Sash window repairs and restoration in Kennington
We restore, repair and draught-proof timber sash windows in Kennington and in Cleaver Square, Kennington Road and the streets around the Oval. The housing runs from Georgian terraces, among the best south of the river, to Victorian streets and the Duchy of Cornwall's neo-Georgian estate. Much of it lies within Lambeth's Kennington Conservation Area.
Kennington's windows
Cleaver Square is among the oldest squares south of the Thames, and the stock-brick terraces around it and along Kennington Road and Kennington Park Road have six-over-six and margin-paned sashes. The Victorian streets toward the Oval have two-over-two sashes with horns. The Duchy of Cornwall's estate, built from 1913, is neo-Georgian: stock brick, six-over-six sashes and trellis porches under lead canopies. Each type fails in its own way, but most of what we find is ordinary wear: broken cords, rotten cills and sashes painted shut. Kennington Lane adds early-nineteenth-century terraces of the same type, and many Georgian houses keep internal shutters and some old glass.
What matters most in Kennington
Kennington's windows come in three distinct types: the Georgian six-over-six and margin-paned sashes around Cleaver Square, the horned two-over-two sashes of the Victorian streets toward the Oval, and the neo-Georgian six-over-six sashes of the Duchy of Cornwall's estate. Most of what goes wrong with them is ordinary wear, broken cords, rotten cills and sashes painted shut, so restoration is the bulk of the work.
Lambeth's conservation area statement treats margin-paned and Georgian sashes as part of the area's character, so where a sash cannot be saved, we make the replacement in timber to the same pattern. Many Georgian houses here keep their internal shutters and some old glass, and both are worth looking after while the windows are being overhauled.
What we do in Kennington
Conservation in Kennington
Much of Kennington lies within Lambeth's Kennington Conservation Area, which takes in Cleaver Square and the Duchy of Cornwall's estate. Our guide to conservation areas and Article 4 directions explains how it works. Check your own address on Lambeth or Southwark Council's conservation area and Article 4 map, and we will go through what your windows need at the survey. Where an application does need drawings, we can prepare them. That is separate work and we quote for it.
Common questions
Can you match the margin-paned sashes on my Kennington terrace?01
Yes. Most of the time the original can be repaired. Where a sash is past saving, the replacement is made to the original profile, with the narrow margin panes and glazing bars matched, so it reads as part of the terrace.
Do you work on the Duchy of Cornwall houses?02
Yes. The neo-Georgian houses and flats around Courtenay Square and Denny Crescent have small-paned sashes that respond well to repair and draught-proofing. We check at the survey whether the building is listed or carries any covenant that affects the work. The Duchy houses were built to a high standard, and most of their windows need repair rather than replacement. Where flats are let, we arrange access with the landlord or managing agent.
Do you cover all of Kennington?03
Yes: Cleaver Square, Kennington Road, Kennington Park Road, Kennington Lane, the Oval, Vauxhall and Walworth's western edge, and on toward Stockwell. A free digital survey from photographs is the simplest first step.
Book a survey
Send us photographs of your windows and we'll tell you what needs doing and what doesn't, with a written quotation. The digital survey is free.
Free digital survey with written quotation