Fencing in Sandwich town

Inside the walls

The medieval walled town - Strand Street, Church Street St Clement's, King Street, the Barbican side - is sheltered ground with listed frontages and conservation-area boundaries almost everywhere you turn. Fencing here is usually panel, picket or short timber closeboard, sized to sit correctly against Kent stock brick and flint. The wind exposure is low, the ground is stable, and timber posts are a reasonable call here.

What you have to watch is conservation consent. Anything over 1m on a highway boundary inside the Sandwich town conservation area needs Dover District Council consent, and any change to a boundary on a listed property needs a proper consent conversation before the first post goes in. We do that check before we quote so there are no surprises.

Typical Sandwich town jobs

• Painted picket front boundary with matching gate on Strand Street cottages and Church Street town houses
• 1.8m panel rear gardens where the fence is between two protected buildings
• Gate and post work on courtyards and side accesses inside the town