We were in a little village s’arf of the river Thames this week, repairing some casement windows.
The current owners had already got stuck into their stewardship of the place and were very familiar and practiced with some of the more traditional building methods and materials. Believe it or not, this quintessential English Country Garden was just lawn not more than a few years ago!
This Grade 2 listed cottage has quite the history. Pebble dashed probably in the 60’s, prior to that it had Victorian brick infill panels between the late 17C, early 18C oak timber frame. So a lovely, very old, very storied building with all the quirks that come with a somewhere of this age.
One such quirk was a finish of the flashing around the Victorian Dormer window which was managing to direct rainwater to the window beneath it. So our first job was to uncover what was happening. After propping the window and removing the jamb, it became clear that a mortise in the oak frame was acting as a channel for the rainwater to run into the window jamb. Jasmine the cat says “I told you so.”
With the frame repaired and the sashes given some attention with our favourite Accoya, we were ready to turn our attention to the dormer window above.
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