Shapes of Rye
Materials of Rye
Rye
Conservation
Society
Conservation
Society
Protecting Rye’s historic heritage
for future generations
Rye Conservation Society is a registered charity -
Weatherboarding is a simple, easy and economic way to weatherproof a wall without adding much weight. The boards are normally feathered in profile. A shipbuilding town would have the skills to hand, as well as the tar or white lead paint needed to preserve the timber. (Plastic as an alternative completely lacks the character of timber and its use is not permitted in the Conservation Areas).
Black tarred weatherboarding
Bent weatherboarding
White painted
Images and text by John Griffiths, Rye Conservation Society
