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.
One of my most poignant, memories of London what driving through Regents park, and not only admiring the buildings, but the windows, "giant" sash windows! They were so impressive that the vision of them is something I will never forget. I am not the only person upon which this impresses.
The charm of these windows shows in a large variety of buildings, and London has plenty of this. They feature in magnificent edifices such as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament, and much domestic housing architecture.
Graded listed buildings such as the Barra Hall in Hillingdon have been refurbished and one of the most important refurbishment features on this Victorian building was its sash windows. The listing council ensured that all refurbishment was undertaken in complete sympathy with the Barra Hall and it surroundings, and the result of this has seen this almost ramshackle building restored to its former glory.
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! - 30244
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.
One of my most poignant, memories of London what driving through Regents park, and not only admiring the buildings, but the windows, "giant" sash windows! They were so impressive that the vision of them is something I will never forget. I am not the only person upon which this impresses.
The charm of these windows shows in a large variety of buildings, and London has plenty of this. They feature in magnificent edifices such as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament, and much domestic housing architecture.
Graded listed buildings such as the Barra Hall in Hillingdon have been refurbished and one of the most important refurbishment features on this Victorian building was its sash windows. The listing council ensured that all refurbishment was undertaken in complete sympathy with the Barra Hall and it surroundings, and the result of this has seen this almost ramshackle building restored to its former glory.
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! - 30244
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