If you want double glazing in Banbury, Inspired Glazing can survey your home, make your aluminium windows and doors in our own workshop and fit them with our own team. We also install UPVC windows, composite doors and conservatories. Our only base is at Fifield, near Windsor. Banbury is roughly 58 miles away by road, usually just over an hour on the M40, so surveys and installations are planned in advance around the journey and our team travels from Fifield.
Get a free, fixed-price quote in Banbury
Made in our own Fifield workshop and fitted by our own team. Aluminium windows from £400, lead times from 10 days and a 10-year guarantee. Tell us what you need and we’ll book a free survey.
Ironstone, brick and post-war estates
Banbury’s older buildings are unusually consistent in colour. Most sixteenth- and seventeenth-century houses were built of the local brown ironstone, and many survive around the Market Place, High Street and Parsons Street. Brick only arrived in the late eighteenth century, and Georgian houses are found on the Green, South Bar and West Bar.
The town then grew in rings. Terraced housing went up speculatively from about 1800, with Constitution Row on Broughton Road dating from 1847, followed by Gothic villas on West Bar in the 1860s and 1870s and Queen Anne-style houses along Hightown Road in the 1880s and 1890s. After the war, the Ruscote estate expanded in the 1950s and again in the mid-1960s as London overspill arrived, Easington was farmland until the early 1960s, and estates such as Bretch Hill and Hardwick were built on the hilltops. Hanwell Farm added more homes in 2005 and 2006.
Each era needs a different approach. Hilltop estate houses are mostly on their second set of windows, whereas an ironstone house in the centre needs careful thought about sightlines and consent.
The Victorian and Edwardian villas of West Bar and Hightown Road fall somewhere in between. Their bay windows and decorative details are worth keeping, so we pay close attention to frame widths and glazing bar layouts when we quote replacements there, and we will tell you plainly if a design is unlikely to suit the house.
Conservation areas and the river
Cherwell District Council handles planning. The Banbury Conservation Area, designated in 1969, covers about 68 hectares and contains nearly 200 listed buildings. Grimsbury, east of the river, has had its own conservation area since 2007, and Cherwell consulted on a reviewed appraisal for it over the winter of 2025 to 2026. The Oxford Canal, which reached Banbury in 1778, is also a conservation area where it crosses the district. If your home is in any of these, listed, or a flat, check with Cherwell District Council before ordering; flats have no householder permitted development rights. Our planning permission guide explains the basics.
Banbury flooded from the River Cherwell in 1998 and 2007. If you are planning a conservatory or ground-floor extension close to the river or canal, check the Environment Agency flood map first.
Local government in Oxfordshire is being reorganised, so check which council handles planning at the time you apply. Until then, Cherwell is the council to contact.
Our Banbury product range
- Reynaers SlimLine 68 outward-opening aluminium casements, plus Cortizo and Alunet aluminium windows.
- UPVC windows and doors in the Selecta Advance 70 system, good value for the 1950s to 1990s estates.
- Composite front doors, also the timber-look option, as we do not make timber windows or doors.
- Smart Visofold and Cortizo bifolds and Reynaers ConceptPatio 130 sliding doors.
- Conservatories, orangeries, porches and roof lanterns, along with secondary glazing, garage doors and roofline work.
Around Banbury
We cover Bodicote, Adderbury, Bloxham, Deddington, Cropredy, Great Bourton, Hanwell and Wroxton as well as the town. Nearby pages: double glazing in Brackley, Bicester and Daventry.
Survey, quote, make, fit
Your free survey covers measurements, glass, colours, handles and any planning questions. The written quote follows; aluminium windows start from £400, and our double glazing cost guide explains the rest. Aluminium frames are made in Fifield with lead times from 10 days, then our fitters drive up to install. Bigger Banbury jobs run over consecutive days so they finish without gaps. All work carries a 10-year guarantee, and we are a listed Reynaers at Home installer partner with Constructionline Silver.
Book a free Banbury survey
Call 01753 965 005 (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm, Sat 9am–1pm), WhatsApp 07934 152 343, or request your quote online.
Frequently asked questions
Is my Banbury home in a conservation area?
It may be. Banbury has a town conservation area designated in 1969, a Grimsbury conservation area designated in 2007, and the Oxford Canal conservation area. Boundaries can be checked with Cherwell District Council, which is also the place to ask before changing windows on a listed building or in a flat.
Can you match the look of an ironstone cottage?
We do not make timber windows, but we can suggest slim aluminium casements such as the Reynaers SlimLine 68, or woodgrain-finish UPVC or aluminium, in colours that sit well against brown ironstone. Whether a particular design is acceptable on a listed or conservation-area building is for Cherwell District Council to decide.
How do you handle the distance to Banbury?
Banbury is roughly 58 miles from our Fifield workshop by road, usually just over an hour's drive. Because of that, we plan surveys and installation days in advance and group the work so larger jobs run on consecutive days. Our own team travels from Fifield; we do not use local subcontractors.
Should I worry about flooding before building a conservatory?
Parts of Banbury flooded from the River Cherwell in 1998 and 2007. Flood risk does not affect which windows you can choose, but if you are planning a conservatory or extension near the river or canal, check the Environment Agency flood map and talk to Cherwell District Council about any planning requirements first.
What do aluminium windows cost in Banbury?
Aluminium windows start from £400 each. Your price depends on size, style, glazing, colour and quantity, and we confirm it in writing after a free survey. Lead times start from 10 days once measurements are final. Our double glazing cost guide gives more detail on what affects the total.