Serving Cirencester & surrounding areas
Sash Window Repair & Restoration in Cirencester
Cirencester's wool-town wealth left it with an exceptional stock of Georgian townhouses — Cecily Hill, Park Street, Dollar Street, Coxwell Street and the Market Place. Tall stone-framed openings, fine glazing bars and, in many houses, sashes that have never been replaced. We repair them rather than replace them.
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Tell us about your windows and we will arrange a no-obligation survey, usually within five working days.
Period windows in Cirencester
The town centre is dominated by eighteenth-century townhouses in Cotswold ashlar and rubble stone, with six-over-six sashes to the principal floors and smaller three-over-three or two-over-two lights above. Around Cecily Hill and Coxwell Street the frames are frequently set close to the wall face, an early detail that means less shelter for the joinery than in later flush-boxed openings.
Victorian expansion along Chesterton, Watermoor and the Tetbury Road brought brick and stone terraces with horned sashes and heavier bottom rails. Above the Market Place shops there are tall original sashes in commercial buildings, often neglected because access from inside is awkward.
The recurring faults here are sill decay where frames sit proud of the stone, snapped cords in tall Georgian sashes, and past cosmetic repairs in filler that trapped moisture and made the underlying decay worse. All three are straightforward joinery problems, not reasons to replace a window.
Sill decay on face-set frames
Early Georgian frames sit close to the wall face and take direct weather. We splice new sill sections and reform the weathering.
Snapped cords on tall Georgian sashes
Heavy sashes shear under-specified cord. Waxed cord, serviced pulleys and correctly matched weights restore easy operation.
Filler repairs hiding rot
Resin and mastic patches trap water. We strip back to sound timber and splice properly.
Neglected sashes above the Market Place
Painted shut, cords gone and putty failed — restored to full working order with no visible change from the street.
What we do for Cirencester 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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Cirencester areas we cover
Cecily Hill & Park Street
Grand Georgian townhouses with tall six-over-six sashes and listed status.
Coxwell Street & Dollar Street
Early stone frontages where frames sit close to the wall face.
Market Place & Castle Street
Upper-floor sashes above shops, worked around trading hours and access.
Watermoor & Chesterton
Victorian terraces with horned sashes and sill rot.
The Beeches & Stratton
Mixed period stock and converted properties on the town edge.
Surrounding villages
Siddington, South Cerney, Ampney and the Duntisbournes covered on the same run.
How a Cirencester job runs
Step 1
Free survey
We open and probe every sash, record the original profiles, and send a written quote broken down per window.
Step 2
Workshop joinery
Splicing, new sills and glazing bar repairs carried out off site; openings are boarded and secure while sashes are away.
Step 3
Seals and balance
Brush pile routed into sash and beads, cords renewed and weights rebalanced for tall Georgian sashes.
Step 4
Refit and finish
Refitted and tested, putty lines renewed and heritage paint applied, with parking and access arranged for the town centre.
Conservation and listed buildings in Cirencester
Cirencester's historic core is a large Cotswold District Council conservation area within the Cotswolds National Landscape, containing several hundred listed buildings. Window changes visible from the street are tightly controlled.
Like-for-like repair and internal draught proofing generally proceed without consent. Where a replacement sash or slimline unit is proposed, we confirm the listing, keep the work reversible where required, and prepare drawings and a specification for the council.
Why Cirencester 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
The same workshop and joiners carry out our sash window repairs in Cheltenham.
Cirencester Sash Window FAQs
Travel, consent, timescales and cost for period properties in and around Cirencester.
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