Acton

Acton

Brentford

Brentford

Brentford’s name derives from a fording point built on the River Brent. The river’s name, “Brent”, is thought to have been named after the Celtic Goddess ‘Brigantes’.

There has been some notable people and pieces of architecture in Brentford. Such as Syon Abbey, the largest abbey church in England, which was founded in 1414/1415 at Twickenham Park. It was relocated near to Brentford in 1431. It was disbanded in 1539 due to opposing King Henry VIII. Also in Brentford is Syon House, which is the where the Duke of Northumberland resides when in London. The precise whereabouts of Syon Abbey was unknown until 2003/2004 when its foundations were found beneath Syon House by Channel 4’s Time Team. Other buildings of importance in Brentford include: Boston Manor House, Brentford Dock, London Butterfly House, Gunnersbury Park, etc.

Peerless Windows is a family-run business which has been established for 29 years. All our products are made to individual specification which enables you to design the windows or doors of your choice.

Our windows and doors have been engineered to have a high security as standard, with state of the art locking systems. Wooden Windows and doors are made without knots. Also, all windows and doors are made with energy conservation in mind. This will retain a lot of heat within your home, reducing the cost of heating.

The latest technology and design in doors-Composite Doors, are available. They demonstrate style, security and strength. Also available are the various extras for your doors, such as numbers/letters, knockers, eyeholes, door chains and various designs of door handles.

Barnes

Barnes

Chelsea

Chelsea

Chelsea is in the South-East of England, very close to London (Slightly to the SW of London).
The name Chelsea derives from the Anglo Saxons. In Old English it means “Landing place for Chalk and Limestone”. In Anglo Saxon, it translates to “Chalk Wharf”.

The Manor of Chelsea’s records show that the governor of the palace during King Edward the confessor’s time in power, otherwise known as Thurstan, gave the land to the Abbot of Westminster. The Abbot then gave the land and the manor to his mother, thereafter it became privately owned. In 1536 King Henry VIII obtained the Manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys. Some important people lived in or near the manor, for example, Thomas More lived practically next door to the manor; Queen Elizabeth I lived in the manor when she was younger; 2 of Henry VIII’s wives, Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves, lived in the manor for some time. Charles II established the Chelsea Royal Hospital, which beforehand was the site of a theological college, founded by James I.
Chelsea has always been a popular destination for the rich and wealthy. By 1694 Chelsea it even had a population of approximately 3000. But Chelsea was still considered a rural area and functioned as a garden market up until the 19th century, where it finally became recognised as a metropolitan area. Nowadays, Chelsea is a modernised town and is host to some important places/events, such as the Chelsea Flower Show, Stamford Bridge- The home of Chelsea Football Club, etc.

Peerless Windows has been established for 29 years and is a family-run business. All of our windows and doors are made to your individual specification which allows you to design the product of your choice.

Peerless Windows are a FENSA registered company and guaranteed protection through the GGF (Glass and Glazing Federation).

Chiswick

Chiswick

“Chiswick” has an Old English meaning, “Cheese Farm”, and originates from the farms and riverside meadows which are thought to have sustained an annual cheese fair up until the mid 18th century.

Dating to very early times Flint axes were found in numerous parts of Chiswick. This suggests that since the last Ice Age people have been living here. Also, pottery and tools have been found at Chiswick Eyot. Dating back to the 9th/8th BC, A later settlement was excavated opposite Gunnersbury Station. Over 100 skulls retrieved from the Thames, are believed to have been offerings to their Gods from river burials made by Iron Age people (650BC-43AD).

The Romans built two roads through Chiswick which converged at Turnham Green and Roman pottery and building material has been found by the river near St Nicholas Church.

There is less evidence for the Saxons, even though they were without doubt in Chiswick. At Corney Reach a Saxon skeleton was found by the river, and other Saxon objects such as a sword pommel, scraps of armour, spearheads and the remains of a shield which were found near the river.

In the 1860s, In Gunnersbury and Bedford Park, Suburban building began. The first Suburbs were designed and built in 1875, on the borders of Chiswick and Acton. Other suburbs of Chiswick include Strand on the Green and Grove Park, which, until the late 18th century, was a fishing hamlet. There are a number of historic public houses in Chiswick. In Strand-on-the-Green there are three main ones. Within the London Borough of Hounslow, a large part of Chiswick falls within the conservation areas.

Ealing

Ealing

Ealing is a major suburban development, 7.7 miles west from Charing Cross, and is often called the “Queen of Suburbs”. Archaeological evidence has shown that Ealing has been inhabited for about 7000 years, with items such as pots from the Iron Age being found. The census of 1599, of Ealing, is the earliest surviving census which detailed 85 households and various information about the inhabitants of the village.

Ealing has had many names over the time it has been populated, alternating from its Saxon name “Gillingas”, meaning ‘place of the people associated with Gilla’, to Zelling, Eling, Yealing, and eventually, Ealing, when it became the standard spelling of the town/city in the 19th century.

Due to Ealing being close to London, many people began to move to Ealing and hence it began to get built up. Many travellers had to stop at inns at night, since their horses could only pull a few loads each day. This prompted a large amount of inns and public houses to be built, but this also led to a high number of highwaymen to choose Ealing as their location for their various misdeeds. Some of the inns include The Bell, The Green Man, The Feathers, The Old Hats and The Halfway House (At one point there were 2 inns called this, but after the closure of the toll gate that both inns were situated either side of, one renamed itself to The Old Hats).

Windows are important to a property as they can affect the overall value of the property. This is why when repairing or replacing windows, it is best to use the original window or windows that are the same as the original type of window. New windows should be a precise copy of the original. Having the wrong type of window can cause devaluation in the houses price and vice versa. In some instances, for example, some houses in Ealing have pre-war architectural features, which include metal windows- changing these can result in a severe price drop in value.

A lot of houses in Ealing are protected under a conservation area and so none of the original features can be changed, and that includes doors, windows, house ‘character’, and even road layouts. The most popular and traditional window designs in Ealing include box sash, Bays, Bows, Arches, Georgian, Square & Diamond lead. Homes within conservation areas need planning permission to have windows changed/replaced.

Earls Court

Earls Court

Fulham

Fulham

Fulham is located in the SE of England, slightly South-West from London, in close proximity to other towns such as Chelsea, Putney, Charing Cross, etc.

Fulham (or Fullanham as it was once called), could mean “The place of mud”, which was derived from the fact that the River Thames would flood the area quite often.

Fulham was at one time, a sort of “Las Vegas” type of town, being a retreat for the rich and famous, before becoming a general working class area. Up until the World War 2, Fulham remained like this; afterwards it undertook large amounts of reparations.

Nowadays, Fulham is a very expensive town- with house prices reaching an average of £640,000 during 2007.

Fulham is easily accessible with 3 train stations. This is important as Fulham is a major London borough town, home of the Craven Cottage, Fulham Football Club’s stadium and Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. Being the leading supplier in Timber PVC-u and Aluminium products. Sash and Casement Windows, Conservatories, entrance doors, Patio and French doors, Stable Doors and Secondary Glazing, we have every style that will suit your home.

Peerless Windows are a FENSA registered company and guaranteed protection through the GGF (Glass and Glazing Federation).

Our suppliers are the only window of choice for the One Planet Living Group due to their environment credentials and bespoke design options. Backed by the WWF, the vision of One Planet Living is a world in which people everywhere can lead happy, healthy lives within their fair share of Earth’s resources.

Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is 5 miles west of London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is also west of Charing Cross.

It is one of west London’s major commercial, employment and main transport hubs. Also it is home to numerous multinational companies. Hammersmith is focused on the two London road network systems, bus station and Underground stations. Fulham (to the south), West Kensington (to the east), Shepherds Bush (to the north), and Chiswick (to the west), all Border Hammersmith.

As far back as Roman and Saxon times, there is evidence of occupation of many riverside areas near Hammersmith. The area was known in the Doomsday book as “Hamoder’s Hythe”, which roughly translates to “the landing-place”, possible of a man named Hamoder.

As a consequence, industrial development and house construction thrived. Major industrial sites, which were known to have employed about 30,000 people, and the largest power station in Britain, were built in Sands End. All of these industrial sites have been redeveloped into areas that focus on commercial goods and services.

Extending roughly 750m to the west of the city centre is King Street, Hammersmith’s main shopping street. Here, there are a wide array of shops and stores, and it also contains a second shopping centre (King’s Mall), the Town Hall, a Theater, a cinema and two hotels. King Street is complemented by many more shops which run along Shepherds Bush Road to the north, Fulham Palace Road to the south and Hammersmith Road to the east.

Hammersmith’s Center is attended by two tube stations; both named Hammersmith. One of them is on the western side of Hammersmith & the City Line, whilst the larger one serves the Piccadilly and District Lines. The Broadway Shopping Centre contains a large modern bus station, which is open 24 hours a day and caters for a large number of buses, airport transfer buses, night buses and some long distance coaches.

Hanwell

Hanwell

The town of Hanwell is located between Southall and Ealing. There are many speculations as to where the name “Hanwell” originated from, some of which include environmental landscapes, boundary lines, cockerel, etc. For example, near Hanwell there was a spring and a large stone, weighing in at a ton; Anglo-Saxons referred to a boundary stone using the word ‘Han’, hence the name “han-well”.

Hanwell has many buildings steeped in history. The inns and pubs of Hanwell are an important factor in Hanwell’s development. There was a lot of profit made due to a toll being introduced between Uxbridge and Tyburn in 1714. This money was used to build a metal road surface, and this encouraged the rapid growth of Hanwell, and this also increased traffic going through the town. Many inns and pubs were built to accommodate the large amounts of travellers going through the town. Some of these include the Duke of Wellington, Duke of York, the Kings Arms, the Viaduct, and the Spencer Arms. Most of these still stand, but some were demolished or turned into retail stores.

The town also has a few hospitals which have 100 years or so of history. The St. Bernard’s hospital was once an asylum, which was opened in 1831 and renamed to St. Bernard’s in 1937. Nowadays, half of the original asylum has been turned into flats.

Our firm has been registered with the Trust Mark Logo. This means that:
Our technical staff have been checked by the governments scheme operators; We have signed up to a code of practice that ensures we provide insurance, health and safety checks and customer good customer care. We will inform you of any building regulations that must be met and may be able to give the certificates you need.