#Sash Windows cornwall

[ctgwindows]

Sash Windows for Homes in Hayle & Cornwall – Style & Performance!

Elevate your home with beautifully crafted sash windows, perfect for properties in Hayle and Cornwall. Whether you’re restoring a period property or enhancing a modern home, our sash windows blend classic charm with modern energy efficiency and security.

🌟 Classic Elegance, Modern Features: Our sash windows maintain the traditional look you love, with sleek designs that complement any architectural style. Choose from timber, uPVC, or composite materials to suit your home’s character and your personal preferences.

🌡️ Energy-Efficient Designs: Keep your home cozy and reduce energy bills with our sash windows, featuring double or triple glazing and advanced insulation. Enjoy year-round comfort, even in Cornwall’s changing climate.

🔒 Secure & Durable Construction: Fitted with robust locking systems and crafted from premium materials, our sash windows offer excellent security and long-lasting performance. Designed to withstand coastal weather, they’re a perfect choice for Hayle and Cornwall homes.

🎨 Tailored to Your Style: Personalize your sash windows with a range of colors, finishes, and hardware options. Add traditional details like Georgian bars or opt for a minimalist look for a modern twist.

🔧 Smooth Operation & Easy Maintenance: Enjoy effortless opening and closing with precision-engineered mechanisms. Our sash windows are designed for easy cleaning and require minimal maintenance, keeping them looking beautiful for years.

✅ Why Choose Us? With years of experience, we provide expertly crafted sash windows and professional installations that guarantee quality, style, and satisfaction for every homeowner in Hayle and Cornwall.

👉 Enhance your home with timeless sash windows! Contact us today for a FREE consultation and quote! 👈

📞 Call now or visit our website to explore our stunning range of sash windows in Hayle and Cornwall!

[budewindowsandconservatories]

Enhance your home’s elegance with sliding sash windows in Cornwall! These timeless windows combine traditional design with modern functionality, providing a beautiful and practical solution for any property. With their classic vertical sliding operation, they allow for excellent ventilation while retaining their charm and style.

Our sliding sash windows are crafted from high-quality materials, ensuring durability, energy efficiency, and low maintenance. Available in a variety of finishes, they can be customized to match your home’s unique character. Plus, with modern security features 🔒, you can enjoy peace of mind.

Transform Your Home with Sliding Sash Windows! 📞 Contact us today for expert installation in Cornwall and experience the perfect blend of beauty and functionality! 🌟

[kimberlyharrisus]

Discover Durable and Stylish Sliding Sash Windows in Cornwall for Timeless Elegance

Discover durable and stylish sliding sash windows in Cornwall with Collington and Company. Elevate your home's elegance with timeless window solutions. For more information, visit at collingtons.com today.

[ninezeroltd]

High-Performance Timber Spring Sash Windows | Secure, Energy-Efficient & Bespoke Designs

Upgrade your home with Nine Zero’s stylish timber spring sash windows. Featuring a concealed spring mechanism for a sleek profile, these windows offer high security, energy efficiency, and smooth operation. Ideal for both period and new-build homes. Explore bespoke designs and sustainable options today.

[adscommercial]

Elevate your property with our stunning timber windows, available across Devon, Cornwall, and the Southwest. Combining traditional craftsmanship with modern performance, our timber windows are perfect for homes and businesses seeking style, sustainability, and functionality.

🌟 Why Choose Our Timber Windows?

Classic Aesthetics: Add a touch of timeless charm to any property, from period homes to contemporary builds.

Superior Insulation: Naturally insulating, keeping your property warm in winter and cool in summer.

Eco-Friendly: Crafted from sustainably sourced timber for environmentally responsible solutions.

Durable & Long-Lasting: Engineered to resist warping, cracking, and the elements.

Customisable: Choose from a range of styles, finishes, and glazing options to suit your needs.

Low Maintenance Options: Pre-treated and factory-finished for lasting beauty with minimal upkeep.

From sash and casement styles to bespoke designs, our timber windows provide exceptional performance while enhancing your property's character.

📞 Contact us today to discover our premium timber windows in Devon, Cornwall & the Southwest. Let’s bring your vision to life with expert advice and free quotes!

[dawnwitheyy]

When: 13 February 1980 Where: 5 Low Street, Hogsmeade Who: @deedoublewho​

Dawn had never seen Low Street so quiet. It was a Saturday night, normally music would be pouring into the street, drunk students would be stumbling about, party or no party. Normally, Dawn would be one of those students, enjoying her weekend with her friends, or a boy she’d found along the way. But tonight the quietness was welcome. It was with a pang that she looked up to the castle, full of life as everyone enjoyed the formal. The formal she wasn’t at. It would be so easy for her to go. To slip on her dress, some make up. Leave her wand at home. But she couldn’t face it.

No, instead the quiet, the darkness, was her safety net. It meant she could slip in undetected, all the way into her house and up to her bedroom. She hadn’t stepped foot in there in two weeks, and it felt wrong, almost. But she needed to get some things, if she was going to stay longer with Rod.

The air was musty, and the first thing she did was push open her window. The Cornwall tiara, and the sash Marlene had made her, sat on her desk, and caught Dawn’s attention. Next to it, the book Benjy had gotten her for her birthday. Everything in the room was a reminded of the people she was purposefully distancing herself from, and more so the reason why. The photos on her walls, the matching octopus she had with Danny on her shelf. Everything in the room had a memory. 

She ignored it all, instead moving to her closet to grab more clothes, and more of Moo’s toys. She made to leave once she’d collected everything, at the last minute grabbing the Cornwall tiara and gently placing it on the top of her things. Pandora didn’t deserve to miss out, she’d make sure she got it.

As she made to leave, she was again glad for formal, that everyone was out. An easy exit. That was, until the living room light flicked on as she was reaching for the front door.

[all-that-feminist-drama]

Fandom Aesthetics

Outlander

Chunky neutral knits, toasty fireplace burnishing auburn hair, deep heather, slightly raised kilts, the smell of fresh cut herbs, hands stroking white cleavage, soft mussed up beds. Heart on sleeve, familial, deeply committed, creative, ROMANTIC. Feels, feels, feels.

American Gods

Quick, bright colors, global icons, the modern wrath of ancient Gods, sparking mythic hammers, fluid, portable moons. Flames in amber brown eyes, pastel petals showering down. Higher planes, angles, cutting edge, cerebral, Philosophical, very visceral reactions. Awake.

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

A peek of stocking, a naughty, frothy cocktail, pink feathers, a perfect wiggle, diamante sequins and wry one-liners. Exotic men in satin bathrobes tumbling out of a boudoir. Clever, elegant, eloquent, kick-ass women.

Black Sails

Simmering under the surface, a ship cutting through the waves, blood on the water, leather pants, skin of two women naked in flickering candlelight. Barely contained violence, Spanish gold in the sunlight, a vintage well-loved book. loneliness, thwarted connections, a rollicking good time; Sensual, emotional, gay or bi, real, and questioning the status quo.

Ripper Street

Dark, tangled back London streets, half-glimpsed streetwalkers in shadow, a corset flares in jewel tones,a lost girl with blue ribbons in her hair wandering the twisted streets with a broken mirror,  the leg of a blue plaid suit. A field at dusk in purple tones. Cerebral, perceptive, devoted.

GOT

Metal, ice, fire, swords flashing, toxic green wildfire exploding...strength, singed, bitter smell on a battlefield, brutal cold, A haze of Smoke left from Dragon-breath, shaggy black furs, silver-white braids, restless stallions, shadows hiding little birds. Productive, driven, large, active, creative.

Alias Grace

Deceptively quiet with sharp bones, an intricate quilt, a slicing axe, mud on the bottom of a worn nightgown, a window that should have been opened. White sheets slung over trees in the dark, a bloodstained pink dress, a faded red petticoat smelling of old sachets.Shadows of fathers in doorways. Roses. Profound, female, literary.

Poldark

A sweeping Cornwall Moor at sunset, crashing foamy waves, long red hair, picked yellow and blue wildflowers, a Redcoats outfit, black curls framing fathomlessly deep brown eyes and an unbearably endearing crooked grin, open skies, intimate smiles in a simple, wood-floored sunny kitchen. A turquoise 18th-century country dress. Romantic, aesthetic, passionate, fervent.

Versailles

Wildly ornate gold halls, decadent salon parties, elegant smirks, long blonde curls, crushed velvet breeches, lace cuffs with metallic threads shimmering. Silky words, flowing fountains, flower drenched gardens. Long haired ethereal nymphs just out of sight. Frustrated power. Animated, open-minded, kind, friendly, lovers of beauty.

The Crown

Blue sash, running Corgis, set shoulders in determination, faded glory, tension, taut short sentences, overwhelming, dank churches, closed stuffy rooms with heavy furniture. Quickly burning cigarettes, frantic phone calls tearing through wires, stiff upper lip. A heavy jeweled crown throwing off balance. Proper, polite, thoughtful, knowledgeable, reliable.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Fearless, loud, red dress, Shabbat dinner, a vintage mic, fresh brisket, odd suspenders, a spinning record player, a rotary phone, in bed. A hyper bride. A claustrophobic cab. Upper West Side streets. Funny, unconcerned with social dictates, powerful, alive. Pissed off.

Penny Dreadful

A dark stairway, a scuttling scorpion, a cross on a white wall, deep night, poetry, intangible threads everywhere, a quiet dance in the abandoned sewers, a dark moon, an empty gallery of paintings, the pale shadow of a vulnerable monster, the singed smell of the real monster, a graveyard. Dark, mercurial, profound, literate, grieving, obsessed.

Victoria

Beautiful, rustling skirts, horse rides on green landscapes, thin, flowing white nightgown, Cream colored straw bonnet with violets, A soft Germanic accent, Canopy beds with sheer curtains, shining ringlets,  a piano playing. A greenhouse with fragrant, rare plants, Classy, thoughtful design, lovers of vintage & Victoriana.Small, but lovely.

Stranger Things

Parallel Suburban streets, empty swimming pool at night throwing blue shadows. staticky walkie-talkies, Blue plaid blankets on bunk beds, gaming dice, flickering Christmas lights, a trickle of blood from a small nose, falling backpacks, a menacing hovering presence, cold fluorescent lab corridors. Excited, engaged, open, communal.

Black Mirror

Whirring metal, wastelands, shattering glass, ticking technology, Digital displays, android eye rolling & watching all. Frail human hope pervading all things. Soulless white interiors. Deep, evolved, anxious, rebellious.

Peaky Blinders

A gray tweed hat, a cigarette hanging from tight lips, a boxing ring in slo-mo with sweat spraying the air, bluest eyes under thick charcoal lashes. A cool blonde in a white suit passes by the corner of your eye, sparkling fringes, elegant lines, hoarse, husky voices Rolled white shirtsleeves, smoking guns. Minimalist, Cheeky, snarky, smart, confident.

Harlots

A lace fan over a low cut bodice, women’s rolling laughter, the smell of food and stale perfume, last night's champagne and dirty sheets. Pretty golden hair in a ribbon, flushed freckled skin, steaming, filthy streets, doll-like girls in pastel dresses High powdered hair, dusty and hard. A heart-shaped mole playing at the end of sweetly smirking lips. A masquerade mask, a red dress to fight a battle. A weak dandy in too much brocade. A battle won that still feels like a loss. Black Hearts under manners too well-honed. Strong, smart, opinionated, tasteful, feminist. A little bawdy. 

[sussex-nature-lover]

Friday 2nd October 2020

Back to Nature

Well, the weather’s curtailed our getting out and about. Very heavy rain during the night and most of today. It’s been so dark all day we’ve had the lamps on and I resorted to a duvet day Eek! I’d bought Richard Osman’s book, The Thursday Murder Club and my OH has been reading it first cos I’m nice like that.

I’d made a Ginger Cake and a Banana Loaf, which as per usual I’d gone totally off piste with the recipe and included chopped pecan nuts, sultanas and sunflower seeds. I’d cut down on the sugar by a third and only on eating the first slice did I remember the recipe called for 2 Tbsp of milk. It didn’t seem to matter as it was really nice.

I only mention cake as A) it went down very well as I was snuggled upstairs with a mug of tea and the book and B) cake is a laugh out loud moment in the book. OH’s face was lit up with anticipation as he saw me speed reading to catch him up and he knew I’d find it funny.

Anyway, I recommend it - the duvet day when you really need one, the tea and cake and of course, the book. We’re both about a third of the way through now. I’m going to say if you want a light and easy read and you like both Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett’s style, you should enjoy it too.

As an aside, I told OH I was reading one character in Patricia Routledge’s ‘Kitty’ voice (Victoria Wood monologues) and he said ‘She’s not been doing much recently’ I had to tell him ‘OH, she’s 91 you know!’ ...I didn’t know that off pat, I had to Google.

Bringing it back to nature, I had company on my binge-read in the shape of several young Starlings who kept visiting the roof and some Blue Tits on the window sill.

Views from the bedroom window

Yesterday when the sun came out. Two Christmas Trees in the foreground

From the front, look how quickly the field’s greening up now after ploughing only last week

We did go for a quick walk yesterday and came home with some bounty

Putting conkers around the house to deter spiders is an old wives’ tale and there’s no evidence to suggest it really works. Spiders don’t eat conkers or lay eggs in them, so there is no reason why horse chestnut trees would bother to produce spider-repelling chemicals. There is no hard research on the subject, but pupils of Roselyon Primary School in Cornwall won a prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2010 for their informal study showing that spiders were unphased by conkers.

Spiders are most common indoors in the autumn months. At this time of year, male house spiders leave their webs and start wandering in search of females. If you hoover up all the spiders in your house, it will probably take a couple of weeks for the spiders to recolonise – regardless of whether or not you scatter conkers around the place.

from sciencefocus on line

For the record I’ve never believed conkers could deter spiders and I absolutely don’t advocate hoovering them up, it’s eviction all the way. My armoury is three part. One a dedicated stiff bristle pastry brush used to clean the crevices of the sash windows where spiders like to hide and lay eggs; two is a dedicated pond dipping net (child sized) and three a long handled woollen duster brush for that two pronged attack. Works every time.

I’ve got photos of some big brutes, but I get told off for including them, so I’ll spare you.

Anyway I have a very large glass bowl on a coffee table and I do like to collect conkers and feathers and just use them as display items in the Autumn.

The small pond with the rowing boat

I’ve included that photo because I was musing with OH that I’d quite like an ancient old rowing boat to put by our pond as a ‘quirky’ feature (not to take to water) I think he was slightly less than persuaded. I was on the receiving end of one of ‘those’ looks.

At the large pond the weed’s cleared and the water level is still quite low compared to previous years. The Ducks were dominating today and seemed to be having a great time. The Coots were there but not causing any aggro. No sign of the Moorhens, not even on the small pond. I still miss Hiss, the solitary Goose who used to live there and Oxford and Cambridge, they’ve never been back and when we saw the Canada Geese take to the water in the same stately manner at Petworth, I wanted them back even more.

Brrr, am going to have the heating on, this evening has a glass of wine and a tussle over who gets to read the book written all over it.

Culinary Note: Sirloin Steak with roasted garlic, plum tomatoes and red peppers, a baked potato, some pea shoots and coleslaw dressed in yoghurt not mayo.

[gslocks123]

What Locks Do You Need?

Over the years the need for greater security has increased dramatically. We can all no longer leave our doors and windows unlocked when we nip round to the neighbors we can't even leave the door unlocked when we nip upstairs for 2 minutes these days. So most of us are aware we need good door and window locks but most people don't have a clue what type of lock is on their door. So here is a quick guide to home security, let's start with wooden door security first.

On a wooden door it is advisable to have at least two BS3621 2007 mortise locks fitted. Usually you would have one which works with a dead bolt and latch called a sash lock roughly in the middle of the door and a dead lock lower down to prevent any body kicking the door in. You tend to place them low down as that is where somebody would be most likely to kick it. BS3621 2007 is the most recent British standard for mortise locks and they have a longer tougher bolt than previous British standard ratings. There is no reason though why you couldn't add two deadlocks and a sash lock for extra security.

Upvc and composite doors are now hugely popular and probably out number wooden doors at the moment. The locks which come with UPVC doors are usually cheap rubbish and can easily be broken into using a technique called lock snapping or lock bumping. The locks fitted as standard are usually poor quality as it keeps the cost of the door down meaning the doors are easier to sell. The simple solution to this is to upgrade your lock cylinders to anti snap cylinders. Up until a few years ago there was no British standard kite mark available for euro locks which are the type found in upvc doors. Fortunately now there are many brands of euro cylinder which carry the kite mark. We would recommend fitting anti snap locks to all upvc doors at the premises.

There is also the option to upgrade door handles on upvc and composite doors as well, part of the lock snapping technique involves removing the handles first, you can now upgrade to PAS 24 handles which are far more secure than the standard ones making them very difficult to remove. To make the door maximum security it would be a good idea to replace the lock barrels and handles together. For window security we would recommend a multi point lock controlled by a key operated handle. Believe it or not there are still a lot of windows that don't have a key operated handle which makes them a really easy target for burglars.

Hopefully these few tips will help you understand the level of security you need for your windows and doors. All the views and opinions in this article are our own.

GS Locks Hyper Links

locksmith service barrie

locksmith service belleville

locksmith service brampton

locksmith service brantford

locksmith service brockville

locksmith service burlington

locksmith service cambridge

locksmith service cornwall

locksmith service guelph

locksmith service hamilton

locksmith service kenora

locksmith service kingston

locksmith service kitchener

locksmith service markham

locksmith service mississauga

locksmith service orillia

locksmith service oshawa

locksmith service ottawa

locksmith service pembroke

locksmith service peterborough

locksmith service pickering

locksmith service sarnia

locksmith service timmins

locksmith service toronto

locksmith service vaughan

locksmith service waterloo

locksmith service welland

locksmith service windsor

locksmith service woodstock

[chriskarrtravelblog]

BRITAIN’s top luxury stays for groups

The best, big British boltholes for entertaining a group of family and friends in complete luxury

Planning a family get-together, a special party or a blow-the-budget birthday weekend away with friends? You’ll need space, and plenty of it. We’ve cherry-picked the best options for group and celebration stays, from dreamy cottages to stately mansions for a weekend to remember.

The Oaks

Ever dreamt of being lord or lady of your own Georgian pile? There’s no better place to live out the fantasy than The Oaks, a handsome Grade II-listed mansion near Faversham in Kent. The six ample, light-filled bedrooms are awash with period features, from original shutters to marble fireplaces; the vast master bedroom on the top floor has a claw-foot tub and views of the leafy garden. It’s a house made for entertaining – and celebrating – with a vast dining room off the country-style kitchen, a grand sitting room with a log fire and your choice of comfy sofas and armchairs, and even a kids’ playroom for the younger members of the party. Perhaps the house’s finest feature, though, is its garden: a handsome walled affair with beds of roses, mature trees and plenty of shady nooks in which to park your sun lounger. If you can bear to tear yourself away, the cathedral city of Canterbury is just 11 miles away, while Whitstable, 10 miles away, has plenty of salty charm, with its oyster stalls and busy harbour lined with fishing boats.

Winterfell

© Unique Home Stays http://www.uniquehomestays.com/+44 (0) 1637 881183

Anyone who’s ever been to the Lake District could be forgiven for wanting to move there permanently, such is the spell it casts. Tranquil Windermere is one of the Lake District’s loveliest corners, and the perfect place for a group get-together, whether or not you plan to pack your walking boots. Our pick of the places to stay is Winterfell, a magical, ivy-clad hunting lodge nestled in forested hills and set in six acres of private grounds on the lake’s southern shore. Entering the house is like stepping into a Narnia-like landscape, where snowy white, warm grey and bare wood combine with an abundance of texture in throws, rugs and cushions to create a beautifully cosy and romantic interior. The six double bedrooms boast ornate fireplaces and rococo beds. While away hours in the library, cook up a feast in the cosy kitchen or wander the grounds: a walled garden leads to four acres of meadows where nothing will disturb you but birdsong.

The Lady Hamilton

If you’re looking to escape to the southeast coast, plump for Deal, Kent’s prettiest seaside town. Its narrow streets brim with nautical heritage, it has two castles to explore (Deal and nearby Walmer), and it boasts an array of characterful restaurants and independent boutiques too. Tucked away on a side street just a minute’s walk from Deal’s shingly shoreline is The Lady Hamilton, a stunning Georgian townhouse that’s full of period features. Wood panelling and floorboards give it plenty of creaky charm, but it’s far from stuck in the past: colourful accents and bright art give it a warm, home-from-home feel. Set over three floors (it sleeps 8), the house is anchored by its winding staircase, taking you from the ground floor to the pièce de résistance– a gorgeous wood-panelled sitting room, with squishy sofas, a snug wood-burner and sash windows overlooking the rooftops. Books and board games are provided for relaxing evenings. On sunny days, the walled patio garden is a little haven – an ideal place to gather for drinks after a day on the beach.

The Fish Store

© Unique Home Stays http://www.uniquehomestays.com/+44 (0) 1637 881183

Cornwall is always a safe bet for a crowd-pleasing holiday: with its enchanting coastline and unspoilt villages, it has all the ingredients for a memorable stay. Large rental houses can be thin on the ground so we were pleased to discover The Fish Store, which sleeps up to ten guests. Set in Mousehole, one of Cornwall’s loveliest villages on Cornwall’s south coast, it was a pilchard factory in a former life – hence the roomy interiors. Everything’s on a giant scale here: the lofty beamed ceilings, the vast windows – and the views of the ocean beyond. It’s a house ideal for all ages, with a cinema room where you can gather for a family film, a table tennis table that the kids will love, and a steam room where you can unwind after a day’s exploring. The delights of the Cornish coast are all within easy reach, from swimming in Mousehole’s sheltered bay and wandering its winding streets to exploring nearby St Michael’s Mount.

Loch Lomond Manor

Loch Lomond: even the name is enough to inspire romance. This historic manor house with its five fairytale turrets is just the ticket. Recognised as a National Monuments of Scotland house, it is ideal for history and architecture buffs, being situated just 500 metres from the famous Hill House, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Facing the Clyde Estuary, the house is also ideally located for strolls along the banks of Loch Lomond, a round of golf on one of the famous courses nearby, or day-trips into the Highlands (it’s at the start of the highland train line, putting Oban and Fort William within easy reach). Inside, all is on a grand scale, from the sofas to the bathtubs, and there are plenty of spaces for a large party to gather – the light-filled drawing room, with its tapestries and Edwardian fireplace, is hard to beat. Sleeping up to 10, Loch Lomond Manor makes a stylish stay in this beguiling part of Scotland.

Shalfleet Manor

If you have a big party to accommodate, consider Shalfleet Manor in the Isle of Wight, which sleeps 16-22 guests and is a stunner to boot. A wisteria-covered stone manor set in mature gardens, it is a dreamy place to spend a few days. Inside, a grand hallway, wood beams and a panelled living room with a 17th-century fireplace set the tone. It’s just one of many corners to snuggle up with a book or catch up over drinks – the airy conservatory and sun-trap terrace are tempting too. It’s a house made for lounging, but make time too for some outdoor pursuits: tennis on the all-weather court or a few laps of the heated pool, encircled by mature shrubs. Further afield is Newtown Creek, a sleepy spot where you can moor your own little boat, plus the wider delights of the Isle of Wight, from Queen Victoria’s Osborne House to sandy beaches galore.

Bear’s Cottage

Norfolk is strong on otherworldly landscapes, and the unique Bear’s Cottage offers a rare chance to truly get away from it all in fairytale surroundings. It’s set in 200 acres of private woodland, planted in the 1850s and crisscrossed with private trails for exploring. The cottage, which sleeps 8, has a warm and cosy feel, and has been thoughtfully restored to open out its spaces. Its open-plan kitchen, dining and living area allows the designated chef to cook up a storm without missing out on the action, while the large south-facing terrace is the perfect spot for alfresco lunches. Days can be spent exploring the rural village of Wood Norton and the renowned beaches of North Norfolk – some of England’s loveliest.

READ MORE: 10 of Britain’s best hotels for Valentine’s Day

The post BRITAIN’s top luxury stays for groups appeared first on Britain Magazine | The official magazine of Visit Britain | Best of British History, Royal Family,Travel and Culture.

Britain Magazine | The official magazine of Visit Britain | Best of British History, Royal Family,Travel and Culture https://www.britain-magazine.com/features/britains-luxury-group-stays/

source https://coragemonik.wordpress.com/2020/02/12/britains-top-luxury-stays-for-groups/

[budewindowsandconservatories]

Upgrade your home with elegant flush casement windows in Bude! 🏡 These stylish windows sit flush within the frame when closed, offering a clean, sleek appearance that’s perfect for both traditional and modern homes. With excellent energy efficiency and secure multi-point locking systems 🔒, flush casement windows provide the ideal combination of aesthetics, comfort, and security.

Available in various finishes and materials like uPVC and timber, they can be customized to suit your home’s character while requiring minimal maintenance.

Transform Your Home with Flush Casement Windows! 📞 Contact us today for expert installation in Bude and enjoy timeless style with modern performance! 🌿

[anneedmonds]

Hotel Review: The Newt In Somerset

It normally takes me about two years to get around to writing up my hotel reviews (it’s well over a year, I think, since I visited the Bedruthan in Cornwall and I still have the notes fresh in my mind, as though I visited yesterday!) but I’m trying to be more organised and proactive and – why not? – reactive and so TA-DAH! here we are with a post that’s actually fresh in my mind and not from my ever-growing backlog of drafts.

What an intro.

Still there?

Great. You don’t want to miss this one, especially if you enjoy the odd luxury weekend away somewhere rural but refined. Polished rural, I like to call it. It’s a thing. It’s all the bits of the countryside that people who are not from the countryside want to see, packaged up with deep, hot baths and fifty types of artisnal gin in the bar and a boot room stacked high with Hunter wellies. Hotels that are surrounded by gorgeous countryside, viewable through huge windows from a comfy chair, but that also have paths.

Because nobody would come to the real countryside, not for a luxury break. There’s nothing relaxing about a constant barrage of mud, psychopathic tractor drivers and wifi signal so weak and frustrating it makes you want to go at your own face with a cheese grater.

Obviously there are many good things about the countryside (clean air, slower pace of life, actual space), all I’m saying is that these country hotels (the good ones) manage to parcel up the country life experience so that you’d be forgiven for believing that anyone outside of the M25 spends most of the day either leaning against an AGA or throwing more logs on the fire. Rug on lap, dog at feet, glass of gin in hand and the firelight gently flickering as you read a romantic novel.

Anyway, the Newt In Somerset is the latest polished rural country house and by God do they do it well. This isn’t a hotel, it’s a destination – you could spend an entire day just going about the gardens, which are so splendid that non-guests actually pay to visit them. As a day trip.

They are magnificent, with acres of food-providing beds and orchards, wild areas, a deer park and a cutting edge, forward-thinking garden museum that you’d pay the entry price for alone.

So you have the gardens, which are an attraction in themselves, and then you have one of the most excellent spas in existence – so quiet, so instantly welcoming, so brilliantly designed – and a whole load of different places to eat and drink. Not in a “resort” sort of way, it’s not as though the place has themed restaurants popping up all over the shop, but you can climb up to the huge garden cafe that sits majestically on top op the lands, or you can have coffee in the greenhouse or dinner in the gloriously dark and sexy dining room…

The gym looks like the sort of gym very famous people would go to. I rarely mentions gyms, because WHY you would want to exercise on your relaxing break is beyond me, but this one is notable. The glass that fronts the entire building is formed from one sheet (the largest installed in the whole of Europe last year – geek fact) and it’s just spectacular. It’s no secret that I love a bit of elegant, streamlined modern architecture set against historic buildings and The Newt just do it so well.

It’s an absolute triumph in planning and design – like entering the world’s most perfect village, but if the village had been built by a perfectionist with unlimited budget. I can imagine it must have cost tens of millions of pounds. (The Daily Mail say 50 million, but hey. Pinch of salt, etc.)

And so to the main building, which is your classic Pride & Prejudice early Georgian affair, but with a cheeky little twist. In fact the twist happens before you even get through the door, because all of the woodwork (window frames, door frames) have been painted grey. It’s always a bit of a surprise when they’re not the usual off-white. Part of me hates it, that departure from the way things should be, but the other part of me admires the boldness. And it screams “we’ve done a shitload of work on this hotel – it’s basically a new build in an ancient shell!””

Which it is. The inside is immaculate, with huge panes of glass set against exposed stone walls (sound familiar? It’s like House Reno deja vu!) and bedroom walls and ceilings that are so flawlessly plastered you’d be hard pushed to tell you’re in an old house, until you go to the windows and see that they are the original sashes. The bedroom was borderline too clean for me, finish-wise – spots set into the ceiling, shining out through peepholes cut into the plasterboard, and pristine furniture, but on the other hand there’s no denying that this gives everything a really high-end feel. There’s no shabbiness – no worn leather armchair or frayed rug, none of your ubiquitous country house edge, but if there was then perhaps it would feel a little too much like the hotels that are already well established in providing a luxurious rural bolthole.

In short: go to The Newt if you’re after a countryside break. I can’t see how you’d regret it. Plenty to do, plenty to eat (and there’s a garden-to-fork philosophy, so a vast proportion of the ingredients have zero air miles and are just about as nice as you can get them) and bedrooms you’d happily live in. Make sure you do the spa and the garden museum and absolutely factor in a trip to nearby Bruton, which has the Hauser & Wirth gallery and is cute as a button. Within twenty minutes you have the market town Frome (the most “woke” town in the UK, apparently) and Wells, which is the UK’s smallest city but has an absolutely epic Cathedral. Or, you know, just lounge about at The Newt and drink their cider and eat snacks.

You can find more info on The Newt here – rooms start at £255 per night. No dogs allowed, which is also something that sets this hotel apart. Most country offerings are heaving with dogs, which is both lovely and at the same time annoying, depending on where you stand with dogs. The Newt do accept children, which is both lovely and at the same time – oh, you know the drill.

Watch my room tour at The Newt In Somerset on IGTV

The post Hotel Review: The Newt In Somerset appeared first on A Model Recommends.

©2020 " Hotel Review: The Newt In Somerset published first on https://medium.com/@SkinAlley

[ninezeroltd]

Nine Zero: Exceptional Bespoke Timber Windows and Doors

Discover Nine Zero’s sustainable timber windows and doors, meticulously crafted in Cornwall with heritage and quality at our core. Our premium range includes bespoke timber sash windows, timber casement windows, and timber doors, all PAS 24 Certified for high security and weather tested to BS6375. We’re committed to eco-friendliness and delivering on our exceptional lead times. Contact us for bespoke, FSC-certified timber solutions – where high performance and durability meets sustainability.

[disx2000-blog]

Autumnal Oak Leaves; the Garden of St Erth – Simmonds Reef Road, Blackwood

I spent a delightful Saturday with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in Blackwood at the Garden of St Erth. As my first Famous Flickr Five+ excursion, I was just delighted by how kind and welcoming everyone was. I look forward to future trips to places I have never been (such as the garden of St Erth) with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in the future.

In 1854 a Cornish stonemason named Matthew Rogers decided to pursue his luck in the goldfields around Mount Blackwood in Victoria, so he packed up his life in Sydney and journeyed south. His venture proved successful, as he became one of the gold rush’s most successful miners.

In the 1860s, Matthew built a modest sandstone cottage from stone quarried from around Bacchus Marsh behind a boot factory in an area known as Simmonds Reef, just outside what was then the very busy and thriving gold mining community of Blackwood which at the time had a population of some 13,000 people. He named it "St Erth" after his Cornwall birthplace. The original title was dated 1867, but it is believed the house was built before then.

The sandstone cottage is typical of Victorian architecture found in Australia at that time. Built in Victorian Georgian style. It features a symmetrical facade of exposed sandstone brick with sash windows either side of the front door, all of which are characteristics of Victorian Georgian architecture. The shady verandah, today covered in curling wisteria vine, features elegant, slender posts, which is also typical of the architectural style, as is the medium pitch corrugated iron roof.

Matthew attached a wooden building to the western end of his neat stone cottage which served as the Blackwood post office for a time, and also a general store; both essential parts of the burgeoning community.

The gold rush lasted for twenty eight years. Matthew’s daughter Elizabeth and her husband Jim Terrill continued to maintain the store, but as gold ran out, the wooden buildings of the town were moved to Trentham. For a time the house lay empty and the bush moved back in. Eventually it was bought by a group of Melbourne businessmen who called themselves the Simmons Reef Shire Council.

Today, "St Erth" is the Garden of St Erth; a wonderful garden featuring fruit trees, an espalier orchard, heirloom vegetables, perennials, daffodils, tulips, flowering shrubs and a plant nursery. The Garden of St Erth is one of two main sites in Victoria for the Diggers Club, who specialise in growing and selling heirloom variety plants and old fashioned exotic plants. The homestead forms the entry to the beautiful garden, as well as a shop showcasing the heritage seeds, gardening equipment and myriad gardening products in line with the Diggers Club’s commitment to sustainable gardening. Outside there’s a plant nursery with a wonderful array of trees and plants for sale. A pretty cafe offers drinks, cakes and meals indoors or out featuring where possible local produce and some sourced from the garden.

Matthew Rogers was born at St. Erth, Cornwall, on 11th June 1824, he arrived in Victoria in 1854 with his wife Mary, and came to Blackwood about 1855. Matthew and Mary Rogers were the wealthiest people in Simmons Reef. Matthew did well from his mine called "Mount Rogers Big Hill Mine". He is stated to have made a fortune out of ore that yielded one and a half pennyweights to the ton. Mary Ann Rogers was born in Hayle in Cornwall 24th June 1828. She looked after the store and the Post Office attached to the house. The Rogers had no children, and adopted a girl born in 1872, called Elizabeth. Mary Ann Rogers died on the 27th of August 1896, aged 68 years. Matthew Rogers died on the 6th of January 1902.

Nestled against the Wombat State Forest, the township of Blackwood was originally founded in 1855 during the Victorian gold rush. The township’s post office was opened in September 1855, and was known as Mount Blackwood until 1921. The township has shrunk significantly since the gold rush ended, and today many of its properties are weekenders for Melbourne professionals. The town still has a main street featuring a post office and general store, a pub, a cafe and an antique shop. It still retains some of its original miners cottages beyond "St Erth". It is a quiet, sleepy town, and is a delightful retreat for some peace and quiet. Blackwood is perhaps best known today for its music and culture festival held in November. It attracts artists from across the world.

Posted by raaen99 on 2019-06-02 11:11:09

Tagged: , Garden of St Erth , St Erth , St Erth Gardens , St Erth House and Gardens , 1860s , 1866 , 1867 , Victorian Georgian architecture , Victorian Georgian building , Victorian Georgian house , Victorian Georgian cottage , Victorian Georgian style , house , home , cottage , domestic architecture , Victoriana , Nineteenth Century , 19th Century , building , architecture , Matthew Rogers , Mary Anne Rogers , Simmonds Reef , Victorian Gold Rush , Gold rush , Gold rush era , sandstone , stone , verandah , corrugated iron roof , corrugated iron , iron , hipped roof , roof , walls , window , door , Diggers Club , Diggers , Diggers Gardening Club , Diggers Garden Club , gardening club , garden club , garden , Blackwood , Victoria , Australia , grounds , grass , greenery , leaves , tree , trees , leaf , autumn , fall , autumnal , bushes , shrubs , shrubbery , house and gardens

The post Autumnal Oak Leaves; the Garden of St Erth – Simmonds Reef Road, Blackwood appeared first on Good Info.

[cornishbirdblog]

“Down the wooded lanes, around the twisting of the Helford Creek. Between the bank smothered in primroses, up again along a steep hill with the sun slanting through the blackthorns, passed a great old walled farm with high closed gateway, and a white cat basking in the sunset at a barn door high up in the wall. Then a fine view of brilliant sea, and back into Falmouth past the Swan Pool.” – Beatrix Potter, March 1892.

The famous children’s writer Beatrix Potter first visited Cornwall for an Easter holiday with her family in March 1892. Miss. Potter recorded all her observations from their visit – the places, people and wildlife – in her coded journal. This diary, which Beatrix kept between the ages of 15 and 30, was written in a code of her own invention. And that code was finally cracked by Leslie Linder in the 1960s. The following extracts about the Potter’s time in Cornwall are taken from Linder’s transcription.

At the time of Beatrix Potter’s first holiday in Cornwall she was just 26 years old and still unknown. It was a sunny spring day when the family arrived by train onto the platform of Falmouth station. In fact, the weather that year had been unseasonably warm and dry and the Potters had sunshine every day of their twelve day visit.

Beatrix’s writing show that she was quickly captivated by the hustle and bustle of the busy town of Falmouth and the beauty of the surrounding countryside.

“The spring growth is far more advanced here, green leaves burst on Hawthorn and some Sycamores, where in London are bare sticks . . . we never before had such a glory for weather, cloudless days, burning sun and the air so pure that it transmits every smell within twenty yards, from wall-flowers to fish and manure.”

During their holiday the Potter family took a horse and cart with a local driver to many of Cornwall’s most popular tourist spots. They spent days out on the Lizard and at Land’s End, visited the numerous formal gardens in the area, as well as hunting for cowrie shells on Castle Beach. The long drive to the Lizard “took place as usual in cloudless sunshine” and Potter comments that the dust coating the hedges made them look as if they were “powdered with snow”.

The family also admired the nearby churches at Mabe, Constantine, St Gluvias and Mylor. They hired boats to take them across to St Mawes (for a rather boisterous sounding market day), up the Carrick Roads and for sightseeing trips around the harbour. Beatrix mentions that it is her first time in a boat on the sea and seems quite proud that she enjoyed it so much without being seasick!

“The harbour is certainly a great attraction at Falmouth, each voyage more beautiful than the last . . . one pleasing feature of the landscape is the number and tameness of the birds, a heron, numerous gulls, cormorants, sea ducks and guillemots and one flock of wild geese . . . the cormorants fish inside the harbour alongside the boats, where there was also a porpoise one day.”

Potter even compares the Carrick Roads to her beloved Lake District, saying that the river was as smooth as Lake Windermere but more beautiful!

The tone of the journal gives the impression that Beatrix is very fond of the Cornish, although she seems to find them naïve, a little unsophisticated . . . oh and their language “most unintelligible”. But for me it is her vivid impressions of Falmouth more than a hundred years ago that are often the most entertaining and amusing to read. She paints us a fascinating picture of a vibrant, multicultural port, full of character and everyday hilarity. She writes:

“[It] is cosmopolitan, one sees five languages on the window of the barber’s shop. Everything has a nautical flavour, the baker sells sea bread, the grocer calls himself a ship’s chandler, the ironmonger’s window is full of binnacles, pulleys and lanterns, sail cloth is the leading article in the drapers and in one shop they announce fresh water on sale. Also, every mortal shop sells Valencia oranges, such bad ones too.”

Potter comments that she is often stared at in the street in a way that the foreign sailors are not, but she says that as a rule she finds the people polite and friendly. Her wonderful descriptions of the town’s intriguing inhabitants are delightful and certainly bring the streets that we know today to life.

“This is a quiet, well-conducted town, which is remarkable owing to the number of British and foreign seamen loitering about . . . They loll about the main street spitting on the pavement, their only objectionable habit; shake hands with one another in an elaborate manner . . . some of them are very picturesque. I saw one leaning against a post on the quay for hours in a scarlet woollen cap, bright blue jersey and great sea-boots, others with sashes round their middles, and one old Frenchmen in sabots [wooden clogs].”

She also paid a visit to the famous Burton’s Old Curiosity Shop. Beatrix was a keen amateur archaeologist and concluded that the shop was in ‘the great part absolute rubbish’. She describes Mr Burton as “a stout grey old gentleman in spectacles reading a paper” who took little interest in her. Potter did make a purchase however. She bought herself “a white pot-head of bone which was one of the few English curios of any antiquity, excepting a man-trap and sundry small cannon-balls”.

Her account of the town’s policemen is particularly enjoyable. Potter tells us that Falmouth has just three and that they can be seen either at the barbers or in “a hutch” at the back of Custom House. Their tiny building apparently had a huge flag pole and a very small garden. The officers themselves she describes thus:

“They are the most odd specimens, just ordinary natives dressed up in blue clothes and all seem to have bunions, or very mis-fitting boots. They are on friendly conversational terms with the other sailors and I have seen one of them having eggs at a Butchers.”

It was during her stay at The Falmouth Hotel that Potter sent her earliest known illustrated letter to four year old Noel Moore. The letter contains delightful pen and ink images of ships in the harbour, a steam train, and cats, dogs, chickens and two tame seagulls that she had seen in the hotel gardens.

It’s said that after her holiday in Cornwall Beatrix began work on The Tale of Little Pig Robinson. Her first book wasn’t published until 1901. She returned to Falmouth to see more of Cornwall the following year and then again 1894.

Further Reading:

Virginia Woolf in Cornwall

Sherlock Holmes in Cornwall – The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot

Gyllyngdune Gardens & Falmouth’s Shell House

Beatrix Potter in Cornwall "Down the wooded lanes, around the twisting of the Helford Creek. Between the bank smothered in primroses, up again along a steep hill with the sun slanting through the blackthorns, passed a great old walled farm with high closed gateway, and a white cat basking in the sunset at a barn door high up in the wall.