Sewell Park Academy, Conservation Area

Sewell Park Academy lies in a conservation area, designated in 1979. The project in Norwich consisted of the specification of 170 R9 windows from The Residence Collection, manufactured by Tradelink and installed by local partner, Homelink Windows Limited. Architect, Baily Garner, working for the Boudica Schools Trust, specified these due to the unique heritage characteristics, low maintenance features and superior performance, along with the added sustainability benefits of PVCu.

The main Sewell Park Academy building was built in 1929 and is a stately, symmetrical neo-classical brick building with stone details and is a locally listed building and so product type and material were paramount in the original project specification. It was key to ensure the replacement of windows matched the existing windows as near as possible. Being in a Conservation area and certain restrictions by the local council added extra limitations. The Residence Collection was chosen because it adhered to these, providing the perfect replacement of old timber windows.

Andrew Williams of Boudica Schools Trust commented: ‘I chose Residence windows after searching for a product that matched our existing windows as near as possible due to being in a conservation area and having certain restrictions placed on us by the local council.’