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Our custom casement and sash windows in Roehampton, South West London, offer a range of options, including double glazing, mouldings, and window furniture.

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A Little Bit of History Regarding Sash Windows Roehampton

Roehampton occupies a distinctive position in south-west London’s architectural history. Where neighbouring areas like Putney and Wimbledon were shaped primarily by Victorian suburban expansion, Roehampton’s character is rooted in something older and grander: a concentration of Georgian country estates built by wealthy Londoners who wanted riverside retreats within reach of the city. The timber sash window was the defining feature of that Georgian tradition, and it remains a defining feature of Roehampton’s most significant buildings today.

A Georgian Village and Its Grand Houses

Roehampton Village has retained its Georgian character more completely than almost anywhere else in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The King’s Head Inn at the foot of Roehampton High Street and the cluster of Georgian buildings along Church Row, built in 1723 and Grade II listed, give the village a scale and material honesty that marks it out from the Victorian suburbs surrounding it. The sash windows of this period are among the most architecturally significant in the area: tall, narrow, symmetrically proportioned, with fine glazing bars and the understated elegance that Georgian residential design demanded.

The grand houses of the wider Roehampton estate lands reinforce this character. Roehampton House, designed by the architect Thomas Archer between 1710 and 1712, and Downshire House, a Grade II listed property believed to date from around 1770, are two of the most significant surviving examples. Mount Clare, a Grade I listed house built in 1772 by Sir Robert Taylor with grounds landscaped by Capability Brown, represents Georgian design at its most ambitious. These buildings are not simply historic curiosities; they set the architectural register that Roehampton’s conservation framework is designed to protect.

Edwardian Suburbanisation of the Estate Lands

As the great Georgian estates were broken up in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, their grounds were developed as suburban housing. The Westmead Conservation Area, designated by Wandsworth Borough Council, covers three distinct phases of this Edwardian development on the former lands of Dover House, Roehampton House and Spencer Lodge. The resulting streets of detached and semi-detached Edwardian houses brought a new generation of timber sash windows to the area: wider proportions, simpler glazing bar arrangements and the heavier joinery detailing characteristic of the period.

Wandsworth Borough Council maintains 46 conservation areas in total, and Roehampton’s designated areas reflect the layered history of the locality, from the Georgian village core to the Edwardian streets built on former estate land. Within these areas, planning controls restrict unsympathetic alterations to windows and facades, and the replacement of timber sashes with uPVC or aluminium will not normally receive consent.

Bespoke Timber Sash Windows Designed and Made for Roehampton Properties

Sash Window Specialist designs and manufactures traditional timber sash windows from our Surrey workshop, built to the exact dimensions and profiles required by each individual property. Whether you own a Georgian house in Roehampton Village, an Edwardian property in the Westmead Conservation Area, or a period property on the edge of the former estate lands, we can match your existing windows precisely: glazing bar profile, horn detail, meeting rail section, timber species and finish.

Every stage is handled in-house. If your property is within a conservation area or subject to listed building consent requirements, we can advise on appropriate specifications and what the local planning authority is likely to require before any work begins.

For the very best in heritage timber sash windows (And casement windows and doors too), call The Specialist in Sash Windows, SW London, on 0800 389 7384