Norfolk heritage builders and specialists
Verified thatchers, lime and clay-lump specialists, flint masons and conservation builders working in Norfolk, plus the registers to search.
Buying and owning a period or non-standard home in Norfolk
Listed building consent, conservation areas, surveys, non-standard mortgages, insurance and VAT for period Norfolk homes.
Why old Norfolk walls need lime, not cement
Why pre-1919 Norfolk walls must breathe, what cement render does to them, and how to choose lime and limewash correctly.
Norfolk reed and the thatched roof
What Norfolk reed really means, how long a reed roof lasts, and what owning a thatched Norfolk cottage actually involves.
Carrstone: west Norfolk’s gingerbread stone
The rusty ironstone of Hunstanton, Snettisham and Downham Market: what carrstone is, where it is, and how to care for it.
Flint: the stone Norfolk built with
Why Norfolk built in flint, how to read a flint wall, and why lime not cement is the only safe way to repoint one.
Clay lump: Norfolk’s earth-built walls
How to recognise a clay lump house, where in Norfolk you find them, and why cement render is the one thing that destroys an earth wall.
Traditional Norfolk buildings: what the county is made of
Norfolk’s older buildings are a read-out of its geology. A guide to flint, clay lump, carrstone, reed and lime, and how to keep them sound.
