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Wise after the event? Following a chimney-related fire that destroyed the roof of a house in Leicestershire, reinstatement works included increasing the height of the chimney stack and fitting a bird guard to the pot (Photos: N Hill Historic England). Source Thatched properties and wood-burning stoves in IHBC's Context 157 (Page 33), published in November 2018, written by Iain McCaig, a senior architectural conservator working in Historic Englands building conservation and research team. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1081
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