Louvred pergolas in Weldon
Louvred pergolas in Weldon, with each post position checked over ground shaped by centuries of limestone and ironstone quarrying.
In Weldon, a louvred aluminium pergola starts from £4,500 supplied and fitted, for a 3m × 4m frame on a suitable existing base, with bigger frames, screens and new bases priced after the visit. Locally, the ground matters most: it can change from natural rock to clay or fill within one garden, so we check before designing the base.
- Supplied and fitted
- From £4,500 (3m × 4m)
- Planning
- Usually permitted development behind the house
- Ground
- Limestone and ironstone; variable
- Guarantee
- 5 years, in writing
Our 2026 guide prices. Your fixed price comes in writing after the site visit. Full breakdown: louvred pergolas cost guide.
Louvred pergolas in Weldon
Weldon stone has been quarried here for centuries, and that history is still under the gardens. Ground can change from natural limestone or ironstone to clay or fill within a single plot, which is why our Weldon visits start with a spade. A louvred pergola is only as steady as its base, so we look at the patio and the ground where each post will stand, and only then decide between fixing to existing paving and casting concrete pads.
The frame is freestanding powder-coated aluminium, with a louvred roof that opens for sun and closes to send rain through gutters inside the frame and down the posts. In the stone houses of the historic centre, latte or light stone frames sit well beside Weldon stone; on the later estates that now join the village to Corby, black or anthracite are popular. Warm-white LED lighting comes built in, and sides can be closed with louvres, glass or blinds.
What makes Weldon different
Where the posts land on natural rock, an existing sound patio may take them directly. Where they land on clay or fill, concrete pads are usually needed. The Willow Brook runs past the village, with an Environment Agency flood storage reservoir at Weldon, so drainage for the roof water needs designing rather than assuming. Weldon's conservation area covers the historic village; there, a pergola cannot sit between the side of the house and the boundary.
A typical Weldon job on the newer estates is a 3m × 4m anthracite pergola over a rear patio with one side closed. In the historic centre, a stone house might take a light stone frame on new pads in a walled garden, with the post water taken to a tested soakaway or drain.
Sources: Weldon conservation area (Northamptonshire HER) · North Northamptonshire conservation areas.
Permissions in Weldon
- PlanningA freestanding pergola in a rear garden is normally permitted development if it stays behind the front of the house, is no more than 2.5m high at the eaves and 2.5m overall within 2m of a boundary, does not sit on a platform more than 30cm high, and together with any sheds or other outbuildings covers no more than half the garden. A listed house needs planning permission for one. In a conservation area it also cannot go between the side of the house and the boundary. Planning Portal: outbuildings
- TreesTrees in a conservation area need six weeks' notice before work, and protected trees need consent; both are free. North Northamptonshire: tree protection
- Design and priceWe measure up, check the ground and the planning position, and give you one fixed written price.
Rules checked October 2026.
What you get in Weldon
- Post positions dug over old quarry ground
- Drainage designed near the Willow Brook
- Light stone frames beside Weldon stone
- Powder-coated aluminium frame that will not rot, warp or need painting
- Louvred roof that opens for air and light and closes against rain, draining down through the posts
- Warm-white LED lighting in the frame, with motorised louvres as an option
The specification
- Survey of the base, levels, boundaries and planning position
- Existing patio checked; concrete pads or a new patio where it is not up to it
- Frame set out square and level, posts fixed with stainless anchors
- Roof water taken to a drain, soakaway or border, not across the patio
- Low-voltage power put in and certified by a registered electrician where needed
- Five year workmanship guarantee in writing on the base and installation; the frame carries the manufacturer's guarantee
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