Period windows and listed buildings
Historic England lists 109 buildings in the parish, including Cleveland House and Palace House, both Grade II*. If your home is listed or in the Newmarket conservation area, keep to like-for-like colours unless West Suffolk Council has agreed otherwise.
We handle the decorative side of sash care: scraping back to sound paint, sanding with dust-extracting sanders, filling open joints, priming bare timber and finishing. Where a sash needs new cords or replacement timber, our carpenter does that work before we paint.
Windows facing the weather
The windows that take the most rain and sun need the most attention, and Graham's quotation lists each window separately so you can tackle the worst first. Sills and bottom rails get extra care because they catch standing water.
We keep paint thin on the faces that slide so the sashes still open. More detail is on our sash window restoration page, and woodwork inside the room can be done at the same time under woodwork painting and staining.
Newmarket at a glance
- 15 milesby road from our Landbeach base, about 21 minutesOSRM routing
- 20%of properties were built before 1919VOA Council Tax stock
- 109listed buildingsHistoric England
- 1conservation arealocal council
- 30%are terracedCensus 2021
- 4%date from 1919 to 1939VOA Council Tax stock
How we approach sash window restoration
We'd scrape loose paint to a firm edge, sand with Mirka dust-free sanders because old layers may contain lead, and fill cracks and open joints. Bare timber is primed with Zinsser, then undercoated and finished in eggshell or satin. Sashes are worked up and down during the job and eased before we leave each evening. The full method, products and FAQs are on our sash window restoration page.