Heworth's houses and roofs
Heworth was a small Domesday village on the north-east edge of York. In the 1830s and 1840s large villas and townhouses were built along the south side of Heworth Green and the north side of East Parade, creating an almost continuous line of building from the city to the old village. Terraced streets followed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries – two-up, two-down houses with bay windows, around First and Second Avenue, Hawthorn Street and Mill Lane – and in the early 1930s housing estates were built on the surrounding fields, enveloping the old village. So a Heworth roof could be a three-storey villa with an attic, a Welsh slate terrace with a shared chimney stack, or an inter-war semi.
Heworth Green/East Parade Conservation Area
The Heworth Green/East Parade Conservation Area was designated in 1975. City of York Council's designation statement describes the collective small-village scale of Heworth Road, East Parade, Heworth and Heworth Green, the substantial suburban villas of the Huntington Road area, and Heworth Green's large houses as the most architecturally significant in the area. Holy Trinity Church, dating from the 1860s, marks the village centre. The council's character study for the area also notes how many original features, including chimney pots, have been lost over the last century – a good reason to keep and repair what survives. If your home is in the conservation area, check with the council before changing a roof covering or taking down a chimney.
Roofing problems we see in Heworth
- Victorian and Edwardian terraces – slipped slates from nail sickness, cracked or missing chimney pots and failing flashings on shared stacks. See chimney repairs.
- Bay windows – leaking lead or slate roofs on ground-floor bays. See leadwork.
- Large villas – valleys, parapet gutters and dormers on three-storey roofs, where safe access needs planning as carefully as the repair.
- 1930s semis – tired hips and ridges and original tiles nearing the end of their life. See roof replacement.
- Rear offshoots and extensions – small flat roofs and lean-to roofs that take the run-off from the main roof.
Getting to you from York
Heworth is about a mile and a half north-east of York city centre, out past Monk Bar along Heworth Green or East Parade, so it's one of our closest areas. We also work in neighbouring Tang Hall, Stockton Lane and Huntington. For a leak or storm damage, call 01904 922494 at any hour.
Book a visit in Heworth
Quotes are free and in writing. Our hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to 1pm, with 24/7 emergency call-outs on 01904 922494. You can also send us the details online, see typical roof costs, or read about nearby Huntington, Clifton.