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Orange pantiles on a roof with a black gutter beneath them

Building components

Learn how to maintain the main parts of a traditional building to avoid minor issues turning into major problems.

A wooden window with many panels, on a historic stone building

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Sash and case windows
Traditional lime rendered houses with orange pantile roofs, by the sea

Roofs
A house where 'steps' form the gable end of the roof going up to the chimney. The house is coated with white lime wash and has a pantile roof

Chimneys and flues
A cream-coloured decorated rainwater hopper

Cast iron rain goods
A drystane wall made up of many stones

Boundary walls
White painted cast iron railings with decorate floral patterns

Iron railings and gates