Unusual roofs

The small format of plain clay tiles allows architects to design roofscapes of infinite interest.  The use of hips, valleys, dormer windows, towers and vertical cladding and ornamentals are all features that embellish a gable to gable roof surface.  

clay rise with brown antique rustic tiles

Dreadnought clay tiles on show at the Clay Feature Garden at RHS Malvern 2026

Teddies school Oxford with Dreadnought handmade arrowhead rooftiles

Countrybrown smooth plain and bespoke clay tiles at St Lukes Chapel Melbourne

Red sandfaced tiles on Manber Jeffries House by James Alder Architects

an eyebrow roof detail on a small residential development by NP Architects with Dreadnought Country Brown sanded tiles

Staffs blue handmade tiles on a curved crescent at Stephen Taylor Court Kings College Cambridge

Dreadnought Staffs blue handmade tiles at Stephen Taylor Court Kings College Cambridge

Red blue rustic tiles blend well with the tones of the East Sussex landscape

A Grand Design for Staffs Blue tiles

a beautiful contemporary home with staffs blue tiles by Sabatini Homes

A comtemporary rural dwelling with a staffordshire blue roof

Staw bales house in Scotland with Staffs blue smooth tiles

Dreadnought Collingwood blend roof tiles

a blend of Staffs blue and dark heather tiles on a reroofing project in Alrewas

A striking roof with Staffs blue smooth tiles and zinc on a steeply pitched roof

Mixed Blend of Red Blue Brown Antique and Country Brown Tiles

A mixed colours Dreadnought clay roof at a School in Berks

A Staffs Blue roof being installed by a talented self build team

A Dreadnought Classic Dark Heather Roof

A Quantum homes development with Red Blue Blend roof tiles

Blue Brindle Dreadnought roof creates an impressive entrance at Anjulita Court care home

an award winning project by Adrian James Architects with blue brindle clay tiles

An award winning selfbuild project with blue brindle smooth tiles

An Award Winning Blue Brindle roof in Poole Dorset