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Trades in Stow-on-the-Wold

2 electricians and 5 heating engineers and 8 roofers on our registers cover Stow-on-the-Wold.

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Short answer

Stow-on-the-Wold sits on a hilltop high on the wold, so wind and frost wear its roofs hard. Old inns, shops and houses face the Market Square, many with a business below and a flat above. Stow and Maugersbury share one conservation area. Cotswold District Council handles consent.

Trades that cover Stow-on-the-Wold

Electricians

2 firms on Cotswolds Electricians cover Stow-on-the-Wold. 1 is on a trade register. Its town page also lists nearby towns.

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Heating engineers

5 firms on Cotswolds Heating cover Stow-on-the-Wold. 4 are on a trade register.

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Roofers

8 firms on Cotswolds Roofers cover Stow-on-the-Wold. 4 are on a trade register.

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Plumbers, builders and handymen: registers in preparation.

Around the Market Square

Houses around the Market Square and along Sheep Street are mostly limestone with steep stone slate roofs. Many old roofs used slates from the quarries around Naunton. Narrow alleys called tures run between the buildings and make rear roofs hard to reach. Inside, wiring from different decades often sits side by side.

A shop below, a flat above

Where a shop sits below a flat, each part may have its own supply, or the supplies may be mixed. Label each consumer unit clearly. If the flat is let, it needs an EICR at least every 5 years. A lit shop sign can also need advertisement consent.

Weather and the network

Strong wind lifts slates at verges and ridges, and chimneys take a lot of weather. Check pots, mortar and flashings each year. National Grid Electricity Distribution runs the network here, but Bourton-on-the-Water to the south is on the SSEN network.

Oil on the hilltop

In the 2021 Census, 64.4 per cent of households in Stow ward used mains gas alone, well below the England share. Oil heated 11.9 per cent, nearly four times the England share.