One thing I miss, living out here in the tropics, is sash windows. I grew up with these beautiful windows in my grandmothers home in Yorkshire and have loved them ever since. The rapidly changing landscape of a large city such as London has seen many of these beautiful windows disappear, but as people become more aware of this loss they use sash window repairs in London and more people are maintaining these icons of historic architecture.

The architectural facade of a city tells you and visitors a good deal about the type of people who live there. These windows are prominent features of the architecture, therefore their preservation is not just a sentimental yearning of a distant ex-pat. They look lovely and serve the purpose they were designed for, to allow you to see out and the light to flood into a room.

I also remember driving through Regents Park in London as an adult and the building there were impressive, but what to me was more impressive, was the sheer size of these windows. I suppose you can tell that I have always had a thing for windows, but many people do.

Tons of buildings in London and other part of the UK, have or had sash windows. If your building HAD these windows, I would say get them put back in as soon as possible. If they are good enough for the likes of the Houses of Parliament and St. Pauls’ Cathedral they are good enough for domestic and business buildings too.

Just outside of London in Hillingdon the recently refurbished Burr Hall provides a prime example of how a Victorian building looked in its heyday, and top of the shopping list for the listing council, was to have the sash windows replaced. What was once nearly a ruin has been restored to it former greatness and is now an incredibly beautiful building.

Everyone who owns a building in London can play a role in keeping or restoring it to its former glory. All too sadly many of these beauties are lost to progress. Repair and protect your sash windows, don’t replace them with ugly modern monstrosities!

Thank you for reading, if you would like more information on sash window repairs in London I invite you to take a look at the authers website her at www.sashwindowrepairs-london.co.uk for a wealth of info including sash window draught proofing and the methods used.