Builders in Knowle

Knowle holds two very different kinds of house. There is the tight historic core around the High Street and the 15th century church, and there is the much larger suburb that spread across the west side of the village in the 1960s and 70s. What each needs built, and what each needs consented, are not the same — so the first thing we establish is which one your address sits in.

The historic core is the more demanding work. Timber framing survives on the older buildings, often with the upper floor already running into the roof space, so a convertible loft void cannot be assumed on a High Street property. From the 18th century brick was used to re-front those frames, under plain clay tile. The council's appraisal of the area singles out consistent materials, two-storey height and consistent building lines as what makes it work — which is why windows, roof coverings and mortar get settled at design stage here, not on site. The wider village is a different job entirely: generous plots, real gaps between houses and a lot of hipped roofs, which suit rear extensions and hip-to-gable lofts.