Full-house rewires on Listed and period property in Batcombe, cottages, farmhouses and converted barns across the parish. Solid walls, lath-and-plaster wall fishing, hidden cable routing, period-appropriate brass plate accessories. NAPIT-certified, BS 7671 18th edition, Part P notified. Every heritage rewire is priced individually, with a fixed written quote after a survey.
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BS 7671A heritage rewire isn't a normal rewire. In Batcombe you are nearly always working in solid stone with lath-and-lime plaster over it, which rules out chasing and modern plasterboard shortcuts, you can't drill through original cornice, and you can't bury cables under modern plasterboard tricks. Every cable route is planned through joist voids, behind original skirting, under floorboards or around chimney breasts. Lath-and-plaster walls get fished from above and below, never broken open. No surface trunking, ever. Brass plate accessories (Click Scolmore Definity / Forbes & Lomax / Hamilton, specifier-led) replace plastic. Dimming circuits installed throughout to match period lighting design. Full Listed Building Consent supporting documentation provided as standard.
Parent service: Heritage Rewires · Related: Heritage Installations · Standard Rewires · Lighting · Accreditations.
Postcode coverage: BA4, covering Batcombe village, Westcombe and Spargrove, plus Milton Clevedon, Upton Noble and Chesterblade. Batcombe is a small hillside parish north-west of Batcombe with a high proportion of Listed and period stone property, gathered around the Grade I Listed church of St Mary and its Perpendicular tower. Note there is also a Batcombe in Dorset, which is outside our area.
Stock is overwhelmingly period stone: cottages, farmhouses, and converted barns and outbuildings, with very little modern infill. Many properties are Listed or sit within the curtilage of a Listed building, so Listed Building Consent is usually needed for a full rewire. Batcombe falls under Somerset Council (former Mendip district), and we provide the supporting note as part of the survey.
Most Batcombe heritage rewires take 8-14 working days on site for a 3-bed cottage, 18-28 days for a 5-bed Listed farmhouse. We work alongside main contractors, architects and conservation officers, with phased programmes where the property stays occupied.
Sister town pages (heritage rewires): Bath · Wells · Frome · Glastonbury · Shepton Mallet · Bruton · Castle Cary · Wedmore · Radstock · Midsomer Norton
No two heritage rewires are the same, so we don't publish a price list. Building age, Listed status, access, the existing wiring, conservation-officer scope, accessory choice and time on site all change the price. We survey the property first, then give you a fixed written quote.
For Grade I, Grade II* and most Grade II Listed properties, yes for any full rewire. We help draft the supporting note describing cable routes, fixings, accessory style and reinstatement. The Somerset Council (former Mendip district) conservation team usually signs off straightforward heritage rewires within a few weeks; complex jobs may need a heritage statement.
We fish cables down through the void between lath and stud using rods, draw cords and access via floorboards above or skirting below. New back-boxes are cut neatly with a multitool, never with a chase grinder. Where a route is impossible without damage, we route via the floor void in the room above and drop in. Surface trunking is never used on heritage work.
Specifier-led, we'll fit whatever the architect or interior designer has chosen. Click Scolmore Definity (antique brass / aged brass screwless) is our value default. Forbes & Lomax (Invisible Lightswitch, Nickel Silver, Antique Bronze) is our specifier-grade default. Hamilton Hartland CFX, Hartland G2 and Sheer ranges are also regular fits. We hold trade accounts with all three.
3-bed Victorian terrace: 8-14 working days on site. 4-bed period home: 14-22 working days. 5-bed Listed Georgian: 18-28 working days plus snagging. Phased works available where the property stays occupied. We always agree the programme in writing before first-fix.
Site survey, fixed-price written quote, full BS 7671 certification, Listed Building Consent supporting note. Call us on 07889 334849.
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