Stained glass windows & leaded lights maker in Somerset. Design, repair, installation

Stained glass window & leaded light specialist

We design, make, restore & fit leaded glass for windows & doors using traditional methods & materials

Full service from design to installation

Repairs and restoration

Bespoke & replica designs to commission

Based in Street, with recent installations in Bath, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-sea, Castle Cary, Exmoor, Glastonbury, Greinton (TA7), Somerton, South Cheriton (BA8) Street, Taunton, Yeovil, I also work in South & West London, see our colouredglasses.co.uk site.

Our bespoke leaded panels are hand made in the traditional fashion, using coloured glass pieces and lead. They are fully weather proof, for use as normal external glazing as well as interior decoration. They may be incorporated within double-glazed units.

Repair and restoration work aims to fully respect the original work, the building & the client's needs.

Decorative original stained glass

We design and make stained glass panels to match or complement existing glasswork and from your ideas and traditional or contemporary designs. You will find lots of ideas and designs in this site that we can reproduce or modify for you. We can remove your old glass and install the new panels if required.

Round, 'porthole' stained glass window, near Somerton, made in Somerset

Round, 'porthole' stained glass window for a client in Compton Dundon, near Somerton.

More circular stained glass panels

Stained glass windows, front door, Street, Glastonbury

Front door stained glass windows, installed by us in Street, close to Glastonbury.

More stained glass for doors

Stained glass fanlight, Taunton, made in Somerset

Stained glass fanlight, over a front door fitted for a client in Taunton

More wide aspect stained glass

stained glass door panel, made in Somerset

We made and fitted this stained glass door panel, to the clients design.

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Stained glass repairs & restoration

Stained glass windows and leaded lights do not last for ever but they can usually be repaired or restored to their (almost) original condition. Our repair and restoration work aims to fully respect the original work, the building & the client's needs, as well as any listing requirements.

Exmoor client found this set in a cellar - decaying &broken - they were all rebuilt and fitted.

One panel of this detailed door set in Bath had started to bow. Removed and rebuilt.

Scaffoders put a pole through this one - restored in-situ

Badly damaged sash window - rebuilt with new lead and similar glass

Very badly bowing leaded window - after and before removal & rebuilding.

Burnham-on-Sea - these were damaged, and had to be removed for repair.

Simple leaded lights

As well as more decorative leaded glass panels I make traditional leaded lights with diamond, square or rectangular shaped 'quarries'. - the individual pieces of usually plain uncoloured glass, set together in lead with a width and profile appropriate to the location and appearance required.

For an old farmhouse up on Mendip.

Leaded light, Glastonbury, made in Somerset

For a summerhouse in Glastonbury.

Making a diamond paned leaded light.

'Cementing' to render the panel rigid and proof agains the weather.

For a client in Greinton, Somerset

Diamond paned lead lights for a contractor in Croydon.

Fitted in a door in Beckenham, South East London.

Design, materials and making

Our methods are very tradtional, although we use dedicated stained glass design software, which produces accurate, coloured visuals for the client and a working drawing from the same file.

Stained glass design and made in Somerset

All designs developed on computer - enabling accurate visuals for client approval.

Too much glass to mention!

Lead in 25kg boxes, various widths and profiles.

Above - Preparing to cut glass - Below - Rebuilding a restoration project

Making stained glass Timelapse video

I dont actually need or use all these glass cutters - they just accumulate!

Fitting a leaded glass panel is very unlike regular glazing, and we usually fit our own work, but we do aslo provide comprehensive fitting guidance. Stained glass often needs additional support with steel bars set into the frame and fixed to the panel with copper tie-wires – very traditional and necessary.