Lead Work & Flashing in Alvaston, Derby

Lead Work in Alvaston, Derby: what to know

The roofs we work on in Alvaston, Derby

• Victorian terraces and Edwardian villas (Crewton and the older streets of Alvaston): Derby City Council’s townscape study records parallel Victorian terraces in Crewton and large Edwardian detached villas. At well over a century old, these roofs need the familiar work: slipped slates or tiles, worn flashings, chimney stacks that want repointing, and valleys kept clear.
• Interwar council homes (Allenton, Osmaston and the older parts of Sinfin): Derby built over 7,000 council homes between the wars, and some of the early ones in Osmaston and Allenton were non-traditional cast-iron houses. Roofs approaching a hundred years old often need new battens and underlay, and anything unusual about the construction is worth checking before a re-roof.
• 1930s semis and post-war estates (Across Alvaston, Sinfin (where the Sinfin Moor estate began in 1968) and Boulton): Tiled roofs of many ages. The older ones are due new underlay and battens, while post-war homes add flat-roofed porches, garages and extensions that need their own attention.

Planning and permission in Alvaston, Derby

Derby City Council is the planning authority for most of DE24, but Stenson Fields and part of Boulton Moor lie in South Derbyshire, so jobs there go to South Derbyshire District Council. None of Derby’s conservation areas falls within DE24; the nearest is the Railway Conservation Area around the station, whose appraisal notes long, unbroken slate roofs. Ordinary re-roofing in Alvaston, Allenton or Sinfin rarely needs consent, though listed buildings such as the Grade II church of St Michael and All Angels, built in 1855–56 of sandstone under a slate roof, are protected.