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| From: | Redacted | | --- | --- | | Sent: | 18 June 2020 16:05 | | To: | DEFA, Planning | | Cc: | Brazier, Ross | | Subject: | PA 20/00489/CON | | | | | Follow Up Flag: | Follow up | | Flag Status: | Flagged |
Submission by The Friends of Onchan's Heritage, 52, Alberta Drive, Onchan IM3 1LX A Special Interest Group relating to the heritage of Onchan.
Re PA 20/00489/CON Registered Building Consent for the reroofing and replacement roof light, 23, Governors Road, Onchan. Registered Building No 127 We have viewed this application and firstly were surprised to note a fee has been charged for what is the reroofing of the property with the existing slate and the replacement of a roof light in exactly the same position on the rear roof.
The application relies greatly on the estimate of the contractor for details of the proposals together with photographs of the existing roof.
The property was designed and built as part of a terrace by John Cowley, an Onchan builder in 1889/1890. He retained ownership of the whole terrace and ownership passed to his daughter upon his death as his son had died during the Great War. He had cleverly designed the block so that it incorporated a workshop and store for his business yet that building looked like a dwelling house. Until the time that the properties were sold off separately following Miss Marjorie Cowley's death the whole terrace was painted the same shade of grey. The terrace was still like that when it was Registered.
We have no objection to the proposed works but are concerned that perhaps the contractor may not realise the importance of doing the right thing when it comes to a Registered Building.
It is obvious that there are damaged and cracked slates on the roof and therefore there will be a shortfall when the time comes - there are no details of how and with what the shortfall is to be made up - preferably with second hand Welsh slate of a similar vintage intermingled rather than cheap modern Spanish slates concentrated in one location.
The existing ridge tiles should be carefully removed and then reused - NOT A DRY RIDGE SYSTEM as quoted. The roof light should be a Velux 'Heritage Roof Light' or similar with central division. We accept the size will not be exactly the same because of standard sizing but should be as near as possible. A slightly different size will probably present a problem with any light tunnel inside.
The verges on the hips of the bay window should be finished exactly as of present. We trust these points will be drawn to the attention of the applicant/ contractor.
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