Altered 17th-century houses
The 1925 Victoria County History describes a few much-altered 17th-century houses scattered either side of a small Thames tributary.
Roofers in Wraysbury
Roofs on Wraysbury's altered 17th-century houses and Thames-side farms
Wraysbury's older houses include much-altered 17th-century buildings and a refaced timber-framed farm. We survey each slope, show you the photographs and price the job once in writing.
Wraysbury's older roofs, inn to farm
George Inn, brick and cement
The George Inn, north of the church, is a two-storey brick house coated with cement, built early in the 1600s.
Place Farm's timber frame
Place Farm by the Thames is probably an early 16th-century timber-framed house, refaced at a later date.
Map of Wraysbury with Old Windsor, Horton, Egham, Datchet marked around it.
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Wraysbury, on the Thames' north bank
Old Windsor is the neighbour on the west, with Datchet across the river to the north-west, Egham and Englefield Green south of Wraysbury, and Horton, Colnbrook and Poyle towards the north-east.
About 18.4 road miles north-east of Farnborough · Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (unitary).
Our services for Wraysbury homes
Wraysbury, inn, farm and bridge
Wraysbury's older roofs, with your rights after a survey
The council behind a Wraysbury roof, what you may cancel after signing at home, and what published records say about the village's altered houses, timber frames, listed inn and church.
| No. | Chapter | The figure it turns on |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Royal Borough, and your rights after a survey | 14 days to cancel a home contract |
| 02 | Cement-coated brick, timber frames and an iron bridge | Place Farm, early 16th century |
| 03 | Listed inn, church and RBWM's Article 4 list | St Andrew Grade II*, inn Grade II |
Chapter 01 of 03
The Royal Borough, and your rights after a survey
Wraysbury, the council and a home contract
- 4,378usual residents, ONS Census 2021, Wraysbury parish
- 18.4 road milesnorth-east of Farnborough, from the A325
- RBWMplanning, highways and building control for Wraysbury
- 14 dayscooling-off for a contract signed at home
Wraysbury lies low on the Thames's north bank, and the Colne and its tributaries run along its eastern side. The 2021 Census counted 4,378 usual residents in the parish. Counted from the A325 Farnborough Road, the village is 18.4 road miles away. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has no county council above it, so one authority handles planning, highways and building control for a Wraysbury address, and each of those answers comes from the same office.
RBWM runs its own building control team, and a registered building control approver can do the same work privately under the regime that began on 6 April 2024. Nothing from the Royal Borough sets a re-roofing share, so the Planning Portal's test is the yardstick: no application is normally needed where work touches under 25 per cent of the building envelope and under 50 per cent of the roof, which leaves small repairs well clear.
The contract you sign at home
Our jobs start with a survey at your house, and a contract signed there counts in law as an off-premises contract, made somewhere other than the trader's premises. The Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 let you cancel such a contract with no reason given, and for services the cancellation period runs out 14 days after the day you enter the contract. Citizens Advice describes 14 days as the minimum cooling-off period a seller must give.
The figure14daysdays: the minimum cooling-off period for a contract signed at your home14 cooling-off periodSource: Citizens Advice, cancelling a service you have arranged
Should you want work to start before the 14 days end, the Regulations require you to ask for that in writing that can be kept, an email or letter for instance. A trader who leaves out the cancellation information can find the period extended by up to 12 months. A visit you specifically request for urgent repairs falls outside the right, which puts an emergency make-safe beyond its reach.
This is the plain rule rather than legal advice, and we set it out with the written price. Citizens Advice advises gathering at least 3 written quotes before you pick a trader, and its consumer helpline, 0808 223 1133, is there if you want advice.
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 further expects reasonable care and skill from any service provider, which is one reason we keep survey photographs: they show the roof before we start and the work afterwards.
Scaffold on the road or footway is a separate matter again. RBWM's highway licensing team must give permission before anything is put up, the council publishes separate residential and commercial forms, and we settle who applies and on which dates with you at survey.
Chapter 02 of 03
Cement-coated brick, timber frames and an iron bridge
| Building | What the history says |
|---|---|
| Village houses | A few much-altered 17th-century buildings, scattered either side of a Thames tributary |
| The George Inn | Two-storey brick, coated with cement; early 17th century; later enlarged |
| Place Farm by the Thames | Probably early 16th-century, timber-framed, refaced later |
| Village suspension bridge | Built 1842; replaced about 1874 by iron girders on brick pillars |
| Church of St Andrew | Listed Grade II* (NHLE 1117606) |
The Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire, volume 3 of 1925, is the source for Wraysbury's older buildings. It describes the village houses, a few of them much-altered 17th-century buildings, as scattered on either side of a small tributary of the Thames. The George Inn, north of the church, is a two-storey brick house coated with cement, built early in the 17th century and later enlarged. Place Farm by the Thames, popularly called King John's Hunting Lodge, is probably an early 16th-century timber-framed house, refaced at a later date.
A suspension bridge built in the village in 1842 by George Simon Harcourt was replaced about 1874 by one of iron girders on brick pillars. Not one of these records names a roof covering, so nothing is guessed from the street. Cement-coated brick and refaced timber are wall finishes, and a roof survey has to find its own evidence on top of them.
What alteration does to a roof
A house altered and enlarged across the centuries carries roofs of several ages joined up. Each junction is a place where water can get in: the valley where two pitches meet, the abutment where a roof meets an older wall, the flashing that closes the joint. On a survey we walk these joins first, from ladder and scaffold, and photograph each one. A flashing that has lifted at one corner and a valley liner that has split show up as damp patches indoors, and the stain can sit some distance from the real fault.
A timber-framed house that has been refaced adds another question. The outer face may be brick or render, but the frame behind it moves with the seasons, and a roof fixed to that frame moves too. Cracks at the verge or the eaves are worth a close look, because they let water into the frame, which is the part that costs most to put right.
Chapter 03 of 03
Listed inn, church and RBWM's Article 4 list
Wraysbury's listings and designations
- Grade II*Church of St Andrew (NHLE 1117606)
- Grade IIThe George Inn (NHLE 1319382)
- Grade IIThe Perserverance Public House (NHLE 1313022)
- 2Article 4 directions on RBWM's list naming Wraysbury
St Andrew's church is listed Grade II*, while the George Inn and the Perserverance public house, spelt that way on the National Heritage List, are Grade II. St Andrew's is an Anglican church in current use, so roof works go through the faculty system instead of the council. The two public houses follow the ordinary listed building route, with consent needed for any work that affects their character, and the owner of each building would make the application.
A pub keeps trading, so a roof job above a bar or kitchen is timed to suit the licensee's hours, deliveries and fire exits. With a listed pub we agree access with the licensee, keep scaffold clear of doors and tell staff what happens each day.
What RBWM's Article 4 list names
An Article 4 direction withdraws specified permitted development rights across a defined area. Two entries on RBWM's own list concern Wraysbury. One is Wraysbury Embankment, tied to gates, fences and walls, and the other covers the parishes of Wraysbury, Horton and Datchet and is tied to land used for moveable structures or caravans. Neither description mentions roofs.
The exact streets each direction covers are for RBWM to confirm. For any address we ask the council whether a direction applies, and we do that before pricing a change that alters the look of the building. The reply goes into your file.
Conservation areas nearby
The nearest conservation area in the national dataset is Englefield Green, one of Runnymede's, across the county boundary in Surrey. That does not mean your own address is clear of one. The Royal Borough lists 27 designated conservation areas, and a short enquiry to its planning team will tell you whether yours falls inside one. If it is, matching repairs keep the look, whereas a change of material, ridge or chimney needs the council's view first. We keep any reply from RBWM with the survey photographs so the history of the roof is in one place.
Our emergency and general repairs page describes the make-safe first approach to a leak, and the roof replacement page explains the whole-roof option once the survey supports it.
Whichever route a Wraysbury job takes, the photographs, the consent history and the written price stay together in one file, and you receive a copy.
Wraysbury roof questions, from timber frames to Article 4
My Wraysbury house has been extended several times: why do leaks appear where the roofs meet?
Where a newer roof joins an older wall, the flashing, valley or abutment must seal two structures that move at different rates. That is where leaks begin. We walk and photograph every join, then tell you whether a new flashing will do or the valley needs rebuilding, with the pictures set next to the price so the reason is plain.
Does a conservation area apply to my Wraysbury address?
On the national map Englefield Green is nearest, but that cannot answer for your own house. RBWM lists 27 conservation areas across the borough. We ask its planning team to confirm the position for your address and only then do we price any change to how the roof looks; you receive their answer as written.
Do RBWM's Article 4 directions affect roofs in Wraysbury?
RBWM's list names two that include Wraysbury, described as covering fences, walls and moveable structures on land. Neither description mentions roofs, but the exact boundaries are for RBWM to confirm, so the council is asked about your address first, before any alteration to the building's appearance is priced.
Is St Andrew's church roof handled through the council?
No. St Andrew's is listed Grade II* and remains an Anglican church in use, so the faculty system governs work there, and RBWM's listed building consent does not. The two listed public houses in the village follow the listed building consent route instead, which is the usual one for listed buildings outside the church exemption, with the owner of each making the application.
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