Oxfordshire· Supplied & fitted, or supplied only
Sliding sash windows in Burford
A Cotswold stone high street running down to the Windrush, and one of the most protected streetscapes in the country.
What is built in Burford
Burford's high street descends from the Cotswold plateau to the river in a near continuous run of stone frontages from the medieval period onward, with a very high proportion listed. Openings are stone framed, small by modern standards, and no two are quite the same. Behind and above the high street the town holds later stone and brick housing, and twentieth century development sits on the edges toward the A40 and Fulbrook.
What that means for your windows
On the high street itself the planning position is the first question and it decides whether there is a job at all, so that conversation belongs at the start. Where a replacement is possible, stone openings demand individual measurement, because a stone reveal is never square and rarely repeats, and shaped frames are available where the head is not straight. Off the protected frontages the work is ordinary, and the useful choices are the woodgrain finish and the colour picked against the stone.
Two ways to buy in Burford
Burford is inside the area our own fitting teams cover, so you can have the whole job done by one company. You can also buy the windows on their own if you have a builder already, which is how most trade customers order.
- Supplied and fitted. We survey your openings before anything is ordered, so the sizes are our responsibility rather than yours. Our own teams fit, take the old windows away and make good the plaster line, and you get a FENSA certificate and an insurance-backed guarantee on completion.
- Supplied only. You send a schedule of sizes, choose the colour, glass, hardware and glazing bar layout, and the windows are delivered kerbside for your own fitter. Popular with builders, developers, self-builders and landlords. On a supply-only order the sizes are yours, because nobody from our side has seen the openings.
1.3 W/m²K as standard, 1.2 with enhanced glazing.
Secured by Design available, satisfying Document Q.
Equivalent to gusts of up to around 115mph.
Plus our workmanship where we have fitted them.
Questions we get asked in Burford
Will you tell me if a job is not going to be approved?
Yes, and we would rather say it early. On a listed frontage the local authority's view governs everything, and pricing a window that was never going to be consented helps nobody. Establish their position first, and we will specify to whatever they will accept.
How is a window measured for a stone opening?
Individually, on site, at survey. Stone reveals are thick, uneven and rarely repeat along an elevation, so every window is made to the measured size of its own opening rather than to a schedule. Where the head of the opening is curved, a shaped frame is made to the profile, including Gothic, swept head and true arch forms.
Nearby
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Get a quote for Burford
Send a photograph of the front of the property and roughly how many windows are involved, and we will tell you what is realistic before anyone comes out. For a supply-only order, send your schedule of sizes.
Call 0800 861 1450, message us on WhatsApp, or email info@sashwindowfactory.co.uk.