Sad about the old wooden sash windows at Stoke Park

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I recently had the privilege of having dinner in the very grand restauarant at Stoke Park. The quality of the food, its presentation and service was exceptionally high, and a real treat in wonderful surroundings. Having been given a window seat, the only thing that was not of a high standard was the large single glazed draughty vertical wooden sash windows. I am sure this is to do with Stoke Park being a listed building, but given the huge size of the windows, I could not help thinking how much heat and energy was escaping through them, given the enormous numbers of windows in this wonderful period property, which along with the adjacent Stoke Park Golf Club in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, are famously known as the location for several scenes of the James Bond film Goldfinger starring Sean Connery.

Having played Stoke Park Golf Club on many occasions, you can not help but notice the many magnificent large houses that back onto the course, many with energy efficient modern double glazed windows, doors and conservatories, unlike the main Stoke Park building. Nowadays the course has 27 holes, so is spread over quite a wide area, and is inbetween Wexham, Slough and Farnham Common in Bucks. I can thoroughly recommend the cuisine and surroundings, and hope that one day the southern Bucks based private members Stoke Park Club might come to Hazlemere Windows for a quote on new double glazed sliding sash windows to improve their grand Stoke Poges property and reduce their heating bill, as, personally speaking, it is rather sad about the inefficient old wooden vertical sash windows at Stoke Park, as everything else is top notch!