Serving Lansdown & surrounding areas
Sash Window Repair & Restoration in Lansdown, Bath
Lansdown is Bath at its most grand and most exposed — sweeping Georgian crescents and Regency villas along the ridge, with some of the finest sash joinery in the city and some of the hardest weather. We restore original windows across Lansdown Crescent, Somerset Place, Lansdown Road and the streets between, keeping original profiles and glass wherever the timber allows.
Request a Free Restoration Survey
Tell us about your windows and we will arrange a no-obligation survey, usually within five working days.
Period windows in Lansdown
Lansdown's stock is overwhelmingly late Georgian and Regency: Lansdown Crescent, Somerset Place, Camden Crescent and the villas along Lansdown Road carry tall box-frame sashes with slender glazing bars, deep Bath stone reveals and, in the best-preserved houses, original crown glass. Many of the principal rooms have full-height sashes opening onto balconies.
The ridge is the challenge. At over 200 metres up, Lansdown takes driving rain and wind that the city centre never sees. Weather-side sills, bottom rails and the lower pulley stiles rot faster here than anywhere else in Bath, and putty lines on the exposed elevations need renewal years earlier.
Balcony ironwork and canopies protect the head of the frame but trap damp at the sill — the classic Lansdown failure is a sound upper sash above a soft bottom rail and rotten sill nose. Spliced repair in matched timber is almost always the right answer.
Weather-driven sill and rail rot
Ridge-top exposure rots the lowest members fast. We splice matched timber and reinstate the drip groove.
Failed putty on exposed elevations
Wind and rain strip putty early. We re-bed and re-putty with traditional linseed, cutting onto the glass.
Rattle and draught in high winds
Exposed frontages rattle hard. Routed brush seals hold the sash firm without altering the profile.
Heavy, unbalanced full-height sashes
Tall sashes need correctly matched weights. We renew cords and rebalance so the window lifts with one hand.
What we do for Lansdown homeowners
Timber rot & sill replacement
Spliced repairs, new sills, cords, weights and pulleys — keeping the original sash wherever the timber allows.
Learn moreDraught proofing
Full perimeter brush seals routed into the sash and frame to stop draughts, rattles and heat loss.
Learn moreHeritage slimline glazing
Slim double-glazed units in restored or new sashes, sized for narrow Georgian and Victorian rebates.
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Lansdown areas we cover
Lansdown Crescent & Somerset Place
Grade I listed crescents with full-height sashes and exacting conservation standards.
Camden Crescent & Fairfield Road
Georgian terraces with wide views and heavily exposed weather elevations.
Lansdown Road & Sion Hill
Regency villas with tall sashes, balcony ironwork and damp trapped at the sill.
Lansdown Place & Lansdown Parade
Smaller period houses with two-over-two and six-over-six sashes.
Grosvenor & St Stephen's Road
Victorian villas needing draught proofing, easing and cord renewal.
Weston & Kelston edge
Outlying stone houses covered on the same survey run.
How a Lansdown job runs
Step 1
Free survey
We inspect every sash, probe the timber on the weather elevations and price the work window by window in writing.
Step 2
Consent check
Most of Lansdown is listed or in the conservation area — we confirm what is like-for-like repair and what needs BANES consent.
Step 3
Workshop joinery
Sashes travel to the workshop for splicing, new sills and bar repairs; openings are boarded and secure the same day.
Step 4
Refit and weatherproof
Sashes are rehung, rebalanced, draught sealed and finished in a breathable system suited to the exposed ridge.
Conservation and listing in Lansdown
Lansdown Crescent and Somerset Place are Grade I listed, and almost the whole area sits inside the Bath conservation area and World Heritage Site. Bath & North East Somerset Council scrutinises window work here closely — profile matching, retained glass and traditional materials are the baseline expectation.
Like-for-like repair and internal draught proofing normally proceed without an application. Slimline double glazing is assessed case by case, and where consent is needed we prepare the drawings, unit specification and glass details to support it.
Why Lansdown homeowners choose us
- Repair-first approach — we replace only the timber that has gone
- Matched slow-grown timber and traditional linseed oil putty
- Original crown and cylinder glass retained wherever it can be safely reused
- Sashes rebalanced so they open with one hand
- Fully insured, tidy working and dust-sheeted interiors
- Guaranteed repairs and a 10-year guarantee on the draught seal system
- Weather-side detailing designed for ridge-top exposure
- Specifications prepared for BANES conservation officers
The same workshop and joiners carry out our sash window repairs in Bath.
Lansdown Sash Window FAQs
Travel, consent, timescales and cost for period properties in and around Lansdown.
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