SHR Suffolk Heritage Restorationby Suffolk Home Renovations
Our work

Buildings we have looked after.

Every photograph here is our own work on a Suffolk listed or period home. No stock pictures, no borrowed jobs. Where a house is still lived in we have kept to the fabric and the outside.

Period homes

Listed and period houses across Suffolk, photographed as the work finished.

Thatched period cottage with its garden in flower
Thatched period cottage with its garden in flower
Pink limewashed cottage under thatch
Pink limewashed cottage under thatch
A long thatched range of period cottages
A long thatched range of period cottages
Rear elevation and terrace of a restored cottage
Rear elevation and terrace of a restored cottage
Cream rendered cottage and its outbuilding
Cream rendered cottage and its outbuilding
Rendered Georgian townhouse with iron railings
Rendered Georgian townhouse with iron railings

Roofs and chimneys

Peg tile, slate and thatch, and chimney stacks rebuilt with salvaged pots on lime haunching.

Rebuilt chimney stack, new and salvaged pots on lime haunching
Rebuilt chimney stack, new and salvaged pots on lime haunching
Chimney stack opened up before rebuilding
Chimney stack opened up before rebuilding
Handmade peg tile roof after repair
Handmade peg tile roof after repair
Peg tiles laid over an old roof slope
Peg tiles laid over an old roof slope
Slate roof under scaffold
Slate roof under scaffold
Thatch being worked on a period roof
Thatch being worked on a period roof

Oak and timber frame

Original frames opened up, repaired and left where they can be seen.

Original roof timbers exposed in an attic
Original roof timbers exposed in an attic
Decayed original post opened up for repair
Decayed original post opened up for repair
Historic roof structure above a period ceiling
Historic roof structure above a period ceiling
Exposed frame and low beamed ceiling
Exposed frame and low beamed ceiling
Flagstone floor laid beside an exposed timber frame
Flagstone floor laid beside an exposed timber frame
Bespoke solid timber window
Bespoke solid timber window

Lime, plaster and render

Breathable finishes, and the careful reversal of damp-trapping repairs.

Lime render repairs underway behind scaffold
Lime render repairs underway behind scaffold
Failed render stripped back to the original fabric
Failed render stripped back to the original fabric
Brick fireplace opened up behind later plaster
Brick fireplace opened up behind later plaster
Freshly plastered room drying out
Freshly plastered room drying out
Lime plaster finished in an upstairs room
Lime plaster finished in an upstairs room
New plaster around a period stair landing
New plaster around a period stair landing

Floors and joinery

Boards and flagstones brought back, and joinery made to suit the building.

Wide pine boards cleaned back and finished
Wide pine boards cleaned back and finished
Restored floorboards in afternoon light
Restored floorboards in afternoon light
Original boards part way through restoration
Original boards part way through restoration
Floorboards relaid and finished
Floorboards relaid and finished
Flagstone floor laid in a period room
Flagstone floor laid in a period room
Glazing bars on a bespoke timber window
Glazing bars on a bespoke timber window

Wondering where your own house stands?

A Heritage Health Check is a free, no obligation look over your listed or period home, written up as a report you keep.

Book your free Heritage Health Check Call 07889 960758