Self build

Staffordshire blue clay Rustic plain tiles with bands of ornamental spade tiles

Your choice of building materials for your home has a substantial impact on the eventual value of your property. It is advisable where possible to choose the best, especially as they will be in place for the life of the building and will be there for the world to see.

A quality roof of plain clay tiles is an inexpensive way to add character and value forever. Look around and see for yourself that the concrete tiles of the last 70 years lose their colour. The natural burnt colours of clay are permanent and mellow and improve with age.

Never skimp on the roof materials. Whether you are building from scratch, converting or extending your property or renovating your family home, Dreadnought clay roof tiles offer solutions to enhance any roof.

If you wish to see some completed Dreadnought roofs please contact our office and we can provide you with a list of sites in the colours you are interested in.

See a detailed case study in IBUILD magazine

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Useful links for Self Builders

National Self Build and Renovation Centre

The National Self Build & Renovation Centre is the UK's only permanent venue for independent homebuilding advice & support. Located in Swindon, and easily accessible off the M4, Dreadnought Tiles have exhibited there since they started in 2007. We have a good range of our products on display there in the Roofing Section. You can see panels of our different tile colours, as well as a large section of a Dreadnought clay roof.

Plotsearch

Land4developers

An up-to-date source of plots conversion and renovation opportunities for Developers throughout the UK, including development flats (more than 4). Includes email alerts for new plots and aerial photography service.

Ketley Brick

Traditional Clay Pavers, Staffordshire Blue Bricks and Specials.

Furness Brick

An independent family-run brick manufacturer, specialising in the production of traditional pressed, clamp and handmade facing bricks and pavers.

York Handmade Bricks

Many builders and self-builders have found that using handmade bricks has greatly increased the 'kerb appeal' of their developments. York Handmade Brick offer bricks in six blends, but variations can be achieved by mixing combinations of the three basic colours.

The Construction Centre

A source of information for architects, contractors and specifiers. They host an extensive UK Building Directory

The Roof Tile Association

Dreadnought are members of The Roof Tile Association the industry body representing the UK’s leading manufacturers of pitched roof solutions. Pitched roofs have been part of our built environment for around 5000 years and their website offers inspiration on pitched roof design as well as all the technical information for building a pitched roof.

Graven Hill

The UK's largest self and custom build project just outside Bicester. 1900 homes are due to be built over 10 years. The project aims to give self builders the opportunity to create the home of their dreams with plots available to suit a range of budgets, all with pre-approved outline planning.

Where to view tile displays

Self build exhibitions

We regularly exhibit at the Self-Build Exhibitions. Come and see us at

Build It Live South East at the Kent Event Centre in Maidstone on 22nd-23rd February 2025. Stand Number A5. You can get free tickets by clicking on the image below

The National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC 20-23rd March. Stand number A125. You can get free tickets by clicking on the image below

The Southern Homebuilding and Renovation Show at Sandown Park Racecourse 28th-29th June. Stand S845

You can also find us in the Roof Zone at the National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon where we have a permanent stand and many of our tiles on display. The centre is also open everyday except Mondays.

roof exhibit at Swindon Stand at Swindon

To view completed roofs please contact us and we can provide you with a list of sites in the colours you are interested in.

If you would like to order samples of tiles, you can do so on this website from each of our product pages within the tile range or by clicking here

Below is a list of Roofing Merchants where sample panels of Dreadnought Tiles can be viewed. Some of these merchants also carry stock of our tiles.

Tiles can also be viewed at our Works in bulk, contact us to book a visit

County	Address	Do they stock Dreadnoughts?	Telephone
Avon	EDS Roofing Supplies 153 South Liberty Lane Bristol BS3 2TL		0117 963 8057
	Roofbase Bristol Avonside Industrial Estate Units 15 & 16 Feeder Road Bristol BS2 OUQ		0117 2034123
Berkshire	Anderson Roofing Supplies Unit 1 Warren Farm Forest Road Wokingham Wokingham RG40 5QY		01189 786468
Buckinghamshire	Advance Roofing Supplies Ltd Airfield Industrial Estate Cheddington Lane Long Marston HP23 44QR		01296 660 260
	D J Giles 20-22 Mill Road Stokenchurch HP14 3TT	Yes Red Smooth, Brown Heather, Country Brown Sandfaced, Staffs Blue Smooth, Collingwood Blend http://djgiles.co.uk/category/tiles/dreadnought-tiles/	01494 482396
Cheshire	Lagan Building Solutions NLH Newcastle Road Chorlton Crewe CW2 5NG https://www.lbsproducts.com/clay-roof-tiles/plain-clay-tiles/dreadnought-tiles	Yes Staffordshire Blue Smooth, Brown Antique Smooth, Brown Heather Sandfaced, Country Brown Sandfaced They also stock a range of our commercial tiles	0800 096 7612
Derbyshire	Ashbrook Roofing Harrison Way Darley Dale Matlock Derbyshire DE4 2LF www.ashbrookroofing.co.uk	Yes Staffordshire Blue Smooth and Red Smooth	01629 732988
	Brown's Builders Merchants Chequers Road West Meadows Industrial Estate Derby DE21 6EN www.brownsbm.co.uk	Yes Staffordshire Blue Smooth and Red Smooth	01332 292911
Dorset	Kavanagh Roofing Longmead Industrial Estate Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8PL		01747 853635
	Roofing Gear Unit O & P Lion Works 543 Wallisdown Road Poole BH12 5AD	Yes Country Brown Smooth, Red Blue Smooth and Blue Brindle	01202 143940
East Sussex	Chandlers Building Supplies The Broyle Ringmer East Sussex BN8 5NP		01273 812981
	South Coast Roofing Supplies Daveys Lane Lewes BN7 2BQQ		01273 488 888
Edinburgh	Jewson 58 Craigentinny Avenue North Edinburgh Midlothian EH6 7LI		0131 554 1144
Gloucestershire	Willis Westcott Stroud Daniels Industrial Estate Units 16 and 17 Bath Road Stroud GL5 3TJ		01453 796997
Hampshire	Burton Roofing Merchants Ltd Brickfield Lane Chandlers Ford Eastleigh Southampton Hampshire SO53 4DP www.burtonroofing.co.uk	Yes Brown Brindle	02380 339393
	Formertons Forton Works, First Avenue Millbrook Trading Estate Southampton Hampshire SO15 0LG		02380 365555
	Elliott Brothers Millbank Street Northam Hampshire SO14 5AG		02380 226852
	The Clay Clay Sarum House 55 High Street PO35 5SR		07836761541
	Brickmongers (Wessex ) Ltd Frith Farm Frith Lane Fareham PO17 5AW		01329 830012
Herefordshire	SIG Roofing Hereford Unit 17C Thorn Business Park Rotherwas Industrial Estate Hereford HR2 6JT		01432 273084
Hertfordshire	E H Smith Pudds Cross Ley Hill Road Bovingdon Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 0NW		01442 833888
Lancashire	Builders Supplies (West Coast) Ltd Kilbane Street Fleetwood Lancashire FY7 7PF		01253 776600
Leicestershire	William Hercock Ltd Dalby Road Melton Mowbray Leicestershire LE13 0BL		01664 500947
London	Deben Buildbase Oakleigh Road South New Southgate London N11 1HJ		0208 3613637
	All Type Roofing Supplies Various branches	Yes Staffordshire Blue Smooth Order online at https://alltyperoofing.com/shop/clay-roof-tiles/clay-plain-roof-tiles	02080386597
	Travis Perkins 10-15 Garrett Street London EC1Y 0TY		0870 5005500
Oxford	Country Roofing Supplies Timbers Farm Timbers Lane Henley on Thames RG9 5SY	Yes Red Blue Smooth and Country Brown Sandfaced https://www.countryroofingsupplies.co.uk/	01491 641024
Nottinghamshire	John A Stephens Castle Meadow Road Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG2 1AG		0115 9412861
	Rinus Roofing Supplies Brunel Court Brunel Drive Newark NG24 2EG www.rinusroofingsupplies.co.uk		01636 702174
Shropshire	Bryan Price Roofing Supplies Church Farm House Shrewsbury Shropshire SY5 9PZ		01743 821588
	SIG Roofing Telford Trench Lock 3 Sommerfield Road Trench Hadley Telford TF1 5ST		01952 641161
Somerset	Roofing Gear Unit 6 Yeobridge Trade Park Flushing Meadow Sherborne Road Yeovil Somerset BA21 5DL		01935 700425
	Bradfords 96 Hendford Hill Yeovil Somerset BA20 2QT		01935 423311
	Jennings Roofing Supplies Unit C & D Allerton Road Bridgewater Somerset TA6 4DN		01278 459000
South Yorkshire	Rinus Roofing Supplies Ltd Unit 2,Claywheels Lane Sheffield S6 1LZ www.rinusroofingsupplies.co.uk		0114 234 5669
Staffordshire	Capital Roofing Centre Unit 1 Salem Street Stoke-On-Trent ST1 5PR https://capitalroofingcentre.co.uk/	Yes Staffordshire Blue Smooth and Sandfaced, Dark Heather, Blue Brindle and Brown Antique Sandfaced	01782 287515
Surrey	Chandlers Roofing Supplies Unit 1, Business Park 8 Barnett Wood Lane, Leatherhead, KT22 7DG		01372 885388
	Chandlers Roofing Supplies Unit 2, Riverway Industrial Estate Peasmarsh Guildford GU3 1LZ	Yes Brown Heather https://www.chandlersroofing.co.uk/branches/guildford-roofing	01483 610016
Warwickshire	Chandlers Coventry 312 Old Church Road Coventry CV6 7DU		024 7699 6333
West Midlands	Birmingham Roofing Supplies Unit 2 Roma Road Industrial Estate Roma road Tyseley Birmingham B11 2JH	Yes Red Smooth	0121 766 6330
	Chandlers Building Supplies 91 Mucklow Hill Halesowen B62 8DR	Yes Staffordshire Blue Smooth and Brown Antique Smooth	0121 314 1333
	Wythall Roofing Centre The Homestead The Fordrough Truemans Heath lane Shirley Solihull West Midlands B90 1PP	Yes Country Brown Smooth and Red Smooth	0121 430 8080
West Sussex	The Roofing Warehouse Unit R Dominion Way Worthing West Sussex BN14 8NW		01903 275630
West Yorkshire	Taylor Maxwell Taylor Maxwell House 10 Glebe Terrace Headingley Leeds LS16 5PP West Yorkshire		0113 204 3220
	Rinus Roofing Supplies 4 Midland Road Bradford BD1 3EQ www.rinusroofingsupplies.co.uk		01274 308641
Wiltshire	National Self Build & Renovation Centre Lydiard Fields Great Western Way Swindon SN5 8UB		0845 2234455
	A L King Roofing Hampton Park West Melksham Wiltshire SN12 6EZ		01225 705918
Worcestershire	Willis Westcott The Millside Gregory`s Mill Street Worcestershire WR3 8BA	Yes Red Blue Smooth, Brown Brindle, Country Brown, Brown Heather and Brown Antique	01905 611701