Georgian
Six over six
The definitive Georgian sash: six equal panes in each sash, slender bars and no horns.
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Georgian & Astragal Bars
The Right Glazing Bars for Your House
The bar pattern says more about the age of a house than almost anything else on the front elevation. Here's how to choose it, and how we make it.
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Patterns by Period
Four patterns, two hundred years of sash windows.
Glass was expensive and made in small panes in the eighteenth century, so Georgian sashes are divided into many panes. As larger sheets became affordable through the nineteenth century, the bars thinned out and disappeared.
Victorian
Two over two
A single upright bar in each sash. The classic mid-Victorian arrangement, usually with horns.
Late Victorian & Edwardian
One over one
Clear, undivided sashes, once larger panes of glass became affordable.
Georgian & Victorian
Arched heads
Bars carried up into a round head, for stair windows and grand front elevations.
Photographs show the sash range we install, on homes across the UK. For our own work, see our recent projects.
Two Ways to Make Them
Astragal bars or Georgian bars?
On the glass
Astragal bars
Fixed to the outside face of the glass, so each bar stands proud and casts a fine shadow line. From the street the window reads as individual panes, just like a traditional glazed sash. Our choice for the front of a period house.
In the glass
Georgian bars
Set inside the sealed glass unit, between the panes. The pattern is there, but the glass is completely flat, so cleaning is quicker. A practical choice for rear elevations, kitchens and bathrooms.
Getting It Right
How we set out the bars.
Panes that line through
Bars on the upper and lower sash line up vertically, so the window reads as one grid, not two.
Proportioned panes
Georgian panes are taller than they are wide. We set out each opening so the panes keep that proportion, rather than dividing a nominal size.
Matched across the house
Where windows differ in width, we keep the pane sizes consistent across the elevation and around bays.
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Heritage Details
Timber-look joints, a deep bottom rail and run-through horns.
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Sash Bay Windows
Splayed and box bays in three and five parts.
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Arched Sash Windows
Swept, true and gothic heads, made to the curve.
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Colours & Hardware
Thirteen finishes, any colour sprayed to order, and eight hardware finishes.
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Conservation Areas
What planners look for, and how we help you prepare.
Read moreFAQs
Glazing bars: your questions answered.
Astragal bars are fixed to the outside of the glass, so they stand proud and cast a shadow, like the glazing bars of a traditional sash. Georgian bars sit inside the sealed glass unit, which gives the pattern with completely flat glass to clean. Astragal bars look the more authentic of the two from the street.
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