Conservation Peg Tiles in Kent
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.
Conservation Peg Tiles
Manufacturing process of our conservation peg tile
Our traditional hand moulding techniques are just the beginning of something very special when it comes to our conservation peg tile, we also use modern manufacturing methods to produce our legendary peg tiles. These methods include extrusion and pressing, which allow us to produce tiles of consistent size and shape. This consistency is crucial so that builders can produce an even, yet natural looking finish to their builds.
Extrusion of the clay involves forcing it through a die to produce tiles of a specific shape and size. Pressing involves pressing the clay into a mould using a purpose-built hydraulic press. Both methods are highly efficient and allow us to produce tiles of consistent quality, size, and dimensions.
At heritage Clay Tiles, we like to take our time over the production of our conservation peg tile, so that our customers always receive a truly inspiring and beautiful tile to complete their properties overall appearance. Whether using traditional or modern techniques, we always strive to ensure that each conservation peg tile is of the highest quality and meets our high standards.
Why use conservation peg tiles?
People like to use our conservation peg tile simply because they add a unique character and charm to any building's design. In short, our conservation peg tiles really do stand out from other tiles on the market today.
Our conservation peg tile has a beautiful texture and character
A clear feature of the conservation peg tile is their texture. Made from the finest graded clay, these tiles are handcrafted, which gives them a unique, irregular surface. This texture adds a gorgeous rustic, natural feel to the finished project, which can be especially appealing for traditional or historic buildings.
The Heritage conservation peg tile is renowned for its individuality. Each peg tile is slightly different from the others, which creates a distinct character for the roof, even more so when they are mixed to create a unique blend. This uniqueness is something that cannot be achieved with mass-produced machine-made tiles.
A little information about Kent
Kent: The Garden of England
Kent is a beautiful county in Southeast England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Greater London to the north-west. There is never a shortage of things to do or see in Kent.
Kent is lovingly referred to as the "Garden of England" due to its rich agricultural heritage, very favourable climate, and historical significance in fruit cultivation.
The historical origins of the garden of England description
The nickname "Garden of England" has been associated with the county of Kent for many centuries, with its origins often traced back to the Tudor period. King Henry VIII is famously credited with popularising the term after he was greatly impressed by the quality of cherries grown in Kent. Historical accounts suggest that he ordered the establishment of Britain's first commercial cherry orchard in the region, marking Kent as a premier fruit-growing area. This royal endorsement significantly contributed to Kent's identity as a fertile agricultural hub.
The agricultural significance of Kent
Kent's agricultural landscape is frequently characterised by sprawling, expansive orchards, hop gardens for the beer industry, and healthy, fertile fields for a plethora of agricultural uses. The green and lush county of Kent benefits from a mild maritime climate, which allows for the cultivation of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Notably, Kent produces ninety percent of England's cherries and half of its plums, making it a leading region for fruit production. The existence of numerous oast houses, sometimes referred to as hop kilns, historically used for drying hops, further emphasises Kent's rich and varied agricultural heritage.
Kent today
Kent continues to uphold its well-deserved title as the Garden of England, with close to three thousand farms and smallholdings across the county. These farms cater to an incredibly diverse range of agricultural practices, from fruit cultivation to livestock farming. The National Fruit Collection, located at the Brogdale Collections near Faversham, highlights the extensive variety of fruits grown in Kent. Quite incredibly, Kent boasts over 2,200 varieties of apples as well as many other types of fruit.
Kent to remain the Garden of England for many more years
Kent's place as the Garden of England is not merely a historical label; it reflects the county's ongoing commitment to agriculture, its unique climatic advantages, and its rich cultural heritage. The combination of these factors has enhanced Kent's reputation as one of the most fertile and picturesque regions in all of England.
What is Kent like?
The north-west of Kent is densely populated, with Dartford and Gravesend belonging to the Greater London conurbation and Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester forming a second conurbation around the River Medway; the town of Maidstone is located to their south. The remainder of the county is more rural, and its principal settlements include the city of Canterbury in the north-east, the seaside resort of Margate on the north-east coast, and the ports of Dover and Folkestone on the east coast. For local government purposes Kent consists of a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and the unitary authority area of Medway. The county historically included south-east Greater London and is one of the home counties.
The north of Kent is a plain bordering the Thames Estuary. South of this is the North Downs, a chalk downland ridge which crosses the county from north-west to south-east and which forms dramatic chalk cliffs, including the famed and celebrated White Cliffs of Dover, where it meets the English Channel. The south-west of Kent contains part of the Greensand Ridge and the Weald, the area between the North and South Downs. The south-east of Kent contains the low-lying Romney Marsh. The North Downs and High Weald have been designated national landscapes. The geography of Kent lends itself to the cultivation of fruit orchards, hence its aforementioned nickname "the Garden of England".
Kent's location between London and the Strait of Dover, the narrowest crossing point between England and mainland Europe, has led to the county being the point of entry for many prominent figures and groups in British history. It was one of the first British territories to be settled by Germanic tribes, most notably the Jutes, following the withdrawal of the Romans. In the sixth century, Saint Augustine landed in the county to begin the conversion of England to Christianity and became the first archbishop of Canterbury; Canterbury Cathedral is now a World Heritage Site. England relied on the county's ports to provide warships through much of its history; the Cinque Ports in the tenth to the fourteenth centuries and Chatham Dockyard in the sixteenth to twentieth centuries were of particular importance. Dover Castle has been described as the "key of England" due to its strategic significance.
Kent is a favoured destination for fly fishers
Bewl water in Kent is the Southeast of England's largest reservoir.
Nestled in the heart of the Kent countryside, Bewl Water spans 770 acres, making it the largest reservoir in the Southeast of England and a top spot for both seasoned anglers and those trying fishing for the first time.
With a well-deserved reputation for trout over 10lb and the fearsome pike exceeding 40lb, along with perch, bream, roach, tench, and more, it is the perfect place to cast your line and enjoy a peaceful day by the water.
If fishing is not your thing, Bewl water in Kent offers a wide variety of other leisure activities such as walking, cycling, open water swimming, and paddle boarding amongst many other engaging activities.
The origins of Kent
Kent appeared in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle between the 11th and 12th centuries. The Kent name is of Celtic origin and is one of the oldest place names of the British Isles still in use today, being first recorded in a periplus in ancient Greek of the c. 320s B.C. by Pytheas. As such, it has been claimed as the oldest recorded name still in use in England.
The meaning of the Kent name has been explained as 'coastal district', 'corner-land' or 'land on the edge'. In Latin sources the area is called Cantia or Cantium, while the Anglo-Saxons referred to it as Cent, Cent lond or Centrice.
Whatever the origins of the Kent name, it is clear that the area was and remains of great significance to this day.
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