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Whether a rooflight needs consent depends on four separate regimes that rarely agree with one another, and on which side of a national border the building stands. This guide sets out the current position across the UK, including the one point most published guidance still gets wrong. In summary Installing a rooflight in a listed […]
Cast iron rainwater systems are essential for the conservation of historic churches, acting as a vital defense against water ingress and structural decay.
Rainwater systems cover a variety of different means of shedding water away from a building. On older church buildings they are most commonly seen as attached cast iron guttering, though they can also be incorporated into the building’s fabric — concealed behind parapets and within walls. Medieval churches used decorative gargoyles and projecting spouts to […]
“Rainwater system” is a term covering a variety of different means of shedding water away from a building. Most commonly seen on older church buildings as attached cast iron guttering, rainwater systems can also be incorporated — unseen — into the building’s fabric, behind parapets and within walls. It has long been recognised that rainwater […]