Handmade Roof Tiles in Suffolk
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.
Handmade Roof Tiles
Restoring period properties with handmade roof tiles
A naturally aged roof covered in handmade roof tiles can be visually stunning, with no two tiles looking the same. Remember that the roof has a character of its own because it is clad with handmade roof tiles which are a natural product.
However, the roofs found on older historic properties deteriorate over time and may need repairing or replacing entirely, so it is important to choose high quality, historically authentic handmade roof tiles that will match the architecture of the building and help restore the roof to all of its original beauty.
One should also keep in mind that planning regulations will often insist on the use of like-for-like or, at the very least, very similar handmade roof tiles.
The handmade peg tile
During the 12th and 13th centuries, handmade clay peg tiles were a popular feature of historic country houses, farm buildings and churches across much of England.
These handmade roof tiles were named after the wooden pegs by which they were originally attached to the timber laths or battens, their distinctive appearance was characterised by their variation in texture and colour. In those days, every town and village would have had its own kiln and tile maker and, depending on the local clay, the firing temperature and the skill of the manufacturer, the colours could range from pale orange to a dark red. This is because different parts of the country produced different types of clay
By the middle of the nineteenth century peg tiles had developed into the plain handmade roof tiles that had projections on the underside of the top edge for hooking onto the timber battens. They were also slightly longer and wider.
Handmade roof tiles: keeping that authentic period look
When restoring a period or listed property, it is very important to look for handmade roof tiles with a gorgeous time weathered look that is consistent with the original handmade roof tiles that were fitted.
Genuine handmade roof tiles have an appearance, which is well suited to period properties, and cannot be replicated by cheaper, more uniform machine made tiles.
Also, used reclaimed handmade roof tiles are frequently in short supply and can be pretty expensive to source, so new handmade roof tiles can offer a compatible and cost effective alternative, particularly if you have to replace large areas of an existing roof.
Look for a company that specialises in the manufacture of quality handmade roof tiles. Ensure it's a company that combines age-old, traditional skills and craftsmanship with modern firing techniques. This produces gorgeous handmade roof tiles that have an individual and instant-aged, rustic look, that meet modern performance standards.
When restoring any roof, it is important to realise that even the slightest change from the original size of handmade roof tile can adversely affect the overall appearance of the project. Before you start, ensure that if you require a bespoke size of handmade roof tile, you can actually have them built to that size by a reputable tile manufacturer. By having your handmade roof tiles made to the correct size, you will be able to replicate and preserve the character of the original building.
A little information about Suffolk
Ghostly goings on in Suffolk
Every county has the odd tale of things that go bump in the night and Suffolk has its fair share too. For example, we've all heard of haunted houses, but in Suffolk, there's a house which itself is the ghost. As spooky as it sounds, this house has been known to appear and disappear in front of petrified onlookers.
The so-called Rougham Mirage has confused and set the hairs on end of locals, visitors and those fascinated with the paranormal for more than one and a half centuries on a stretch of road between Bradfield St George and Rougham Green. In this typical Suffolk location a stately home appears and then vanishes, leaving not a single trace. The first reported sighting was by Robert Palfry in 1860, who was enjoying the last light of a June evening in the fields of Rougham when he suddenly felt a chill in the air. He suddenly became aware that from nowhere, a large red brick house had appeared. The ghostly house has been seen on numerous occasions since.
Suffolk church and two spectres
The ghostly organists of Ipswich Tourist Information Centre on St Stephen's Lane in Ipswich are said to be sisters who were bound to the church where the centre is now based. After the church was declared redundant in 1975, the former place of worship was maintained by two members of the congregation. The ghosts of two elderly ladies, said to be sisters, have been spotted at the place where the organ once stood. It is said that the ghostly siblings return to the place where they once led the congregation in worshipful song and the church which they once proudly helped to maintain. Following its closure, it is said that after they died, the sisters would come back to the place where they felt most at home.
Witch hunts in Suffolk
In Denham near Bury St Edmunds, the beauty of a young girl in the 1640s led to her terrifying end when jealous villagers, who had joined in the cause of nearby witch hunts sought their own form of rough justice. The girl, it is said, was so beautiful that she turned the heads of every man in the village, leading the women of this Suffolk town to accuse her of having more than natural beauty at her disposal and as such, she must have been practicing witchcraft.
The poor girl was drowned in a well close to the church, she was buried at a crossroads where there have been reports of ghostly chains being heard dragging along the road from the church to the site. When the noise from the chains ends, a luminous ball can be seen hovering just above the ground for five or six minutes before it fades away, just like the beauty of a young girl, snuffed out by the envy of the local Suffolk folk who were blinded with superstitious anger and jealousy, before she could live a full and happy life.
A Suffolk tale of forbidden love
A young woman, who was employed in service at Thornham Hall in the early part of the 19th century, fell in love with the Lord of the Manor's son. The two lovers decided that their love surpassed the class barriers of the time and planned to marry, but the young heir's father became aware of their affair and made his anger very clear indeed. When his son refused to put aside his love for the girl and concentrate on a more suitable union befitting his social status, he devised a plan and had his gamekeepers stalk her and set their dogs loose on her. When she failed to return home, the young woman's parents went searching for her. The very next morning, they found her lifeless body in the woods. Today, a road bisects the wood where the girl was murdered and while walking along this road in the dead of night, many terrified witnesses report hearing a phantom hunting pack before seeing a spooky and misty shape appear from the trees. Many have claimed that they had seen the form of a young woman running from her own impending death.
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