Roofers in Ormskirk

Ormskirk is a historic market town in West Lancashire, known for its traditional town centre, independent businesses and long-established street market. Ormskirk Market dates back to 1286 and continues to operate every Thursday and Saturday.

At the centre of the town, the distinctive Clock Tower dates from 1876 and sits among many of Ormskirk’s older buildings and familiar streets. The town’s mix of historic properties, established residential areas and more modern buildings creates a varied range of roofing and building requirements.

From older tiled and slate roofs to flat roofs on garages, extensions and commercial premises, properties throughout Ormskirk can require very different types of roofing work.

Roofer & Builder provides roofing and building services throughout Ormskirk and the surrounding West Lancashire area. From emergency roof repairs to planned roofing and building projects, contact our team to discuss the work required.

In short, Ormskirk’s older buildings are mostly brick, often with sandstone detailing, under natural slate or heavy stone slate, while the estates around the town are largely tiled. The two need quite different repair methods and materials.

The town has dozens of listed buildings, most dating from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. They include inns, shops and cottages, a Georgian town house on Burscough Street, the sandstone water tower on Tower Hill from the 1850s, and the Grade II* church of St Peter and St Paul, unusual in having both a tower and a spire and roofed in stone slate. For the town’s many Victorian and later slate roofs, see our slate roof services.

Ormskirk’s conservation areas include the town centre, around Aughton Street, Burscough Street, Church Street and Moor Street, and Ruff Lane, near Ruff Wood. In the town centre an Article 4 direction has removed some permitted development rights from houses, including changes to roofs, so work that would not need planning permission elsewhere may need it here. Listed buildings also need listed building consent for work affecting their character, and West Lancashire Borough Council can confirm what applies to yours.

Many town centre buildings have a shop on the ground floor with flats or storage above. Roof work there has to be planned around trading hours and residents, and access is often tight. Our commercial roofing covers shops and mixed-use buildings as well as larger premises.

With Edge Hill University on St Helens Road, many Ormskirk houses are let to students. For landlords, the summer vacation is often the easiest time for bigger jobs such as re-roofing, replacing a flat roof or chimney repairs, when scaffolding and noise affect fewer tenants. During term we can carry out urgent repairs and arrange access through you or your letting agent. A roof and gutter check between tenancies is a simple way to spot problems before the next tenants move in.