Bright new windows for Withdean homes
Withdean, London Road and the hillside streets
Mostly 1920s and 1930s houses on the hillside, outside conservation areas, where slim aluminium and flush casements both work well.
Homes in Withdean
Withdean was a farming hamlet long before it was a suburb, with a manor that once belonged to the Priory of St Pancras at Lewes. Almost everything standing now went up in the 1920s and 1930s: detached and semi-detached houses on the slopes above London Road, with some later blocks of flats.
Withdean Park holds a national collection of lilacs, and the woods around it give many houses a green outlook. Those big rear windows and garden doors are often where owners start.
Planning at a glance
Withdean sits outside the city’s conservation areas, so replacing windows on a house is normally permitted development, provided the new ones are of similar appearance.
Flats need permission for any change in the look of their windows, wherever they are.
What usually suits these houses
Slimline aluminium windows
Whole-house aluminium, often with a curved bay at the front.
Flush casement windows
A softer look than aluminium, in white or a heritage colour.
Bay windows
Rounded bays made to the curve rather than faceted.
Every job is priced on its own: the figure depends on the sizes of your windows, how many there are and where they sit, the access, and the materials, colours and hardware you pick. A free home visit gives you the exact price for yours. Window prices in Brighton.
Conservation and permission
Withdean sits outside the city’s conservation areas, so replacing windows on a house is normally permitted development, provided the new ones are of similar appearance. That leaves room to move from tired uPVC or timber to slim aluminium.
Flats in the area still need the freeholder to agree, and usually planning permission for a change of appearance.