Chimney stacks, slate roofs, dormers and gutters across Headingley, from the stone cottages around Otley Road to the terraces off Ash Road and the 1930s semis of the Turnways. Free survey, fixed written quote, emergency callouts 7 days a week.
The Headingley & Hyde Park Neighbourhood Design Statement, which Leeds City Council adopted as planning guidance in 2010, calls Headingley “Leeds’ Number One Suburb”. In 1831 there were only 45 houses here. By 1911 there were about ten thousand. Much of that growth followed the Cardigan Sale of 1888, when the Earls of Cardigan sold most of their Headingley land. Large stone villas came first, then streets of brick terraces and back-to-backs, and between the wars mostly semi-detached houses.
So Headingley has several roof types close together. There are listed stone cottages in the Chapel Street area, Victorian villas along Wood Lane and Shire Oak Road, red-brick terraces with attic dormers around Ash Road, and tiled 1930s semis on The Turnways. We start every job with a free survey and put the price in writing before any work is done.
The Design Statement counts chimney stacks and pots among the details that give the terraces south of Headingley Lane their character. On a terrace, one stack often serves two houses. Common faults:
We get asked about chimney sweeping in Headingley. We don’t sweep flues. That’s a sweep’s job, done from inside the house. We handle the outside: the brickwork or stone, the lead, the pots and the cap.
Starting prices: repointing from £350, lead flashing from £450, partial rebuild from £600, full rebuild from £1,500, scaffolding from £400. The final price depends on access and on what we find, and is fixed in writing after a free survey. See the Leeds chimney repair costs guide and our chimney repairs service.
Much of central Headingley is inside the Headingley Conservation Area. The Design Statement records that it covers almost all of Headingley Centre (apart from the Arndale Centre and Dennistead Crescent), the Wood Lane area of large stone villas and 1930s ‘sunshine’ houses on Alma Road and Grove Lane, and the eastern half of the Cardigan Triangle around Cardigan Road. The Ash Road area and the Turnways are outside it. Headingley Hill, along Headingley Lane, now sits in the separate Headingley Hill, Hyde Park and Woodhouse Moor Conservation Area, and Far Headingley has its own too.
The Headingley & Hyde Park Neighbourhood Design Statement applies across the whole neighbourhood, inside and outside the conservation area, and the council uses its guidelines when deciding planning applications.
We’ll tell you at the survey if anything looks likely to need permission. Boundary maps are on the council’s conservation area pages.
Small two-storey stone houses around Chapel Street, Chapel Square and Chapel Terrace, built after an 1850 land sale, plus a few earlier village buildings off St Michael’s Road. Many are listed, so repairs have to be like for like.
Slate or stone slate · stone stacksLarge stone and brick villas in big plots on Wood Lane, Shire Oak Road, Alma Road and Cardigan Road, some now split into flats. Tall stacks and trees close to the roof are common.
Welsh slate · tall stacks · timber barge boardsBack-to-backs in the Grimthorpes and Trelawns, terraces and back-to-backs on the Granby streets, and longer through terraces in the Estcourts and Headingley Mount, many with attic dormers.
Slate · dormers · shared stacks and guttersBrick-and-render semis on The Turnways and Laurel Bank, some with cat-slide roofs and tile-hung bays. The Alma Road ‘sunshine’ houses add flat-roofed porches.
Clay or concrete tile · flat-roofed porches and baysMany of Headingley’s terraces were built with rooms in the roof, and the Design Statement notes the large ‘hooded’ gabled dormers on some Kirkstall Lane houses. Old dormers need regular attention: the cheeks and fronts let water in where lead has split, timber sills rot, and the slates around them slip. We repair existing dormers with matching slate and new lead, and can rebuild a failed one to its original shape. If you’re planning a new dormer, follow the guidance above and expect to need permission in the conservation area. See our slate and tile roofing page.
The Design Statement records a rapid rise in houses in multiple occupation in Headingley, and the whole neighbourhood is a designated ‘area of housing mix’ in the council’s plan. If you let a house here, our written quotes and before-and-after photos give you a clear record, and a free drone survey lets us check a roof without going into tenants’ rooms. Leaks and storm damage are covered by our emergency roof repairs, 7 days a week.
Shared and single stacks repointed, reflashed, capped or rebuilt.
Learn More →Welsh slate repairs and re-roofs on terraces, villas and listed cottages.
Learn More →Dormer leaks, slipped slates and valley repairs on attic-room terraces.
Learn More →Gutters cleared and refixed under the trees on the villa streets.
Learn More →Flat-roofed porches, bays and rear extensions on the 1930s semis.
Learn More →Leaks made safe for owners and landlords, 7 days a week.
Learn More →From Kirkstall we cover Headingley streets including Otley Road, North Lane, St Michael’s Road, St Michael’s Lane, Chapel Street, Bennett Road, Granby Road, Shire Oak Road, Wood Lane, Alma Road, Grove Lane, Cardigan Road, Bainbrigge Road, Spring Road, St Anne’s Road, Ash Road, Estcourt Avenue, Grimthorpe Terrace, Trelawn Avenue, Headingley Mount, Langdale Avenue, Kirkstall Lane, The Turnways, Newport View, Broomfield Road and Rochester Terrace, across LS6.
See every area on our coverage map.
Free survey, fixed written quote, 10-year workmanship guarantee on major work.
