Cotswold-born craftsmanship preserving the iconic honey-coloured stone cottages, grand Tudor estates, and Arts and Crafts heritage of Broadway.
Often referred to as the “Jewel of the Cotswolds,” Broadway is a village of unparalleled architectural beauty. Nestled at the foot of Fish Hill, its famously wide, tree-lined High Street is bordered by a stunning progression of yellow-gold Cotswold stone properties dating from the Tudor, Georgian, and Victorian eras. Broadway’s unique aesthetic was highly celebrated by the 19th-century artists and writers of the Broadway Colony, who fell in love with its unspoiled, romantic character.
At Cap & Co, we specialize in designing, crafting, and installing bespoke timber windows in Broadway that protect this world-famous streetscape. We blend traditional, hand-finished joinery with modern thermal technology, ensuring your historic home maintains its pristine aesthetic integrity while offering modern, energy-efficient comfort.
Whether your property requires elegant, vertically sliding sashes for a grand Georgian townhouse or classic flush casements for a picturesque Tudor cottage, our custom wooden window systems provide a flawless architectural fit. We utilize premium, warp-resistant hardwoods to create slender, authentic profiles that satisfy strict local conservation requirements while housing high-efficiency double glazing and high-performance weather seals.
From heavy, insulated oak front entryways that mirror Broadway’s Arts and Crafts heritage to traditional stable doors and elegant rear French casements, we design and build bespoke timber doors that offer exceptional security and thermal insulation. Built using traditional, time-tested mortise and tenon joinery, our wooden doors are engineered to handle the British weather while maximizing your home’s curb appeal.
In a protected setting like Broadway, restoring original timber assets is often the most sustainable and architecturally sympathetic choice.
Working with delicate period frames, we systematically cure common issues including:
Splicing out rotted sills, rails, and frame corners using durable, resin-stabilized hardwood.
Restoring sliding sash mechanisms, including cord replacement, pulley tuning, and counterbalance weighting.
Integrating discreet, high-performance draft-exclusion systems to eliminate rattling and cold drafts without changing the window’s visual profile.
Upgrading original single-glazed sashes with ultra-slim heritage double glazing designed specifically for listed properties.
Pete’s upbringing in the heart of the Cotswolds gives Cap & Co a profound, personal connection to the region’s architectural heritage. We don’t just understand the mechanics of woodworking; we understand the unique aesthetic balance and structural resilience required when working with historic stone and timber. Serving the region from our Sulgrave base, we bring this lifelong appreciation of local building traditions to every single window and door we craft, repair, or restore.
As one of the most visually protected villages in the country, almost all of Broadway is subject to strict Conservation Area controls. Planning authorities maintain incredibly high standards regarding external alterations, meaning off-the-shelf, mass-produced windows and doors are rarely approved because they lack the authentic, hand-carved profiles and slender sightlines of original timberwork.
We specialize in resolving both of these challenges at once. We design and manufacture heritage-matched joinery that satisfies demanding conservation officers while integrating advanced draft-proofing, sound-dampening acoustic glass, and high-performance insulation. The result is a home that remains historically authentic on the outside, and quiet, warm, and peaceful on the inside.
Broadway’s past as a major stagecoach stop between Worcester and London, combined with its deep ties to the Arts and Crafts design movement, has left a legacy of exceptionally high-quality timberwork in the village.
During this early era, Broadway became famous for its sprawling, stone-built coaching inns, such as the historic Lygon Arms, featuring steep gables and heavy stone-mullioned windows.
Windows from this period were primarily outward-opening oak casements, designed to hold leaded glass panes securely against the elements. Front doors were built as imposing, secure barriers—constructed from thick, vertical wooden planks with heavy structural ironwork, deeply recessed into stone entryways to seal out the wind and rain.
As travel and commerce grew, the village expanded with grand, highly symmetrical Georgian facades built from the finest local stone.
This period introduced the classic sliding sash timber window, arranged in delicate “six-over-six” multi-pane configurations. These sashes utilized incredibly slender timber glazing bars to maximize natural light. Entry doors became sophisticated architectural statements, boasting deeply molded, six-panel timber doors topped with decorative semi-circular fanlights.
Broadway became a haven for the Arts and Crafts movement, which championed a return to honest, traditional, hand-finished craftsmanship.
This design renaissance renewed appreciation for exposed timber, hand-carved detailing, and beautifully balanced wooden casement windows and doors. Entryways were crafted with a heavy focus on organic materials, using thick solid oak, hand-forged hinges, and beautifully integrated glass panels that celebrated the master joiner’s skill.
Whether you are looking to restore the original sash windows of a grand town terrace or want to design a custom timber door for a traditional stone cottage, we provide detailed technical consultations.
