High Quality Roof 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.
High Quality Roof Tiles
High quality roof tiles for your property from Heritage Clay Tiles Ltd
When you consider that there are so many different types of roof tiles available today, it can be a mind numbing exercise trying to decide which roof tile is best for you. Do you opt for the concrete roof tiles, clay roof tiles, or the durable, but not that aesthetically appealing metal tiles? If money is not your first consideration, you may even want to splash out on natural slate roof tiles. Whatever you decide, you will want to choose a high quality roof tile, as you will want them to be durable and last a long time.
Low and high quality roof tiles are worlds apart. High quality roof tiles offer many advantages over cheap, low quality roof tiles, including durability, longevity, aesthetics, ease of installation, and so much more. All you need to do is to decide which option is best for your building project and make your purchase based on a well informed decision.
Consider your roof design and structure
The design and pitch of your roof structure will have a major impact on the roof tile options you have. If the pitch is very low, then some types of tile simply will not be suitable for installation. Instead, you will need to specifically search for practical tile designs purposely suited for low pitch roof fittings. Again, choosing high quality roof tiles will save you time and money in the long term.
The appearance of your high quality roof tiles from Heritage Clay Tiles Ltd
Everyone wants their property to look its best, and high quality roof tiles can help you achieve just that. When considering each roof tile, think about the finish it will create for your property. If your home is more traditional with classical or period features, a sleek modern slate or lightweight roof tile may stick out like a sore thumb. Strangely, traditional high quality roof tiles can look amazing on newer properties, but not so much the other way round.
Pick a shade of high quality roof tiles that coordinates well with your property's external colour scheme and doesn't clash with the existing brickwork. Also, always try to take into account the appearance of neighbouring properties and how well your new tiled roof will fit into the overall look of your local area. Should you go too far away from the neighbouring properties in look and style, your property can and probably will look out of place, and the local authority may even order you to rectify the situation. The latter, is not a scenario you will want to entertain when you have spent a good deal of money on high quality roof tiles and their installation.
High quality roof tiles and your budget
Whether you want to spend big on high quality roof tiles or a cheaper option, planning out a project budget is the best way of narrowing down which type of roof tile may be best suited to your price-range. Make sure you keep in mind any additional costs such as installation, transportation, and maintenance as well as just the initial cost of the roof tiles themselves.
High quality roof tiles from Heritage Clay Tiles Ltd tend to be more durable
Remember that roof tiles are going to be exposed to the harshest of exterior conditions, so it's vitally important that the kind you pick are tough enough to last. Cheap, budget roof tiles will never be as durable as high quality roof tiles.
High quality roof tiles manufactured from clay are well known for their impressive strength and durability. The hard-wearing structure of clay is built to withstand strong winds, heavy hail and rain, extreme temperatures and even fire. In fact, high quality roof tiles made from clay are so hard-wearing that even those manufactured hundreds of years ago are still being found to this day.
High quality roof tiles made from natural slate are another very popular choice in terms resilience and durability. Slate is actually one of the most durable natural roofing materials available on the market. It can withstand all kinds of weather extremes, maintaining structural integrity when exposed to very high winds, searing hot temperatures, and icy hail and heavy rain. The natural properties of high quality roof tiles made from slate also make your roof fire proof.
High quality roof tiles from Heritage Clay Tiles Ltd last the longest
If you want your roof structure to enjoy a long service life, it's important to pick out a roof tile with a good lifespan.
High quality roof tiles made from clay and concrete are two of the longest lasting roof tile materials available to buy. With a potential life expectancy of over a century, many clay and concrete roof tiles even outlive the property they've been installed on, which is why you often see them in salvage yards after they have been reclaimed.
Slate tiles are another good choice in terms of longevity. Although the lifespan of the tiles will depend on quality, care and initial installation, many slates can last anywhere from sixty to over one hundred and fifty years.
So, if you are in the market for a new roof, have a think about what look and feel you are looking for and always choose a high quality roof tile to improve the look of your property.
A little information about Bedfordshire
The Stockwood Discovery Centre in Bedfordshire
Stockwood Discovery Centre, which was formerly known as Stockwood Craft Museum, is one of two free admission museums situated in Bedfordshire.
The discovery centre displays collections of local social history, archaeology, geology and rural crafts connected to the Bedfordshire area. It also houses the biggest collection of horse-drawn carriages in Europe, the Mossman Collection.
Horticulturists can also enjoy a day out at the Bedfordshire centre
The outside part of the Discovery Centre features extensive gardens. The Period Gardens, ranging from the Elizabethan Knot Garden to the Dig for Victory Garden, were created by Bedfordshire Council from the mid-1980s onwards. Redevelopment work in 2007 included the building of the Sensory Garden, World Garden and Medicinal Garden. It is one of the few places in the country where the work of acclaimed artist Ian Hamilton Finlay can be seen on permanent display. The Improvement Garden is a classical garden in which Ian Hamilton Finlay sculptures are an integral part of the landscape.
Nearly four decades of the Bedfordshire centre
Stockwood Park Museum was opened in 1986 and later reopened as Stockwood Discovery Centre in 2008 as part of a £6 million redevelopment.
The Mossman Carriage Collection is also well worth a visit, as it houses an unrivalled collection of horse-drawn vehicles. The Bedfordshire collection is the largest displays of such vehicles in the United Kingdom, and includes original vehicles dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Rural trade and craft at the Bedfordshire centre
The collection of rural crafts and trades held at Stockwood Discovery Centre was amassed by Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe who was a notable Bedfordshire historian and a leading authority on folk life. Bagshawe was born in Bedfordshire in 1901 and became a director of the family engineering firm.
Bagshawe was heavily influenced by Scandinavian rural trades of yesteryear and he sought ways to introduce the ideas and methods he had witnessed on his overseas trips into the Bedfordshire Museum. In 1938 a rural industry gallery was opened at Wardown designed on Scandinavian principles with built-in cases and freestanding exhibits.
The Bedfordshire museum's annual report of that year described Luton town as being at the centre of a large area that was rapidly being transformed, and that the disappearance of many rural crafts was imminent.
During the 1930s and in the years immediately after World War II, Bagshawe undertook a systematic search of Bedfordshire villages to seek out the surviving crafts folk. He interviewed them and acquired artefacts from them.
In 1954 Bagshawe offered all his collection to Bedfordshire Museum. The archaeology and occupational collections were a gift conditional upon the purchase of his collection of furniture, ceramics and other artefacts as well as the provision of suitable display facilities for the illustration of Bedfordshire occupations. The rural life gallery at the Bedfordshire Museum remained on display until the 1970s when the then curator decided to change the gallery to one showing aspects of Luton life and history of the town. The collection is now housed in Stockwood Discovery Centre in the heart of Bedfordshire.
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Further Information
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