Armour Shield Roofing Services Coalville covers Enderby, Narborough and the rest of LE19 from our Coalville base, down the M1 to junction 21. Enderby is an old quarrying village of granite cottages, Narborough and Littlethorpe grew after the war beside the River Soar, and new homes are going up at Lubbesthorpe.
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| Covered from | Our base on Station Road, Hugglescote, Coalville — about 11 miles away as the crow flies |
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| Postcode district | LE19 |
| Local council (planning) | Blaby District Council |
| Conservation areas include | Enderby and Narborough |
| Roofs we see most | Granite village cottages · Postwar estates · New homes |
| Also covering | Littlethorpe, Lubbesthorpe and Fosse Park |
| Every job | Free quote · £5 million public liability insurance · 15-year written guarantee |
Local details checked and updated September 2026.
Enderby and Narborough sit either side of the M1 and M69 junction south-west of Leicester, in the LE19 postcode. Enderby grew on granite: quarrying began in the 1870s and for decades most villagers worked in the quarries or the boot factories, while the philanthropist Charles Brook, who bought Enderby Hall in 1865, rebuilt the old stocking-weavers’ cottages and the church. Narborough has a 13th-century church, a hall of local pink granite and a station opened in 1864, and grew, like neighbouring Littlethorpe, with postwar estates. Fosse Park and the Meridian business park are part of LE19 too.
The historic centre of Enderby, around the parish church and the hall
Walls of local granite rubble under Welsh slate, as on the listed Red House, or Swithland slate, as on Enderby Hall. On roofs this old the nails and battens give out long before the slate, so repairs should keep the original slate.
Narborough and Littlethorpe, where Jelson and Barratt built much of the housing
Tiled roofs from the second half of the twentieth century, with timber or uPVC fascias and flat-roofed garages. Typical jobs are ridge and verge repairs, replacing tired felt under the tiles and renewing the roofline.
Lubbesthorpe and the newest streets of Enderby
New roofs on new estates are generally sound. The calls here are about warranty snags, a cracked dry-verge cap or a gutter joint that drips.
The River Soar runs between Narborough and Littlethorpe, and there are Environment Agency flood warning areas covering the river at Littlethorpe and Narborough and at Enderby. Narborough Bogs, in the Soar floodplain, hold the only substantial peat deposit in Leicestershire. For roofs, low and wet ground means drainage matters: gutters and downpipes that keep up with a downpour keep water out of walls. Mature trees along the river and around the old village centres add autumn leaves to clear from valleys and gutters.
Enderby and Narborough are both in Blaby District, and both have a conservation area covering the historic village centre. Their listed buildings include Narborough’s 13th-century church of All Saints (Grade II*) and Narborough Hall, and in Enderby the hall and the Red House. For a house in either conservation area, like-for-like repairs and re-roofing normally need no consent, but a dormer or roof extension does, and any change to a listed building’s character needs listed building consent.
Planning authority for Enderby & Narborough: Blaby District Council. We will tell you at the quote if your job needs consent, but the council has the final say.
Slate on Enderby’s granite cottages is usually worth keeping: slipped slates are refixed and worn flashings replaced rather than stripping a sound roof.
Roof Repairs in Enderby & Narborough →Postwar roofs in Narborough and Littlethorpe are reaching the age where tired felt and battens make a re-roof better value than repeated patching.
New Roofs in Enderby & Narborough →On low ground by the Soar, gutters and downpipes that keep up with heavy rain protect walls and foundations.
Roofline & Guttering in Enderby & Narborough →Garages and extensions on the postwar estates often carry flat roofs, and a modern membrane outlasts another layer of felt.
Flat Roofing in Enderby & Narborough →Mostly slate. Enderby grew around granite quarrying from the 1870s, and its older buildings pair granite rubble walls with Welsh slate or, on Enderby Hall, Swithland slate. Heavy stone walls carry slate well, but the lime mortar at chimneys and verges and the nails holding each slate wear out after a century. Repairs that reuse the old slate keep these cottages right for the conservation area.
Littlethorpe and Narborough grew after the Second World War with estates by builders including Jelson and Barratt, so many roofs are tiled and forty or more years old. At that age the felt under the tiles sags or tears, battens soften, and mortar-bedded ridges and verges work loose. A survey shows whether a targeted repair will do or whether stripping and re-covering is the better long-term buy.
Their historic centres are. Blaby District Council manages a conservation area in each village; the postwar estates around them sit outside. Inside one, ordinary repairs and re-roofing a house in matching materials are normally fine without consent, while a dormer or roof extension needs planning permission, and listed buildings such as All Saints church or Narborough Hall need consent from Blaby before any change to their character.
All of Enderby & Narborough (LE19), including Littlethorpe, Lubbesthorpe and Fosse Park. We reach LE19 from our Coalville base down the M1 to junction 21, and cover Enderby and Narborough with Littlethorpe, Lubbesthorpe and the streets around Fosse Park. Every quote is free and no-obligation, the work is covered by £5 million public liability insurance, and our workmanship is guaranteed in writing for 15 years.
New roof costs in Coalville for 2026: a re-roof on a typical semi runs £4,000–£6,500 and a detached £6,000–£9,000+. What moves the price, and why.
Read the guide →Storm damage to a Coalville roof: make the house safe, photograph it from the ground, then get a make-safe before the permanent repair. Free quotes.
Read the guide →GRP and EPDM flat roofs last 25–30+ years, quality torch-on felt 15–20. Which suits a Leicestershire garage, extension or dormer, and what each costs.
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