Free gutter clearance and free biocide on every Frampton on Severn roof clean. Listed Tudor and Georgian houses round the Green handled correctly.
Frampton on Severn sits low and flat on the Severn Vale floodplain, a few miles south-west of Gloucester, strung out along one of the most photographed greens in the country. Rosamund's Green runs for the best part of half a mile through the middle of the village — at around 22 acres it's reputedly the longest village green in England — and the tidal Severn lies just to the west, the River Frome to the east, with the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal threading along the western edge past Splatt Bridge. It is a beautiful, watery, low-lying place. It is also, for exactly those reasons, somewhere roofs green up badly.
The geography does most of the damage. This is floodplain ground barely above the level of the estuary, drained and worked since the eighteenth century but never really dry. With the tidal river on one side, the Frome on the other, three ponds sitting on the Green itself and the canal running the length of the village, the air stays heavy with moisture for most of the year. Moss, lichen and gloeocapsa algae live on precisely that — constant ground damp and humid, still air — so a Frampton roof carries noticeably heavier growth than an identical house a few miles up onto the drier Cotswold edge towards Stroud. The north-facing pitches nearest the canal and the waterside stay green the longest.
Then there's the material. The houses ringing the Green are mostly Tudor and Georgian — timber-framed, brick and render under hand-made clay tile, natural Welsh slate and the odd run of Cotswold stone slate, much of it a century or three old. Those surfaces are porous and textured: they hold damp, give spores something to grip, and in a shaded waterside position they never really dry out. By the time someone calls us, a north-facing pitch above the Green is usually a thick green-black mat sitting in the tile, with rust weeping off old valley metal and the gutters packed with washed-down growth.
This is why method matters here more than equipment. You cannot pressure-wash a porous stone-slate or old clay roof — the force splits the slates, blasts out the lime bedding and drives water under the laps, and a cracked stone slate has to be replaced with a reclaimed one to match. So on Frampton's heritage roofs we lift the moss off by hand, working from a roof ladder that spreads the load, and then treat with biocide. It is slower than blasting a modern tile, but it's the only way to clean a fragile old covering without taking years off its life — and on a roof that costs a small fortune to replace, that's the whole point.
Not every roof in the village is heritage, mind. On the later infill — the closes and lanes built off Whitminster Lane and around the edges of the old core — you'll find modern concrete interlocking tile on newer houses. Those are a different job; they can take a more robust clean where it suits. But in this damp floodplain microclimate they green up too, and they get the same bulk-removal-then-biocide treatment so the result actually lasts. Whether it's a 17th-century house on the Green or a 1990s home off the lane, the cause is the same Severn-Vale damp, and so is the cure.
Each one has its own approach. In a village this old and this damp, method matters far more than equipment.
Common on the Tudor and Georgian properties round the Green and on the older cottages off The Street. Often a century or more old and brittle when wet — these are scraped by hand, never pressured, working off a roof ladder hooked over the ridge. Extra care around the bedded ridges, hips and valleys where the tiles are oldest and most likely to crack.
Found on Georgian houses, estate buildings and older cottages across the village and out towards Saul and Fretherne. Durable but unforgiving — slate and stone get hand-clearing of the laps, a low-pressure rinse where appropriate and a neutral biocide. We keep everything off the lime mortar and old leadwork that a heritage roof relies on to stay watertight.
The Frampton Court estate buildings and the listed houses lining the Green — fragile, irreplaceable coverings on structures that have stood for centuries. These get the most careful hand-clean we do: gentle manual moss removal and biocide only, biocide kept off lime mortar and old lead, and anything touching the fabric flagged before we start.
The newer houses off Whitminster Lane and around the village edge — Marley and Redland interlocking tiles. The textured surface grips spores and the floodplain damp keeps everything wet, so they mat up heavily. We remove the moss by hand first, then biocide, with a sealant on the right surfaces to slow regrowth further.
From the listed houses round the Green out to the canal and the surrounding GL2 villages — same Severn-Vale damp, slightly different roof on each.
The heart of the village along Rosamund's Green — tall, shaded Tudor and Georgian houses on hand-made clay, Welsh slate and stone, much of it listed and inside Conservation Area No.7, all of it hand-scrape only.
The Clifford family's Grade I Palladian villa, the Gothic Orangery and the manor and estate buildings — heritage and listed roofs where gentle manual moss removal and biocide are the only safe method.
The western edge by Splatt Bridge and the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal — waterside houses where canal humidity keeps the north pitches green long after the rest of the roof has dried.
The later closes and lanes off Whitminster Lane and around the village edge — a mix of older cottages and modern concrete-tile homes that mat up fast in this damp pocket of the vale.
The neighbouring villages out on the canal-side peninsula and across the lanes — stone, clay and slate cottages alongside newer housing, the same heritage-and-current mix we cover right across the area.
The villages out towards the A38 and the M5, where Whitminster Lane runs in from the east — a spread of cottages and modern homes on clay, slate and tile, all greening in the floodplain damp.
Frampton on Severn has been a conservation area since 1975 — it's Conservation Area No.7 in the Stroud District — and the village is one of the most densely listed in the Severn Vale, with around 70 listed buildings. The whole character of the place is built on the run of Tudor and Georgian houses lining Rosamund's Green, the green itself with its three ponds, and the Frampton Court estate that has belonged to the Clifford family for the best part of a thousand years. A great many of those roofs sit on listed buildings, and they need a completely different hand to a modern tile, because force cracks old clay and stone and drives water into structures that have stayed watertight for centuries precisely because nobody ever blasted them.
For listed buildings, cleaning sits in a careful zone. Straightforward removal of biological growth normally doesn't need listed-building consent, because you're not altering the fabric of the building. Anything that touches the lime mortar, the lead, or the original tile or slate fixings usually does — and we'll tell you upfront if a job crosses that line so you can speak to Stroud District Council's conservation team before booking. We keep biocide off lime mortar by sheeting and rinsing the edges, and where old lead flashings have weathered to a soft grey patina we'll usually recommend leaving them rather than scrubbing them back to bright metal, which is exactly the kind of thing heritage officers, reasonably, don't want to see.
It's worth remembering what makes Frampton Frampton. The estate's Grade I house was rebuilt in the 1730s in dressed Bath stone, and its garden house — the celebrated Strawberry-Hill Gothic Orangery with its octagonal towers — is one of the most unusual buildings of its kind in the country; the older Frampton Manor by the green is a centuries-old timber-framed house in its own right. Round the green stand St Mary the Virgin church, consecrated in 1315, and the chapel of 1769, and a long parade of merchants' and yeomen's houses in clay, brick and stone. That mix is the asset: it's why a clean, honest heritage roof matters so much to a property's value here, and why a green, streaked one stands out for all the wrong reasons.
At quote stage we check whether your property looks listed and glance at the Historic England map before the survey. It costs us five minutes and can save you a planning headache — and on a porous stone or old clay roof, getting the method right the first time is the difference between a clean that lasts and a repair bill in reclaimed slate.
We come out, look at the roof, the access, and the gutters, and tell you exactly what's needed and what it costs. No hard sell, no pressure to book on the spot — and on the listed and conservation-area houses round the Green we flag anything that touches heritage rules first.
Heavy moss is removed by hand from a ladder or tower, gutters cleared at the same time. On Frampton's fragile old clay, stone and slate the bulk growth has to be lifted off gently before the biocide can reach the spores beneath — never pressure-blasted off a porous heritage roof.
An approved biocide is applied at the correct dilution. It kills algae, lichen and remaining moss spores at the root, without high-pressure water touching the tiles — which matters even more in this damp floodplain microclimate where regrowth comes back fast.
The biocide keeps working after we've left, preventing regrowth for up to two years. Most customers don't need us back for a top-up before then.
A Frampton roof clean keeps us on the ladders or tower most of the day regardless, so it makes sense to pull the gutters through while we're up there — and the biocide is what holds the result for two years, which counts for a lot on ground this damp. You pay for neither; both come as standard.
The free gutter clear is more than a nicety here. On low-lying floodplain ground, a gutter packed with washed-down moss and grit is the difference between rain running cleanly away and rain spilling down the wall, soaking into old render and finding its way to the eaves of a house that's already sitting on damp ground. We clear what comes off the roof as we go, so you're not left with a clean roof and blocked gutters. And because the biocide carries on working long after we've packed up, most Frampton customers get two seasons or more before they'd even think about booking us back — in a microclimate this damp, that's the part that earns its keep.
Get my Frampton on Severn quoteFrampton throws up everything from brittle hand-made clay and porous stone slate on listed houses round the Green to modern concrete tile on the later infill, and the fragile ones take careful hand-scraping rather than fast pressure — which is part of why we won't quote a flat rate over the phone. Every roof's different. But to be straight with you, most roof cleans are £550–£950. A standard terrace or semi sits in that range; larger, steeper or more difficult roofs (heavy moss, awkward access, big period houses and estate buildings) go up from there.
What moves the price:
Always included, never an add-on: a free gutter clear while we're up there, and the biocide that keeps moss off for up to two years.
How we quote: a free no-obligation survey, a written price the same day, no deposit, pay only when it's done. See our full roof cleaning cost guide →
No — but only because we never put high pressure near the old stuff. The hand-made clay tile, Cotswold stone slate and natural Welsh slate you find on the Tudor and Georgian houses round the Green and on the estate buildings is porous, brittle and often centuries old. Pressure-washing it splits the slates, blasts out the lime bedding and forces water under the laps. On those roofs we remove the moss by hand off a roof ladder, then apply biocide — never a lance turned up high. The modern concrete interlocking tile on the later infill can take a more robust approach where it suits, but it's the biocide that stops the regrowth either way, not the force of the water.
Up to two years, often longer, because the biocide we apply carries on killing fresh spores after we've left. Frampton is a damp spot — the village sits low on the Severn floodplain with the tidal estuary to the west, the River Frome to the east, three ponds on the Green and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal running along the west side, so the ground stays wet and the air stays heavy. North-facing pitches in the shaded older streets colour up faster than open south-facing ones. Pressure-washing on its own buys you about a season; the moss is back the next autumn because the spores are still in the porous tile. The biocide is the difference between cleaning the surface and treating the cause.
Yes, when applied properly. We use approved biocides at manufacturer-specified dilutions, applied in dry conditions so the active ingredient bonds to the roof rather than running off. Pets are kept indoors during application and for an hour after; planted borders are sheeted and watered down before and after. In a village ringed by ponds, canal, the River Frome and grazing on the floodplain we're especially careful about run-off, and we've never had an issue with ponds, watercourses or wildlife in years of doing this.
Yes, and this is the work we take most care over. Frampton on Severn has been a conservation area since 1975 — it's Conservation Area No.7 in the Stroud District — and the village has around 70 listed buildings, from the Tudor and Georgian houses lining Rosamund's Green to the Grade I Frampton Court estate. On those roofs we hand-scrape only — never pressure — and we keep biocide off lime mortar, old leadwork and the original stone slate by sheeting and rinsing the edges. Straightforward removal of moss and algae usually doesn't need listed-building consent because you're not altering the fabric; anything touching mortar, lead or the original fixings does, and we'll flag it before we start so you can speak to Stroud District Council's conservation team first.
It's the geography. Frampton sits on the low-lying Severn Vale floodplain, barely above sea level, with the tidal Severn to the west, the River Frome to the east, the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal along the western edge and three ponds on the Green itself. Add eighteenth-century field drainage that keeps the ground worked but still damp, and you have a village that holds moisture all year round. Moss, lichen and gloeocapsa algae live on exactly that damp, so a Frampton roof carries noticeably heavier growth than an identical house a few miles up onto the drier Cotswold edge. North-facing pitches near the canal and the waterside stay green longest. The porous heritage roofs that dominate the village hold the damp even more, which is why the free biocide treatment earns its keep here.
On Frampton's stone-slate, clay and old slate roofs we avoid standing on the covering wherever we can — those coverings crack underfoot. We work from a ladder or scaffold tower with a long-reach lance, and where we do need to get onto the pitch we use a roof ladder hooked over the ridge to spread the load and keep weight off the individual slates and tiles. On the older houses round the Green and on the estate buildings that careful approach matters even more. We'll tell you in advance which method we're using on your property and why.
Yes, and a fair bit of our work in villages like this is exactly that — holiday lets, second homes and B&Bs near the Green and the canal where the owner isn't always on site. A green, streaked roof costs you bookings in a village people choose for its looks, so kerb appeal is the whole point. We can quote from photos and a survey, work between changeovers or while the property is empty, and deal with you remotely if you're not local. Send the postcode and a couple of photos and we'll take it from there.
Three reasons that matter, in order. Tile and slate life — moss holds moisture against the surface, accelerating freeze-thaw damage, and on genuine Cotswold stone slate, hand-made clay or old Welsh slate that replacement cost is serious money and often needs reclaimed materials to match. Gutters and downpipes — moss sheds and washes into the gutters, blocking them and pushing water down the wall instead of away from the house, which on an old property on damp floodplain ground means trouble in the fabric. Value and kerb appeal — in a village where buyers pay a premium for the heritage look round the Green, a green, streaked roof drags the whole property down. Cleaning costs a fraction of replacing slates or repointing ridges.
On traditional Cotswold stone slate, hand-made clay and old Welsh slate — the roofs on most of Frampton's listed and conservation-area houses — absolutely not. High pressure splits the slates, strips the surface and drives water underneath, and once a stone slate cracks you're into reclaimed-slate territory to repair it. Those roofs get hand-removal and biocide only. The modern concrete tile on the newer houses around the village edge can take a controlled, more robust wash where it's the right tool. We always tell you the method first and we never pressure-blast heritage stone.
Spring (March–May) and early autumn are ideal — dry enough for the biocide to bond, and it sets the roof up before the cold, damp months when moss grows fastest, which on this floodplain is a long season. We clean year-round, though; the biocide works whenever it's applied in dry conditions, and we plan jobs around weather windows rather than rushing them in the wet.
The growing southern edge of Gloucester up the A38 — modern estates and concrete tile, heavy moss in the vale damp.
Roof cleaning QuedgeleyJust up the A38 between Frampton and Gloucester — a mix of village cottages and newer housing on the Severn-Vale flats.
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Really impressed with Aquapro Roof cleaning. Very professional guys that done such a good job, that it looks like I’ve had a new roof installed, (after 40yrs of dirt and moss). Blake talked me through everything in detail, and answered any questions I had. Showed me the end result with his drone footage and left house clean and tidy. Highly recommended.
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Free gutter clean and biocide treatment with every roof clean. Listed and conservation-area properties handled correctly. Fully insured, no-obligation quote, written the same day.
