The inner ring · terraces & cottages
Shutters in Cooks Hill
A terrace window has proportions worth taking seriously. The shutters that suit one are drawn to the sash, not stamped from a template: right tilt, right frame, panels split where the sash splits.
Shutters that look like they were always there
Basswood, painted, front tilt. On a double-hung sash between moulded architraves, the visible tilt rod is not old-fashioned; it is correct. Basswood takes the same crisp paint finish as the original joinery, and the shutter reads as part of the window rather than a gadget in front of it.
Panels split to the sash line. Where the meeting rail crosses the glass, we put a mid-rail or a panel break, so the shutter's geometry answers the window's. Skip that and even a beautiful shutter looks like it is standing in the wrong room; it is the detail people can't name but always notice.
A Z-frame that squares the years away. Terrace reveals move over a century, and most are out of square by more than you'd guess. The Z-frame wraps the reveal, covers the movement, and leaves the architrave on show, which is where it belongs.
Tall windows, high ceilings. The classic terrace front room carries glass past head height. Tier-on-tier panels let the top half work independently of the bottom: light above, privacy below, which on a street this walkable is the daily setting.
Front tilt, basswood, Z-frame, panels to the sash line. Drawn per window at the measure.
The same drawing covers The Hill's grander fronts and Hamilton's workers' cottages; smaller openings, same manners. If your place is layered with old paint and character, that is not a problem to us; it is the brief. We work with the house rather than over it.
Asked in Cooks Hill
Will shutters suit a heritage-listed streetscape?
Interior shutters sit behind your glass and are generally a matter for you, not the street. If your property carries specific heritage controls, check your council's requirements for anything visible from outside; we will spec sympathetically either way, and the measure visit is the right place to talk it through.
Our sashes still open with cords and weights. Do shutters get in the way?
No, if the frame is drawn correctly. The shutter frame sits clear of the sash's travel, and the panels open away from the window for painting and maintenance. We measure the working window, not just the hole it sits in.
Timber or PVC in a terrace bathroom?
PVC, painted to match.
The wet-area rule outranks the heritage rule: steam beats timber every time. A PVC panel in the same white reads identically at a glance, and the full logic is in the wet-area guide.
Free in-home measure & quote
Every window is bespoke. The quote starts at your place, not ours.
A specialist measures each opening, talks through material, louvre width and tilt for your rooms and your exposure, and leaves you a written quote. Nothing is made until the figures are checked on site.
Form only. We reply to arrange a time that suits.