Chimney repairs, emergency call-outs and flat roofs across Bramley, from the gritstone terraces around Town Street and Hough Lane to the mid-20th-century estates beyond. Free survey, fixed price in writing, 10-year workmanship guarantee on major work.
Bramley sits about five miles west of Leeds city centre, between Stanningley Road (A647) and the Leeds and Bradford Road (B6157). Its older core along Town Street, Hough Lane and Broad Lane is built mostly of local millstone grit with slate roofs, much of it quarried at Bramley Fall, now the woodland running down towards the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Around that core, Leeds City Council describes the rest of Bramley as largely mid-20th-century suburban housing. So within a few streets you can find a stone-slate roof on a listed house, a Welsh slate terrace, and a felt flat roof over a rear extension or garage. We survey each one for free and put the price in writing before any work starts.
The council’s conservation appraisal lists “retention of slate roofs and chimneys” as one of the ways to keep Bramley’s character, and on the 19th-century terraces most stacks are still in place. Stacks this old wear in predictable ways: weathered mortar joints, lead flashing that has cracked or pulled away from the stone, broken flaunching around the pots, and in the worst cases a stack that has started to lean.
Starting prices: repointing from £350, lead flashing from £450, partial rebuild from £600, full rebuild from £1,500, and scaffolding from £400. The final price depends on access and the condition of the stack, and is fixed in writing after a free survey. Our chimney repair costs guide explains what moves the price, and the chimney repairs page covers the work in more detail.
Much of old Bramley stands on the brow of a hill, between 113 and 130 metres above sea level according to the council’s appraisal, with the land dropping away sharply to the Aire Valley to the north and east. Roofs on high, open ground like this take the full force of strong winds, so after a storm look for slipped or missing slates, lifted ridge tiles, loose flashing round the chimney, and water coming through the ceiling.
We take emergency call-outs 7 days a week. The first job is to make the roof safe and stop the water getting in, with a temporary cover if needed. Once it’s secure, we survey the damage and give you a written quote for the permanent repair. If you plan to claim on your insurance, take photos before anything is moved. See emergency roof repairs for what to do while you wait.
Bramley has two conservation areas. The larger, Bramley Town Conservation Area, was created in 2009 by merging the Bramley Town Street area (designated 1986) and the Bramley Hough Lane area (1987). It covers what remains of historic Town Street, the 19th-century terraces, churches and schools around Hough Lane, Broad Lane, Westover Road and Warrel’s Road, and Bramley Park. Leeds City Council also lists a separate, smaller Bramley Hill Top Conservation Area; its boundary map is published but it has no appraisal.
The council’s Bramley Town appraisal and management plan (May 2009) names coursed gritstone and Welsh slate as the main materials, notes brick on many terrace rows, and says repairs should use the same materials as the existing building. It also lists replacing roof coverings with unsuitable materials as one of the changes that has worn away the look of the terraces.
The appraisal doesn’t mention an Article 4 direction, but check with the council if you’re unsure. At the survey we’ll tell you if anything we recommend is likely to need permission. Boundary maps for both areas are on Leeds City Council’s conservation area pages.
Close-knit terrace and back-to-back streets built as Bramley’s woollen mills and engineering works grew, including the rows on Westover Road, around Warrel’s Road and along Stanningley Road after the railway arrived in 1855. Repairs should match the existing slate and stone.
Welsh slate · gritstone or brick · chimney stacksLarger late 18th- and 19th-century houses along Town Street, Hough Lane and Broad Lane, some of them Grade II listed. The oldest have heavy stone-slate roofs with coped gables, which need specialist, like-for-like repair.
Stone slate or Welsh slate · coped gables · stone stacksOutside the conservation area, most of Bramley is suburban housing from the middle of the 20th century, with council-built estates to the east and private housing to the west. Typical work is re-roofing, ridge and verge repairs, fascias and flat-roof extensions.
Tiled pitched roofs · felt flat roofs on extensions & garagesMany Bramley homes have a flat roof somewhere: over a rear extension, a kitchen off the back of a terrace, a dormer, or a garage. Older felt roofs often fail where the felt meets a wall or at the edge trims, and ponding water speeds that up. We repair felt roofs where the deck is sound and replace them where it isn’t; see flat roofing for the options.
For shops and business premises along Town Street, Stanningley Road and around Bramley Shopping Centre, our commercial roofing service covers flat and pitched roofs, gutters and making safe after storm damage. Every commercial job gets the same free survey and fixed written quote.
Lime repointing on gritstone stacks, new lead flashing, caps for blocked or disused flues.
Learn More →Storm damage on Bramley’s hilltop streets made safe, then repaired properly.
Learn More →Felt repairs and replacement on rear extensions, dormers and garages.
Learn More →Flat and pitched roofs on shops and business premises along Town Street and Stanningley Road.
Learn More →Like-for-like Welsh slate repairs on the terraces inside the conservation area.
Learn More →Slipped slates, leaking valleys and ridge repairs on terraces and estate homes.
Learn More →From our base in Kirkstall (LS5) we cover Bramley streets including Town Street, Upper Town Street, Lower Town Street, Hough Lane, Broad Lane, Stocks Hill, Moorfields, Westover Road, Warrel’s Road, Warrel’s Grove, St Peter’s Mount, Waterloo Lane, Haley’s Yard, Stanningley Road, the Leeds and Bradford Road, and the surrounding side streets across LS13.
See every area on our coverage map.
Free survey, fixed price in writing, 10-year workmanship guarantee on major work.
