Stone slate and Welsh slate repairs, chimney work, dormers, gutters and emergency callouts in Oulton, inside and outside the Oulton Conservation Area. Free survey, a fixed written price and a 10-year workmanship guarantee on major work.
Oulton grew as an estate village of the Calverley family, who held land here from the Norman Conquest, at the meeting of the Leeds Road (A639) and the Wakefield–Aberford road (A642). Leeds City Council’s appraisal records a remarkable group of 16th and 17th-century houses in stone, timber frame and handmade brick, the 1827–29 Church of St John the Evangelist, whose spire is a landmark for miles around, and Oulton Hall in its parkland west of Leeds Road. Twentieth-century housing has since joined Oulton up with Rothwell and Woodlesford, so the village now has old stone cottages a few minutes’ walk from inter-war and modern estates.
We cover all of it, from small slate repairs to full re-roofs. Every job starts with a free survey, and the price is fixed in writing before work begins.
Oulton was first designated a conservation area in 1975 and extended in 1987 to take in Oulton Hall and Park. The boundary was reviewed again for the Oulton Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, approved on 17 May 2010. The appraisal records 14 listed building entries, with St John’s Church and the timber-framed Nookin on Leeds Road at Grade II*, and Oulton Park is a Grade II Registered Park and Garden laid out by Humphry Repton from 1810, with later work by W A Nesfield.
On roofs it is clear: stone slate is the traditional roofing material of the village, with Welsh slate replacing it during the 19th century. Earlier houses that keep their stone slate often have stone gable copings and kneelers; cottages typically have brick chimneys and stone gutter brackets.
For maps and documents, see Leeds City Council’s conservation area pages.
The two materials behave differently. Stone slate is heavy, thick and laid in courses that shrink towards the ridge; when it fails, it is usually the fixings or battens that have gone, not the stone. We strip the affected section, keep every sound slate, add matching ones, and re-lay to the original courses, rebedding kneelers and copings where needed. Welsh slate is thinner and lighter, and slipped or cracked slates can usually be replaced individually. Valleys and abutments on both are often lead, and failed lead is one of the commonest causes of leaks on older roofs. New lead flashing starts from £450; the final price depends on access and condition and is fixed in writing after a free survey. See slate and tile roofing.
Two-storey cottages with varied eaves heights, and clustered groups such as Bentley Square, Willow Square and St John’s Yard. A group on Farrer Lane stands gable-end to the road.
Stone slate or Welsh slate · brick stacks · stone gutter bracketsFrom the 16th-century timber-framed farmhouse at 9–13 Farrer Lane, cased in stone and handmade brick, to the 1830s ashlar villa Springwell Cottage on Aberford Road with its hipped roof.
Stone slate · hipped and gabled roofs · large stacksThe early 20th-century group in local Armitage brick facing the war memorial on Fleet Lane, and 1930s houses that the Design Statement notes tend to have hipped roofs.
Armitage or red brick · mostly hipped roofsLate 20th and 21st-century cul-de-sacs, such as Woodland Park, built in the grounds of larger houses. Fascias, soffits, gutters and ridges are the usual work.
Concrete tile · uPVC fasciasOulton’s older buildings have large stacks, from big external stone chimneys on the 16th and 17th-century houses to the brick stacks on cottage rows. Mortar washes out, lead flashings split, and flaunching around the pots cracks. We repoint in lime on old stone and soft brick, renew lead, rebed pots and rebuild where a stack has become unsafe, matching the original. Chimney repointing starts from £350, a partial rebuild from £600 and a full rebuild from £1,500, with scaffolding from £400; the final price depends on access and condition and is fixed in writing after a free survey. See chimney repairs.
Oulton is a very green village full of mature trees, and storms can bring down branches as well as slates. We take emergency callouts 7 days a week from our base in Kirkstall (LS5), make the roof safe and watertight first, and keep any original stone or Welsh slates that have come down so they can be reused. Then we survey properly and give you a fixed written quote. See emergency roof repairs.
Stone slate re-laid to original courses; Welsh slate refixed and matched.
Learn More →Lime repointing, new lead and rebuilds on stone and brick stacks.
Learn More →Leaks at valleys, kneelers and copings traced and fixed.
Learn More →Felt and flat roofs on dormers, porches and extensions repaired or replaced.
Learn More →New fascias, soffits and gutters on 1930s houses and later estates.
Learn More →Storm and fallen-branch damage made safe, 7 days a week.
Learn More →We cover Oulton streets including Leeds Road, Aberford Road, Calverley Road, Rothwell Lane, Farrer Lane, St John’s Street, Fleet Lane, Bentley Square, Leventhorpe Way, Woodland Park, Methley Lane, Holmsley Lane, Wakefield Road and the surrounding streets of LS26.
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Free survey, a fixed written quote, and a 10-year guarantee on major work.
