Compton Castle
Compton Castle has towers and a portcullis and has been held by the Gilbert family since 1329, apart from a gap of over a century.
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Which council do you ask about new windows in Marldon, and does it matter yet?
Timber casements, garden doors and back doors for Marldon's postwar houses, plus careful copies for the old cottages near the church
Marldon sits in an odd spot for planning. It is the most north-easterly parish in the South Hams, so South Hams District Council handles applications and listed building consent today, even though the village feels like part of Torbay. That changes in April 2028, when Marldon joins an enlarged Torbay council. For most houses the question hardly arises: the postwar bungalows and later family homes that make up most of the village can usually replace windows without permission. The listed buildings near St John the Baptist's church, such as the Grade II Church House Inn and the old school cottages, are different. We make timber windows and doors for both, at our Barton workshop.
Get A Marldon Window Quote
Tell us roughly what you have in mind and we will arrange a time to come and measure. A photo of the space on your phone is usually enough to start with.
The Joiner Behind It
Back doors that take the boots
In Marldon the back door usually takes more punishment than any window: boots, dogs, bikes and weather. The old cottages near the church need careful copies too.
Luke's been doing this since childhood, and the trade runs in his family. Building a door that stands up to a busy household is down to experience as much as timber. He and the team make every one in the Barton workshop.
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Marldon
A big village built round a small old core
The church tower went up around 1400, built with stone from a quarry on Church Hill, and the cluster of buildings round it includes the Church House Inn, the former almshouses, the old school and a group of white-painted cottages. Most of the rest of Marldon arrived in the second half of the twentieth century. So in a few streets you move from small casements in thick old walls to the plain modern windows of family houses with drives and gardens.
Family houses are where most of our Marldon window work happens. The usual request is a timber back door or a pair of garden doors that will stand up to children, dogs and muddy boots, along with casements that can be repainted rather than replaced. Bedrooms in the same houses often need better storage, which we cover on our page about fitted wardrobes in Marldon.
The Case For It
Timber windows and doors for Marldon homes
Back doors that take a beating
Hardwood or accoya back doors with a solid bottom rail and a weatherboard, for the door everyone uses with wet boots.
Garden doors opening onto the lawn
French doors made to suit the opening, with a threshold that drains and locks fit for a family home.
Casements that can be repainted
Timber casements for the bungalows and family houses, painted in the workshop and easy to recoat later.
Cottage windows copied
For the listed cottages near the church, we record the old casements and make exact copies in painted timber.
Consent explained plainly
We tell you whether South Hams needs to see the work, and prepare drawings when it does.
Easy to reach
Most Marldon houses have a drive, so deliveries and fitting days run without fuss.
Before You Choose
What to ask before ordering windows in Marldon
If your house is old or near the church, ask the maker to check whether it is listed before quoting. South Hams handles listed building consent for Marldon until 2028, and work on a listed building without consent is not something you want to discover afterwards.
For a back or garden door, ask what the bottom rail and threshold are made of and how they drain. In a family house with a dog and a muddy garden, that is where a door wears first.
Ask how the new windows will be signed off under Building Regulations. Replacement windows need certifying through a competent person scheme or a notice to building control, and you should know which before work starts.
Compared
Back and garden door options for a Marldon family house
The door to the garden gets more use than any window in most Marldon houses. These are the main choices.
| Accoya door | Oak door | Painted softwood door | uPVC or composite door | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wear at the base | Very good | Good | Fair | Good |
| Movement in wet weather | Very little | Some | More | None |
| Finish | Paint | Oil or paint | Paint | Factory colour |
| Repair when scratched | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Suits a listed cottage | With consent, if matching | With consent, if matching | With consent, if matching | Unlikely |
| Relative cost | Upper | Upper | Lower | Middle |
Our Process
Window and door work in Marldon
Marldon jobs go through these seven steps. For most houses the consent stage is quick, but we always check.
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Survey
We look at each opening, check the frames for rot and measure everything, including door thresholds.
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Listing check
We confirm whether the building is listed, which matters most near the church.
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Drawings
Elevations show the new windows and doors. For listed buildings they go with a consent application to South Hams.
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Specification
Timber, glass and locks chosen for how each door and window is used.
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Making
Made from conditioned timber at Barton, jointed and test-fitted.
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Painting
Primed and painted on every face before delivery.
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Fitting
Installed and sealed in a day per door or a few windows. We return after a winter to adjust anything that has moved.
Reassurance
What We Stand Behind
- Timber moved before it was cut
- Boards come into the workshop and sit there before anything is machined. Cutting a wide oak panel on the day it arrives is how you end up with a door that has cupped by Easter. In a bay where spring humidity runs high, that waiting period is not optional.
- Scribed to your walls, not shimmed to them
- Older Torquay walls are rarely square and almost never plumb. Every fitted piece is scribed to the actual surface on site. If you can see daylight behind a filler strip, the job was measured once and hoped over.
- Ironmongery rated for the job it is doing
- A drawer in a holiday flat gets pulled open forty times a week in August. We fit runners and hinges specified for that, and we tell you which ones we used, so in eight years you can buy the same part rather than replacing a whole unit.
- If it moves, we come back
- Solid timber is a material that responds to the room it lives in, and occasionally something needs easing in its first year. That visit is part of the job, not a callout. Say so and we will book it.
Budget
Window and door costs in Marldon
£1,400 – £9,000
per opening, made and fitted
Casements for postwar houses sit towards the lower end of our per-opening range. Accoya or oak back and garden doors sit in the middle. Listed cottage windows near the church cost more because of the copying and the consent drawings. Timber and glazing options are set out on our windows and doors page.
Guide range only, VAT included. Your figure comes from the measured visit and the drawing you sign off.
What moves the priceListed cottages near the Church House Inn
Exact copies and consent drawings for listed cottages near the Church House Inn and the old school add design time.
Door hardware
Multi-point locks, heavy hinges and a drained threshold add to a door's price, and are worth it on the door you use most.
Easy access
Drives and wide plots in the newer streets keep delivery and fitting costs low.
Questions
Marldon window and door questions
- Which council handles window consent in Marldon?
- For now, South Hams District Council, because Marldon is the most north-easterly parish in the South Hams. From April 2028 the parish joins an enlarged Torbay council. Most unlisted houses can replace windows like for like without planning permission, but listed buildings, such as the Grade II Church House Inn, need listed building consent, and flats have no householder rights. South Hams publishes guidance on conservation and listed buildings.
- Can you make a hard-wearing back door for a Marldon family house?
- Yes. We use accoya or oak, a weatherboard and a solid bottom rail, and fit locks and hinges suited to a door used many times a day.
- Is my Marldon cottage listed?
- Several buildings round the church are, including the Church House Inn and the old school cottages. Historic England's list will confirm it, and we check before we quote.
- Do timber windows suit a postwar bungalow?
- Yes. Simple timber casements look neat on a bungalow and can be repainted for decades. They meet current thermal rules with the right glass.
- Will anything change when Marldon moves to Torbay in 2028?
- The council you apply to will change. Whether a listed building needs consent will not, because that rule is national.
- How long does a new back door take?
- Once you approve the drawing, the workshop needs a few weeks. The door is hung in a single day and locked up before we leave.
Feedback
What Customers Say
Rated 5 out of 5
“Our bedroom is in one of the old Warberries villas and the back wall bows by about an inch and a half across four metres. Two national firms measured it, quoted, then went quiet. These came, measured, and said it needed scribing rather than filling. The wardrobes go right into the corner and there is no gap anywhere. My husband keeps running his hand down the join.”
Rated 5 out of 5
“We run a bar on the harbourside and needed the counter and back fittings replaced without losing a summer weekend. They built the lot off site, came in on a Sunday night and had us trading by Tuesday lunchtime. Knowing the whole thing was made before they ever shut our doors is what sold it.”
Rated 5 out of 5
“Sash windows on the front elevation, and we are in a conservation area so it had to be timber and it had to match. They took a profile off the original, made new boxes in accoya, and the planning side went through without a query. From the pavement you genuinely cannot tell which is which.”
Rated 5 out of 5
“Two alcoves either side of the chimney, and they turned out to be 40mm different in width, which explains why the flat-pack ones we tried first never sat right. Made as a pair but to two different sets of measurements. Small thing, but it is the difference between looking fitted and looking bought.”
Rated 5 out of 5
“We let our place out over the season so everything gets hammered. I asked them to over-specify the drawer runners and they did, and told me exactly which ones so I can order spares. Three summers in, nothing has sagged. The last kitchen we had did not last two.”
Local
What To Do In Marldon
Marldon has two castles and a farm within a few miles. Each makes a good afternoon out.
Berry Pomeroy Castle
The Seymours built an Elizabethan mansion inside the walls of Berry Pomeroy Castle and left it in the late 1600s. They still own the ruins.
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Occombe Farm
The Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust runs Occombe Farm, where you can visit the animals and walk the fields and woodland.
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Coverage
Areas We Cover
We fit windows and doors in Marldon and across all of these districts and towns.
Across Torquay
- Wellswood
- The Warberries
- The Lincombes
- Chelston
- Babbacombe
- St Marychurch
- Cockington
- Shiphay
- Torre
- Ellacombe
- Livermead
- Maidencombe
And across South Devon
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Start with the door you use most
Send a photo of your back door or windows. We will check whether the house is listed, survey it and send a price.