Replacement windows in Earlswood
Earlswood runs south of Redhill to its common, eighty-nine hectares of lakes and grassland. Its houses are mainly Victorian terraces and semis, with estates from the 1970s and 1980s.
- Built
- Victorian terraces and semis, much of it in the years when local brickworks were a major employer; Jordans Close from 1970; a 1970s and 1980s estate of three and four-bed houses
- Landmark
- The Royal Earlswood asylum by W B Moffat, opened 1855, closed 1997 and converted to flats and houses
- Conservation areas
- None for Earlswood itself; St John's sits on the edge of the common
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The houses
The Victorian streets between Earlswood station, Hooley Lane and the A23 are brick terraces and semis, many with a canted bay at the front. Wikipedia notes the area draws young families, and the jobs here are often a first full set of windows rather than a heritage project.
Royal Earlswood Park is the exception. The original hospital blocks are listed Grade II: Jacobean-style red brick with Bath stone dressings and stone mullion-and-transom windows. Flats in a listed building need listed building consent for any window change, and the management company will have its own rules too.
What gets fitted
For a terraced front, white uPVC sliding sashes at £1,505 to £2,190 each, or uPVC flush casements at £1,100 to £1,950 where the house already has casements. A three-unit uPVC flush bay costs £3,380 to £5,430, and the surveyor checks whether the old bay frame is carrying the wall above.
The 1970s and 1980s houses suit chamfered white uPVC casements at £815 to £1,200, or tilt-and-turn at £1,090 to £1,660 where a first-floor window needs cleaning from inside. Houses overlooking the common take wind across the open ground, which is worth weighing when choosing seals and hardware.
More background: Wikipedia, Earlswood. To check a conservation area boundary, use the council's own map before relying on any summary.
Live in Earlswood? Send your postcode and the number of windows.