We regularly work on Grade II listed buildings across Hull, Beverley and the East Riding — from a detailed roof assessment at Lockington House, a Grade II listed former rectory, to an ongoing programme of lead work, ridge and verge work and like-for-like tile replacement on a listed property in Walkington. A listed roof has to be repaired with the materials and details it was built with, and the conservation officer has to be satisfied. We work to that standard as a matter of course, and we tell you before anything starts whether listed building consent is needed. We take on listed building roofing across the whole of Yorkshire, including York, Leeds, Sheffield, Harrogate, Hull and the East Riding.
Priced per job after a free assessment. Listed roofs cost more than modern ones because the materials and detailing are traditional, but every figure is fixed in writing before work starts, with no deposit. See our full price guide.
Spotting these early usually means a smaller, cheaper job. If any sound familiar, it's worth getting the roof looked at.
A close inspection of the coverings, ridges, verges, leadwork, chimneys and rainwater goods, written up as a plain-English report that says what is sound, what needs attention and in what order. It is the right starting point for any listed roof, and it is what we carried out at Lockington House.
Broken or slipped slates and tiles replaced with exact matches we have sourced, ridges and verges re-bedded, leadwork renewed to the original detail. Repairs like these normally need no consent, because nothing about the building changes.
Larger listed roofs are often best tackled in stages, worst first, so the cost is spread and each stage can be agreed with the conservation officer where needed. Our current Walkington project combines lead work, ridge and verge work and tile matching over several visits.
A straightforward, no-pressure process from first call to finished job.
Lockington, near Beverley
A full roof condition assessment of this Grade II listed former rectory — slate roofs, leadwork and chimneys — written up as a plain-English report with the work set out in priority order, so the owners can plan and cost repairs properly.
Walkington, near Beverley
An ongoing programme of works on a Grade II listed house: re-bedding the ridge and replacing damaged pantiles with exact matches sourced before starting, removing a redundant flue and re-tiling over it, repointing the barn-end ridge and gable, and renewing lead work — so the repairs disappear into the original roof. Guaranteed in writing for 15 years.
York
A leaning, cracked chimney stack on a listed building in York, rebuilt in new brick with projecting band courses and the pots re-set in fresh flaunching. Photographed from the scaffold once the stack was finished.
Not for genuine like-for-like repairs: replacing broken slates with matching slates, re-bedding a ridge in the same mortar or renewing a lead flashing to the same detail does not alter the building. You do need consent to change materials, alter the roof shape or add roof windows or solar panels, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. When in doubt we ask the conservation officer first — it costs nothing.
Yes — it is most of the skill. Welsh and Westmorland slate, clay pantiles and plain tiles all vary by age and maker, so we match by size, colour, texture and weathering rather than by name, and use reclaimed material where the original is no longer made. We sourced exact matches for the Walkington property before starting.
Most listed roofs were built with lime mortar, which stays slightly flexible and lets moisture escape. Hard cement mortar cracks against old tiles, traps water and is usually refused by conservation officers. We use lime where the roof was built with it.
We prepare the specification and photographs the officer needs and are happy to speak to them directly. The formal application is made by you as the owner, or by your agent, and we tell you exactly what to put in it.
Yes, and it is often the best way to see one: every slope, chimney and gutter of a large or fragile roof from the air, with no scaffold and nobody walking on old slates. We are a CAA-registered operator and deliver the footage, photos and a written report.
The materials cost more — reclaimed slate, handmade clay tiles, lead and cast iron are all dearer than modern equivalents — and the work is slower. What does not change is how we price it: a free assessment, then one fixed written figure, and no deposit.
We take this work on across Yorkshire. Choose your city for local detail:
We supply and fit cast iron, cast aluminium, timber and lead guttering across Hull, Beverley and the East Riding, plus Twinplas — a twin-wall PVC box gutter made as a like-for-like replacement for the timber troughing on Victorian and Edwardian terraces — because not every roof suits white plastic.
Learn more →Lead is used at the trickiest, most leak-prone parts of a roof — chimneys, valleys, abutments where roof meets wall, and bay-window roofs.
Learn more →Pitched roofing is the classic sloped roof found on most East Yorkshire homes, finished in slate, clay or concrete tiles.
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