Please use the tool below to experiment with various blends.
Adjust the sliders to set the ingredients for your desired blend then click on the update mix button.
Alternatively click on any blend or tile to display it.
Whatever type of clay roof tile you want, Heritage Tiles will be able to help.
Bat Tiles
Bat Tiles: Protecting Bats While Preserving Your Roof
Bat tiles are a specialist roofing solution designed to provide safe, discreet access for bats into roof spaces while maintaining the appearance and performance of traditional clay tiled roofs. As bats and their roosts are legally protected in the UK, installing bat access tiles is an effective way to support conservation, comply with legislation, and protect the character of your property.
What Are Bat Tiles?
Bat tiles are purpose made clay roof tiles that create a small access point beneath the tile, allowing bats to crawl behind the roof covering or into the roof space where appropriate. They are designed to integrate seamlessly with plain clay tiles and look no different from surrounding tiles once installed.
These tiles provide a simple, long term solution for maintaining bat access without compromising weather protection or roof integrity.
Why Bat Tiles Are Important
All bat species and their roosts are protected under UK law. It is illegal to kill or injure bats, disturb their roosts, or block access to them - even if bats are not present at the time works are carried out.
Bat tiles help ensure:
Continued access to existing or potential bat roosts.
Compliance during roofing, repair, or renovation works.
Reduced risk of accidental legal breaches.
Including bat tiles as part of a roofing system can form part of a mitigation package where bat access is required by law.
Seamless Integration with Clay Tiled Roofs
One of the key benefits of bat tiles is their discreet appearance. Manufactured using traditional methods, bat tiles display the same subtle variations in size, colour, and texture as standard handmade clay tiles. This allows them to blend naturally into both new and existing roofs without standing out.
Once installed, bat tiles look as though they have always been part of the roof, making them ideal for:
Heritage and period properties.
Conservation areas.
Traditional clay tiled roofs.
Supporting bat conservation and biodiversity
Bat populations in the UK are under significant pressure due to habitat loss and environmental change. Providing safe roost access through bat tiles helps support these vulnerable species at a time when suitable roosting sites are increasingly limited.
Bats are also recognised as important indicators of environmental health. Because they are sensitive to changes in habitat and food availability, encouraging bats contributes to wider biodiversity and ecosystem balance.
Bat tiles are a practical solution for roof repairs and renovations.
Bat tiles are commonly used during:
- Re-roofing projects.
- Roof repairs or maintenance.
- Heritage refurbishments.
- New build developments where bat access is required.
By planning bat access into a roof from the outset, property owners and developers can avoid delays, enforcement action, or the need for costly remedial work if bat activity is discovered later.
Handcrafted quality and durability
Bat tiles are handmade using traditional clay tile manufacturing techniques, ensuring durability, compatibility, and long-term performance. They fit neatly alongside existing plain tiles and provide a reliable access point that does not compromise the roof's weather resistance or lifespan.
Bat tiles offer a small addition with a big impact
Installing bat tiles is a relatively simple step, but one that can make a meaningful difference. By providing safe access and protecting roosting opportunities, bat tiles help safeguard protected wildlife while preserving the appearance and function of your roof.
Choosing bat tiles is a responsible, forward thinking decision that benefits bats, buildings, and biodiversity alike.
A little information about Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire food
The Bedfordshire clanger is a convenience food from Bedfordshire and adjacent counties in England, such as Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. It dates back to at least the 19th century. You can still find this local offering at various bakers and served in some cafes, restaurants and local places of interest in and around Bedfordshire.
The word "clanger" is related to the dialect term "clung", with the meaning leaning towards "heavy", in relation to food.
So, what is the Bedfordshire Clanger?
The clanger is a long suet crust dumpling, which is sometimes described as a savoury type of roly-poly pudding. Its name may refer to its dense consistency. A 19th-century English Dialect Dictionary recorded the phrase "clung dumplings" from Bedfordshire, citing "clungy" and "clangy" as adjectives meaning heavy or close-textured.
Bedfordshire Clangers were historically made by women for their husbands to take to their agricultural work as an easy and quick meal. Many argue that the crust was not originally intended to be eaten, but to protect the fillings from the dirty hands of the workers. They could be eaten cold, or warmed by being wrapped in damp newspaper under a brazier. While sometimes associated with the hatmakers of the Luton district of Bedfordshire, the same dish was also recorded in rural Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
Making the Bedfordshire Clanger
The Bedfordshire Clanger was traditionally boiled in a cloth like other suet puddings, though some modern recipes use a shortcrust or other pastry and suggest baking it like a pasty, a method dating from a 1990s revival of the dish by a commercial bakery. The dumpling can be filled with liver and onion, bacon and potatoes, pork and onions, or other meat and vegetables, and flavoured with the garden herb sage.
Usually a savoury dish, clangers were also said to have been prepared with a sweet filling, such as jam or fruit, in one end; this variant is referred to in a Bedfordshire Magazine of the 1960s as a half and half, with "clanger" reserved for a savoury version. A 1959 reference also suggests that clangers were usually savoury, stating that the version with a sweet filling in one end was called the Trowley Dumpling after the hamlet in west Hertfordshire where it was supposed to have originated. There is some doubt as to how often a sweet filling was traditionally added in practice, though modern recipes often imitate the folklore by including one.
Variations of the Bedfordshire Clanger
A similar dumpling was known in parts of Buckinghamshire, particularly Aylesbury Vale, as a "Bacon Badger". It was made from bacon, potatoes and onions, flavoured with sage and enclosed in a suet pastry case, and was usually boiled in a cloth. The etymology of "badger" is unknown but might relate to a former term for a dealer in flour. "Badger" was widely used in the Midland counties in the early 19th century to refer to a "cornfactor, mealman, or huckster". The same basic suet dumpling recipe is known by a variety of other names elsewhere in the country; "flitting pudding" is recorded in County Durham, "dog in blanket" from Derbyshire, and "bacon pudding" in Berkshire and Sussex.
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