Forest Joinery Uckfield · Est. 1995
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East Sussex · about 8 miles from the workshop

Restoration & bespoke
joinery for Lewes.

Few towns in Sussex carry as much listed and period property as Lewes. The Georgian fronts of the High Street, the timber-framed and tile-hung houses down Keere Street and the twittens, the older stock in Cliffe and Southover, almost all of it sits inside the conservation area. That is exactly the work our workshop is set up for: repair first, reproduce where needed, always to the original profile.

Restored oak gothic-arched porch joinery

Much of Lewes is protected, and a great deal of it is listed, so replacement windows and doors usually need listed-building consent and have to match what was there before. Plastic is a non-starter. We restore original box-sash windows where the timber can be saved, splice and repair cills and sashes rather than ripping out wholesale, and reproduce in Accoya or hardwood where a window has gone past saving. The result reads as original because it is built the way the original was.

Behind the Georgian frontages the town's housing runs from medieval and Tudor timber framing through to Victorian terraces, each with its own joinery details. We make panelled and plank-and-batten doors, casements, staircases and internal joinery to suit the age of the house, and we are used to working with conservation officers and the documentation a consent application needs.

We also fit the everyday bespoke work for Lewes homes that has nothing to do with consent: fitted wardrobes, bookcases, window seats for those deep period reveals, and one-off pieces built to the millimetre for awkward old rooms that no flat-pack will ever fit.

If you are restoring a period or listed property in Lewes, or want bespoke joinery that respects the age of the house, send us the details and we will come and take a look.

What Lewes Stock Needs

  • Box-sash restoration

    Repair-first restoration of original sash windows, with splicing and cill work before any wholesale replacement.

  • Listed-building consent

    Like-for-like reproduction to the original profile, documented for consent and conservation-officer sign-off.

  • Period doors

    Panelled and plank-and-batten doors matched to medieval, Georgian and Victorian frontages.

  • Joinery for old rooms

    Window seats, bookcases and fitted pieces built to the millimetre for deep reveals and out-of-square period walls.

What We Make For Lewes

Every line of our joinery, fitted across Lewes.

We Also Cover

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Drawings, listed-building advice, or a single window, we'd like to hear from you.

The quickest answers come by phone. For drawings or photos, send them through the contact page and Simon will come back the same day.

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