Lancashire · Ribble Valley
Lancashire roofers covering Longridge: stone terraces and new estates
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Damp creeping in at the top of a bedroom wall in a stone terrace usually traces back to the chimney or the slates above it. Lancashire is home to Peak Roofing, and Longridge roofs are part of what we take on. A quarter of the town’s homes (25%) went up before 1919, the Valuation Office Agency’s figures show.
Three kinds of Longridge house, three kinds of roof
Longridge splits almost exactly three ways. The 2021 Census found 30% of households in detached homes, 31% in semis and 30% in terraces, with 9% in flats. Terraces of the pre-1919 kind are often stone under slate, with chimney stacks shared along the row. Slate of that age usually fails at the nails, so pieces slip one at a time before a whole slope gives up.
Then there’s the newer Longridge. Council tax records place 24% of homes in the years since 2000, far more than came between the wars (4%). Those estates usually carry concrete tiles and uPVC fascias and gutters, with a flat roof over the odd garage or extension. Different roofs, different faults, so we look before we price.
Longridge’s three conservation areas
Ribble Valley Borough Council lists three conservation areas in the town: Longridge itself, St Lawrence’s Church and Newtown. It notes numerous changes to the Longridge boundary and publishes the current plan, so use that rather than an old map. On Higher Road, numbers 6 to 44 form a Grade II row begun in 1793, sandstone under slate with brick stacks. Get the council’s view before you alter the roof covering.
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Longridge rain and its roofs
Of all the stations in our figures, this one is the wettest. Stonyhurst, where the Met Office station nearest Longridge stands, averages 1,315 mm over 1991-2020. The UK figure is 1,163 mm, and rain falls there on 175 days. Add 38 days of air frost and old pointing, flaunching and ridge mortar get a hard time.
First checks on a Longridge roof
- Slipped slates on terraces Rusted nails let slates slide out, and with rain on 175 days, gaps never stay dry for long.
- Shared chimney stacks Flaunching and lead on a shared stack affect the houses either side, so both edges get checked.
- Extension abutments Where a lean-to roof meets the main wall, the flashing takes a heavy load of run-off.
- Gutters on newer homes A blocked or sagging gutter on an estate house often shows up as damp on the wall below.
How a roof job in Longridge runs
- Call or text Peak Roofing, or send the form, with what you can see.
- We look at the roof itself, not just the stain inside.
- You get the price before any work starts.
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Questions
Longridge roofs: questions
Which Longridge conservation area plan should I look at?
The current one. Ribble Valley Borough Council notes numerous changes to the Longridge boundary over the years. It publishes the plan as it stands on its conservation areas page. If your street is near the edge, ask the council before altering the roof covering.
Can you repair the slate roof on a Longridge terrace?
Yes. Slipped and broken slates are replaced in slate among the old ones, and lead is renewed where it has failed. When a whole slope is going, re-slating may be the sensible answer. Our page on re-roofing explains more.
Why does my Longridge chimney breast get damp after heavy rain?
The cause is often up top: cracked flaunching round the pots, tired pointing, or lifted lead where the stack meets the slates. With rain on 175 days a year at Stonyhurst, small gaps get tested often. See chimney repairs.
Where the facts on this page come from
- ONS Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (Nomis), output areas in the ONS 2022 built-up area: Households by accommodation type in Longridge: 30% detached, 31% semi-detached, 30% terraced, 9% flats (3,873 households). Read 2026-11-05.
- Valuation Office Agency: Council Tax stock of properties 2026, table CTSOP4.1 (build period), LSOAs in the built-up area: Homes by build period in Longridge: 25% before 1919, 4% 1919-1939, 36% 1945-1982, 34% since 1983 (England and Wales: 21% before 1919). Read 2026-11-05.
- Met Office: Stonyhurst climate station, 1991-2020 averages: 1,314.5 mm of rain a year, 175.4 days with 1 mm or more. Read 2026-11-05.
- Ribble Valley Borough Council: conservation areas: Longridge, St Lawrence’s Church (Longridge) and Newtown (Longridge) conservation areas; numerous changes to the Longridge boundary, current plan published (re-read 5 Nov 2026) Read 2026-11-05.
- British Listed Buildings: 6-44 Higher Road, Longridge: Grade II row of houses begun 1793, squared coursed sandstone, slate roof, brick stacks (reused from src/data/areas.mjs) Read 2026-11-05.