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[QUOTE="Becky, post: 8032, member: 2"]
If you want climbing roses, then you will need to put up either trellis or wire to support them. This will mean drilling into the brickwork/stone, but as long as the holes are drilled properly then it should not cause any damage to your house :) Climbing roses might be preferable to rambling roses which only tend to bloom once a year - climbing roses bloom repeatedly through their flowering season.
 
Alternative climbers would be things such as Virginia Creeper (green leaves which turn a gorgeous dark red colour in the autumn) - these have tendrils which act like suckers attaching the plant to a wall, and so trellis / wire is not required. This doesn't cause damage to the brickwork but can be difficult to remove (we took off the Virginia Creeper when we moved into our house a year ago and you can still see the suckers on the wall). Ivy also supports itself, but the tendrils [U][B]can[/B][/U] damage brickwork.
 
In short I don't think you would have any problems with a climbing rose! :D
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