Plantation Shutters in Cobham

Cobham sits in the heart of Elmbridge, and it splits two ways. There is the heritage core of Victorian brick terraces and timber sash windows around Church Street and the High Street, and there is the band of large detached family homes on the wider plots around Stoke d’Abernon and Fairmile. We fit shutters across both, and the right answer is rarely the same on each.

The village carries four conservation areas: Cobham and Church Cobham, Downside Village, The Tilt, and Plough Corner. Shutters go on the inside, so they usually sit outside the rules that cover windows and doors, but we always spec them to suit the original openings. You can see recent installations across Surrey homes like these in our gallery.

The heritage terraces near Church Street keep their original timber vertical sliding sashes, often tall and narrow. Those suit tier on tier or cafe style: privacy at street level with the light kept above, and the period proportions left intact. Hardwood gives real timber character in a dry reception room or bedroom.

Bathrooms, kitchens, and the harder-working rooms in the larger detached homes call for Polycomposite: waterproof, reinforced, easier to maintain, and better insulated. Most whole-house Cobham schemes mix the two, room by room. We talk it through at the survey and recommend what actually works, not a stock template across the house.

Bay windows in the front receptions suit full height shutters, measured to the exact angles. Tall sash windows in the older village terraces suit tier on tier or cafe style. Wide rear glazing on the bigger detached homes, bifolds and sliders off a kitchen or garden room, suits tracked shutters that slide clear when the doors are open and close flat for evening privacy. The detached homes near Painshill Park reward shutters that keep the original proportions reading correctly.

We price by the square metre, so the cost tracks the size of your windows. Express is £315/sqm in Polycomposite, £380/sqm in Hardwood. Plan & Save is £260/sqm either way. The survey is free, there is no deposit until you order, and we leave a written specification and clear pricing within a couple of working days.

Express shutters are UK-made and usually fitted in about 2 to 3 weeks. Plan & Save, made overseas to the same spec, takes around 8 to 9 weeks. Both carry the same guarantee: 5 years on Hardwood, 10 years on Polycomposite.