Chimney sweep in Henfield

An experienced and dependable Henfield chimney sweep

I provide a professional chimney sweep service for the residents of Henfield and surrounding areas. With valued customers in Balcombe, Falmer, Lewes, Patcham, Preston, Rottingdean, Saltdean, Stanmer and Woodingdean.

With over 10 years’ experience, I know a thing or two about how to sweep a chimney. Fresh dust sheets every time is a must, a Hepa Filter chimney sweep hoover for ash and only the best brushes to do the job right.

Chimney cleaning

Sweeping your chimney.
Sweeps from £70.

A sweep, smoke test and chimney sweep certificate, recognised by the guild of master chimney sweeps.

Birds nesting in your chimney?
Nest removals from £100 - £150.

A birds nest removal and sweep, with a smoke test and chimney sweep certificate.

*Please note:- All nest waste is bagged and left with the homeowner for disposal. This is standard practice among sweeps.

Having chimney problems?
CCTV surveys from £100

A CCTV inspection unit is used to look at the inside of your chimney. Highlighting any blockages, brickwork issues and tar build-up.

Chimney servicing
and maintenance

Fire brick pre-placement and roping door seals on wood burners.

Clogged or
blocked fireplace

Unclogging wood burning stoves, Aga flues and Jet Masters.

Complete Peace
of mind

• My work is fully insured.
• I am a fully qualified chimney sweep.
• I leave no mess.
• Over 10 years of experience in the field.
• I also provide chimney care advice.

• Standard Chimney Sweeping including certificate from £70
• Work on unlined inglenook chimneys is from £100, depending on the size and time taken.
• Work on biomass appliances is from £100, depending on the size and time taken.
• Work on Rayburns, agas or other cooking appliances is from £100, depending on the size and time taken.

I always offer a discount for sweeping multiply chimneys at the same location. Fresh clean dust sheets with every fireplace.

Please note:- I accept cash, debit cards and all credit cards including Amex. Regretfully I do not accept part payment for work completed. All payments must be made in full on the day.

About Henfield

Henfield is a lovely and large village in the Horsham area. The location is a prime spot for the meeting of branches of the River Adur, just west of the village, before the water flows down to Shoreham-by-Sea. Residents inhabit a charming settlement with quaint architecture, a high street, well-used village hall and the 13th century St Peter’s Church where people meet on sundays and for various events. 

Villagers live in a wide mix of houses in Henfield on streets such as London Road, Church Street, Wheatsheaf Road, Broomfield Road, Upper Station Road and Barrow Hill. It is known to be a bustling village, with an exciting dynamic when it comes to community activities and various groups and organisations to enjoy. Henfield also boasts both the oldest Scout group in Britain, 1st Henfield dating to 1907, and an old but still thriving cricket club dating to 1771. The leisure centre at Northcroft, charity-based and built in 1990, is popular with a proper sports hall and fitness facility. Youngsters also like to use a skate park nearby to perform safe acrobatic stunts and tricks. Surrounded by the charming Sussex countryside, Henfield carries an aspect of the rural idyll and always makes for an enjoyable visit.

High Street in Henfield is, of course, the epicentre for shoppers and Church Street and Upper Station Road are also relatively busy. Villagers live in a great variety of homes with much architectural merit along roads including Windmill Lane, Barrow Hill, Nep Town Road, Hollands Road, Beechings, Henfield Common North, Staples Barn, Flowers Farm Close, Parsonage Road, the rather extended Furners Lane, Nyes Close, Benson Road and Chestnut Way. 

There are two branches of the River Adur, which meet in Henfield: the eastern Adur and the western Adur, with the meeting place in a beautiful spot by the Betley Bridge. Beautiful is certainly the right adjective to describe the swirling waters of the Adur, containing all sorts of wildlife and aquatic delights, which adds to the overall pleasure for residents and visitors alike to Henfield, as the Adur carries on past the village down to Shoreham-By-Sea and then to the English Channel. 

There’s a quirky side to Henfield, such as the well-known Cat House. Once owned by Robert Ward, the building depicts metal cat cut-outs under its roof, showing birds in their paws. It  is believed that one of Ward’s pet canaries was killed by a cat belonging to Nathaniel Woodward, founder of the Woodward Schools, including Lancing College. As a strange act of revenge, Ward erected the metal cats and put a long string through them, linked to bells. When Woodward walked past on his way to Henfield Church, the string was pulled and bells rung, in an attempt by Ward to recall the canary’s death to Woodward’s mind. On a less abstract but still interesting note, Henfield stopped using plastic bags in 2008. More than 1 million carrier bags were stopped from being used in the first year-and-a-half, according to campaigners, saving 209 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Henfield has had its fair share of colourful characters past and present. Colonel Henry Bishop was one such resident, during the time of King Charles II. He was Postmaster General in 1660 and invented the first ever type of postmark in England, helping postage to become more efficient. It was known at the time as a bishop mark. His remains were interred in Henfield graveyard. Henfield Stamp Club commemorated Bishop with a special date stamp in 1963, when a dedicated exhibition was also held to honour the memory of this postage trendsetter. Other historical characters of interest include suffragette Elizabeth Robins, who looked after fellow protestors during hunger strikes, at her Backsettown farmhouse, not far from Henfield. Botanist William Borrer was another character, who spent most of his life in Henfield, being born and dying in the town. His academic specialism was flora on mainland Britain.

A number of houses were given new brick frontages in Henfield throughout the 18th century. These include Seven Chimneys in Cagefoot Lane, Martyn Lodge, a three-storey building in Church Street, and Backsettown. Wantley Manor, which is located on the northern frontier of Henfield, underwent expansion in the same period. Terraced houses were notably constructed, such as a splendid red brick array of homes on the west of High Street, in 1795. Similar architectural endeavours were seen in Furners Lane and north-east of the main parish church. Henfield mainly had one street in the 1830s with a number of tradesmen as residents but the village, just after this time, became popular with gentry. 

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