Listed Buildings
Replacement Double Glazed Box Sash Windows
Increasing energy costs and climate change have highlighted the need for planning authorities to review historical approaches regarding thermal upgrades to Grade II listed buildings. Our product delivers a building regulation compliant level of thermal efficiency whilst retaining the visual integrity of the historic building.
The design has attracted a great deal of attention from conservation architects and planners alike. Most notably as the recipient of a heritage award for our work designing and manufacturing double glazed sash windows for a Grade II listed Georgian townhouse in central Ludlow, with the full consent and approval of the local planning authority and conservation officer. Of particular merit, was our use of hand blown cylinder glass on the units’ external face.
The project was judged to be:
“exemplary in terms of preserving and enhancing the Character of Ludlow Conservation Area.”
They also stated:
“the use of both modern and traditional repair technology coupled with high quality craftsmanship upholds the best traditions of construction in this unique town.”
Our windows have previously been approved in Grade II listed projects by multiple local planning authorities across the UK including:
- St Albans City & District Council
- Westminster Council, London
- Richmond Council, London
- West Yorkshire Council
- Herefordshire Council
- South Shropshire Council
- Bath & North East Somerset Council
- Lichfield District Council
- Kensington and Chelsea Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire Council
The industry trend is such that we are increasingly being given permission to carry out projects in which we design and manufacture sympathetic reproductions of original period windows, with substantial upgrades to the thermal and acoustic efficiency of the building. Read More
Replacement Single Glazed Box Sash Windows
In situations where replacement double glazed windows are not an option, we can upgrade single glazing by introducing Optiphon laminated glass to the replacement windows, acting to improve the acoustic efficiency but working within the same sight line as single glazing. Read More
