Georgian Roof Tiles in Hampshire
Georgian Roof Tiles
The life span of a Georgian roof tile
Georgian properties that used Georgian clay roof tiles were built between 1714 and 1830.
When you consider that the average life span of a clay roof tile is sixty years, it stands to reason that many of these types of properties will require new roof tiles fitted to replace the older worn and damaged ones.
The production process of many clay roof tiles is similar across manufacturers, and despite differences in the sand or coatings used, most tiles would have a comparable sixty year lifespan.
Georgian houses in the United Kingdom can be some of the most attractive architecture you will see today. The term Georgian, comes after the rule of the Georges in succession, from George I to George IV.
Gerorgian properties were typically built with local stone, as at the time transportation of heavy materials was difficult as there were no railways. The Georgian styled properties were designed with a great sense of symmetry. In detached Georgian houses, the front doors are placed in the centre with rooms either side, framed by multi paned sash windows. Many of these windows were surrounded with vertically hung Georgian clay tiles.
New Georgian roof tiles for a renovation
It should also be noted that as the original Georgian roof tiles were replaced with modern materials such as concrete, the buildings could often suffer extra stress owing to the extra weight of the newer materials.
Now you can take advantage of modern tiles, that are constructed by hand in the time honoured tradition to suit any property, regardless of the period they were built in. Our Georgian roof tiles are a prime example of the quality that can be achieved when traditional manufacturing methods are adhered to.
A little information about Hampshire
The New Forest: Hampshire
The New Forest is one of the largest remaining areas of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featuring in the Domesday Book. Pre-existing rights of common pasture are still recognised today and are still officially being enforced.
In the 18th century, The New Forest became the main source of timber for the Royal Navy, who are still based in Portsmouth. A seemingly never ending supply of quality timber was readily available for ship building, making the Hampshire forest the perfect source for the military ship building effort.
The New Forest: Hampshire wildlife at its best
The ecological importance of the New Forest is enhanced further by the large areas of lowland habitats which have survived. There are several kinds of important lowland habitat including valley bogs, alder carr, wet heaths, dry heaths and deciduous woodland. The area contains a good deal of rare wildlife, including the New Forest cicada Cicadetta montana, the only cicada native to Great Britain, although the last unconfirmed sighting was in 2000. Cicadas are the most efficient and loudest sound producing insects in the world. Conversely, some small species have songs so high in pitch that the noise is inaudible to humans.
Several species of unusual insect species are found here, including the southern damselfly, large marsh grasshopper and the mole cricket, all are very rare in Britain. In 2009, 500 adult southern damselflies were captured and released in the Venn Ottery nature reserve in Devon. The Hampshire Forest is an important stronghold for a rich variety of fungi, and although these have been heavily gathered in the past, there are control measures now in place to manage this.
The Hampshire New Forest is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Several areas are Geological Conservation Review and Nature Conservation Review sites. It is a Special Area of Conservation, a Ramsar site and a Special Protection Area. Copythorne Common is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Kingston Great Common is a National Nature Reserve and New Forest Northern Commons is managed by the National Trust.
Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once mainly deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets that started around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland waste, which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still quite a good deal of woodland in this part of Hampshire, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250 to 100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
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