Cottage Windows From Everest
Cottages are the oldest style of dwelling in the UK, with over a thousand years of history back to Medieval times. The typical English stone cottage that we recognise today, was either built or evolved from a farmworker's cottage, a weaver's cottage or a miner's cottage from the 18th century. The typical cottage building has thick stone walls, low ceilings and small windows. All the building features were designed to be naturally energy efficient and to shelter residents against bad weather, or to keep the cottage cool in summer. Casement windows are the oldest style of window and therefore the typical window style in most cottages. Originally, the glazing would be constructed from several small panes of glass before the production of glass developed to economically and efficiently make large panes.
To recreate the style of a cottage window, a casement window would have Georgian bars applied to the glass, similar to Georgian window style. The other style of window sometimes called a 'cottage window' is a sash window with Georgian bars applied.
For stone cottage properties, we recommend flush sash casement windows with traditional Georgian bar styling, wooden casement windows, or uPVC casement windows with a woodgrain finish. If replacing a cottage with sash windows, we can recommend wooden sash windows or uPVC sash windows with a wood grain finish and Georgian bars applied. Muted colours such as classic white, grey, green or brown complete the cottage style.
