The 1900 artillery camp
A Royal Field Artillery camp opened in September 1900, with huts for 450 men and stabling for 270 horses.
Roofers in Ewshot
Roofs in the village an artillery camp doubled in 1900
Ewshot is a village on sandy ground between Fleet and Farnham, where an artillery camp opened in 1900. Each Ewshot roof is photographed, then given one written price.
Ewshot's roofs, from inclosed common to artillery camp
Inclosed commons
The commons of Ewshot and Crookham were inclosed in 1834, and Ewshot became a parish in 1886.
A listed war memorial
Ewshot War Memorial received its Grade II listing on 18 April 2019.
Map of Ewshot with Crondall, Church Crookham, Crookham Village, Hale marked around it.
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Ewshot, on sandy ground between Fleet and Farnham
Church Crookham lies to the north, Fleet beyond it, Crookham Village to the north-west, Crondall to the south-west, and Hale, Farnham and Weybourne to the south-east and east.
About 6.8 road miles south-west of Farnborough · Hart District Council and Hampshire County Council.
Ewshot, camp and common
Ewshot roofs, from the 1900 camp to conservation areas
How an army camp reshaped a small Hampshire village, which war memorial and conservation areas lie close, and who is responsible for inspecting work and issuing a scaffold licence. Sources are named throughout.
| No. | Chapter | The figure it turns on |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | An artillery camp that more than doubled a village | Camp 1900; population 441 in 1891 |
| 02 | A listed war memorial and three nearby conservation areas | Memorial Grade II; three areas within 2.5 km |
| 03 | Hart's inspectors, Hampshire's licence and a village lane | Rushmoor team inspects; Hampshire licenses |
Chapter 01 of 03
An artillery camp that more than doubled a village
Ewshot's change in dated records
- 441population of Ewshot in 1891
- 1900Royal Field Artillery camp formed in September
- 1886became an ecclesiastical parish
- 1,101residents of Ewshot parish, Census 2021
The county history of 1911 records that a Royal Field Artillery camp was formed at Ewshot in September 1900, with huts for 450 men and stabling for 270 horses, which more than doubled a population that had been only 441 in 1891. Ewshot had become an ecclesiastical parish in 1886, formed from Crondall and Crookham, and the commons of Ewshot and Crookham had been inclosed in 1834. The 2021 Census counted 1,101 residents in the civil parish, a small community in which neighbours usually know whose roof is whose.
A small place with a large episode
The camp is the kind of event that changes a village in a year: new people, new demand for housing and new buildings of every sort. The camp brought huts and stabling, and what stands in the village today is read house by house, not from its past. Ewshot's roofs, like any, have their own histories of repair and replacement.
Where houses stand in pairs or short rows, a repair on one can affect a neighbour. We therefore photograph shared ridges, party-wall junctions and shared gutters from our own side, and report whatever can be seen of the adjoining slope from ours, never setting foot on it. Should the adjoining roof need work as well, the pictures give both owners the same starting point. That shared record also helps if a neighbour later asks what was done, and when, on the side of the ridge that we repaired.
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Our method is the same on every Ewshot job. We begin at the ridge and work down, measuring each slope, trying fixings in a few places and following every junction. We look at the roof from the loft with a torch. Then we trace the rainwater to the ground. All of it goes into a report in that order, with a photograph for every finding.
Our pitched roofing page lists the commonest repairs. If a roof has to be replaced, our roof replacement page explains the work. Either way, the quote comes as one written price once the survey is done.
Should you wish to prepare, pictures of the roof taken from your garden or the lane in good light help us plan. Make a note of where a stain appears indoors, and when; that detail often points to the slope, or the junction, that we should examine first.
Chapter 02 of 03
A listed war memorial and three nearby conservation areas
| Designation | Detail | Council to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Ewshot War Memorial | Grade II, NHLE 1463545, listed 18 April 2019 | Hart District Council |
| Basingstoke Canal conservation area | Within about 2.5 km | Hart District Council |
| Crondall conservation area | Within about 2.5 km | Hart District Council |
| Crookham Village conservation area | Within about 2.5 km | Hart District Council |
Ewshot War Memorial received its Grade II listing on 18 April 2019, and it is the one listed building within 500 m of the village centre. A memorial has no roof to repair, so the listing matters to a roofer only as a reminder to check the National Heritage List for every address, since a listed neighbour would change the route. An unlisted house nearby is outside it.
Three conservation areas nearby
The national dataset names three conservation areas within about 2.5 km of Ewshot: the Basingstoke Canal, Crondall and Crookham Village. Hart is the council for all three, and Hart applied Article 4 directions to most of its conservation areas in 1998, and that the directions it lists for Crookham Village and for the canal's Broad Oak and Crookham Village sections cover frontage alterations including a frontage roof slope, and chimneys on unlisted dwellings.
None of the three reached the 1.5 km box around Ewshot's place point, so we treat them as nearby and not as covering the village. Even so, each Ewshot address goes to Hart's planning team before we quote for work that alters a roof's appearance, and the answer is kept with the survey.
Article 4 directions are the thing to watch around here, since they bear on front slopes and chimneys. On a house at a junction, more than one slope may face a road, and the report marks each slope that does. A repair in matching material is the quiet job that no one remarks on. Hart's guidance is that repairs to a non-listed building need no planning permission when they follow the precise details of the original elements, in a traditional manner and in the same materials. We recommend repairs of that kind whenever the evidence supports them, and keep photographs showing how the match was made, so that anyone who asks later, a buyer or a planning officer, can see that the repair followed the original. Our chimney repairs page explains how stacks are mended, a job that matters where an Article 4 direction is nearby. Roof windows on front slopes are another case: a new opening changes how the roof looks, and Hart is asked before we price one, so that no one pays for a window that cannot be fitted.
Chapter 03 of 03
Hart's inspectors, Hampshire's licence and a village lane
Four facts for an Ewshot roof job
- 01252 398715Hart and Rushmoor Building Control
- 25%of the building envelope: first limit
- 50%of the roof: second limit
- 10 daysclear working days of Hampshire scaffold notice
Think of an Ewshot roof job as three desks. One handles inspection, one handles the lane outside, and one handles how the building looks from the street. Staff from Rushmoor, working for Hart, sit at the first. Hampshire's highways officers sit at the second. Hart's planners sit at the third.
Desk one: inspection
Hart shares building control with Rushmoor, whose team works from Rushmoor Borough Council's Farnborough offices, on 01252 398715, and homeowners may alternatively hire a registered approver from the national register. Small repairs never reach this desk, and the survey tells you early whether yours does. The Planning Portal's no-application ceilings for a re-roof are 25 per cent of the building envelope and 50 per cent of the roof; once a replacement covering is 15 per cent or more heavier than the old, approval is needed and a structural engineer should look first.
Desk two: the lane
Hampshire County Council licenses scaffold standing on its roads. Hampshire County Council's rule puts the scaffolding firm in the applicant's chair, and the council expects 10 clear working days before the start, charges £211.90 for the first 2 weeks and £72 for each further 2, and never extends. A re-roof is therefore licensed for the whole of its expected length, with margin, at the outset. Poles kept entirely on private ground do not come to this desk at all.
Desk three: the look. Hart's planners decide whether a change to a roof needs an application, and the conservation areas and Article 4 directions described above are theirs. A repair in matching material rarely reaches them. We tell you at the survey which desks your job will meet and in what order.
Where a lane is narrow, scaffold on the road may leave little room for traffic, so its position, the walkers' route and delivery points are agreed with you beforehand. Small repairs can often be reached from a tower or ladders on your own plot, which leaves the highway alone. The report says which approach your roof needs and why.
Weather decides the dates. The Met Office's South Farnborough averages for 1991 to 2020 show 118 wet days a year, so a fortnight or two will not be dry from end to end, and the programme says so honestly, with spare days built in. We also keep the lane clear for neighbours and passing traffic, take waste away as we go, and tidy the site each evening.
Ewshot roof questions, from the 1900 camp to a village lane
Do the conservation areas near Ewshot affect roof repairs on my house?
The Basingstoke Canal, Crondall and Crookham Village areas lie within about 2.5 km, but none reached the 1.5 km box around Ewshot. Whether your address is inside one is for Hart to say. A repair in matching material needs no planning permission on an unlisted building, and we ask Hart before quoting for anything that alters a roof's appearance.
Why do you photograph shared ridges from your own side in Ewshot?
Because where roofs join, a fault at a shared ridge or party wall can show up next door first. We record the junction from our side and note whatever shows of the adjoining slope, never walking on it, so both owners can start from the same picture.
Which office inspects a re-roof in Ewshot?
The Hart and Rushmoor Building Control Partnership, on 01252 398715, a shared team working from Rushmoor Borough Council's Farnborough offices, or a registered approver if you prefer a private firm. A few refixed tiles need neither, and the survey measures where your job stands against the Planning Portal's limits, so you know before any date is fixed.
What does Hampshire's scaffold licence mean for a job on an Ewshot lane?
Hampshire County Council wants at least 10 clear working days of notice, charges £211.90 for the first 2 weeks and £72 for each further 2 weeks, and never extends a licence. Space on a narrow lane is tight, so we plan the position at the survey. Poles kept inside your own plot sit outside the scheme.
Village-lane roofs we reach around Ewshot
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