At about 15 miles north-east of Mapperley, Newark-on-Trent is one of the furthest towns on our list, yet it sits comfortably inside the 30 miles around Nottingham that Patch Me If You Can covers. It is also a town where the age of a house changes the job completely.
Historic Newark
Newark's conservation area, first designated in 1968, was the second ever designated in England, and it is on the national Heritage at Risk Register, partly because of lost architectural detail. A 2022 council review proposed extending it to the late-Victorian and Edwardian planned housing around the Magnus School, on Hatton Gardens, Winchilsea Avenue and Milner Street, as well as the 19th-century houses on Crown Street and the homes on Lime Grove.
In houses like these the aim is to repair rather than strip. Cracked or loose plaster is patched and skimmed to match, sagging ceilings can be over-boarded, and original details such as cornices are worked around rather than lost.
Newer Newark
Around the edges, the town looks very different. Middlebeck is being developed on the southern edge, Fernwood is a new housing estate, and homes have been built on the former Balderton Hospital site. New houses like these are usually lined with plasterboard, which suits stud walls, media walls and wall panelling, and makes neat repairs straightforward when the board gets damaged.
Whatever the age of your home, indoor plastering, skimming, patch repairs and plasterboarding are all available. Call 07877 353120, seven days a week, 7am to 5pm.
