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Streets we cover: Westgate Street, Church Street, Northgate Street, Race Hill, Ridgegrove, St Stephens, Newport, Pennygillam, Roydon Road, Lawhitton, South Petherwin and out toward Egloskerry and Yeolmbridge.
Launceston housing — a Norman town with layers on layers
Launceston is one of Cornwall's oldest towns and its housing carries that layered history: medieval fabric around the castle and Church Street, Georgian and Regency frontages on Westgate and Northgate, Victorian terraces stepping down the hill toward Ridgegrove, and modern estates spreading toward Pennygillam and Roydon Road. The historic core carries conservation-area considerations and our heritage composite range (six-panel layouts, top-light glazing, chrome furniture, period colours) is designed to sit sympathetically in that context. The outer estates take the full contemporary range without ceremony.
Inland Cornwall, but on the wet side of the country
Launceston sits inland at the edge of Bodmin Moor and picks up rainfall totals closer to the moor than to the coast. It's not coastal so marine spec isn't needed — but the driven rain off the moor in November genuinely tests the seal on any front door. Every PL15 install uses a full compression lock set, a deeper cill drip, and A2 stainless fixings as a minimum. Frost days run longer than the Cornish average, which is the specific reason the compression seal matters here.
Launceston colour tendencies
The historic streets around the castle favour heritage colours — Racing Green, Cream, Chartwell Green — with chrome or aged-brass furniture. The Victorian terraces on Ridgegrove take Anthracite Grey and Painswick confidently. Newer estates on Pennygillam and Roydon Road lean flush-panel Anthracite Grey with brushed stainless.
A Launceston install day
For the historic streets, we brief the crew on approach and materials handling ahead of time — no impact on the neighbouring frontages, and any bespoke glass is pre-glazed at the factory. Removal, template, frame, slab, hardware and handover complete inside a single working day. Estate installs on the outer edges run straightforward.
For Launceston listed properties
If you own a Grade II property in the historic core, please tell us at first contact. We build the specification to sit sympathetically in the setting — chrome furniture, matched glazing, period-appropriate colour — and we can supply drawings for any listed-building consent conversation your local authority requires.
