Full-house rewires on Grade-II Listed and period properties in Wells, from older buildings in the cathedral conservation area to Victorian and Edwardian houses: lath-and-plaster wall fishing, hidden cable routing and period-appropriate brass plate accessories. NAPIT-certified, BS 7671 18th edition, Part P notified. Every rewire gets its own fixed written quote after a survey.
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BS 7671Much of the older housing in Wells sits inside the conservation area around the Cathedral, the Liberty and Cathedral Green, where the building fabric matters as much as the wiring. That changes how the job is done. Walls are not chased and original cornice is not drilled. Cables run through joist voids, under floorboards, behind original skirting and around chimney breasts, and lath-and-plaster walls are fished from above and below rather than opened up. There is no surface trunking. Plastic accessories give way to brass plates (Click Scolmore Definity, Forbes & Lomax or Hamilton, chosen with the specifier), dimming circuits are added to suit period lighting, and the supporting documentation for Listed Building Consent comes as standard.
Parent service: Heritage Rewires · Related: Heritage Installations · Standard Rewires · Lighting · Accreditations.
Postcode coverage: BA5 and the villages within a 5-minute drive of Wells Cathedral & the Vicars' Close. Wells is England's smallest city, built around its Cathedral and the medieval Vicars' Close, the oldest purely residential street in Europe. The Liberty, Cathedral Green and the wider conservation area hold a high density of Listed properties.
Expect medieval, Georgian and Victorian buildings, many of them Listed or inside the conservation area. A full rewire of a Listed property usually needs Listed Building Consent, so the supporting note is prepared as part of the survey and we work with the Somerset Council (former Mendip) conservation team on it.
Time on site is typically 8-14 working days for a 3-bed terrace and 18-28 days for a 5-bed Georgian house. Where the property is lived in or partly open, the work can be phased, and we coordinate with main contractors, architects and conservation officers throughout.
Sister town pages (heritage rewires): Bath · Frome · Glastonbury · Shepton Mallet · Bruton · Batcombe · Castle Cary · Wedmore · Radstock · Midsomer Norton
Period properties in Wells vary too much for a price list. What sets the price is the age of the building, its Listed status, access, the state of the existing wiring, what the conservation officer requires, the accessories you choose and the time on site. After a survey, you get 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) 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.
Tell us a little about the job in Wells and we will ring you back to talk it through.
Site survey, fixed-price written quote, full BS 7671 certification, Listed Building Consent supporting note. Call us on 07889 334849.
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