DH Painter & Decorator paints shopfronts and commercial frontages in Creaton, 7.8 miles north of the town on the A5199. The village has only a few: the community shop and the Bricklayers Arms on Welford Road, business units by Grooms Lane and at Twigden Barns, and historic former shop windows on High Street. We plan each job around trading hours. Quotes are free.
A short list of frontages, each one different
Commercial premises in Creaton are few and small. The community village shop on Welford Road opened in August 2018. The Bricklayers Arms, also on Welford Road, runs as a restaurant. Highgate House is a conference centre, with a little industrial estate beside it off Grooms Lane, and Twigden Barns on Brixworth Road has business units. High Street was the village’s commercial street in the past, and The Old Bakery name and former shop windows survive at The Dial House and at number 27.
A restaurant front on the main road, a community shop and a barn conversion unit each need their own preparation and paint system, and a listed former shop window needs a careful, like-for-like approach.
Working beside the A5199
The shop and the Bricklayers Arms both face Welford Road, the A5199, which is the main through road on the ridge. That changes how we set up. Ladders and steps stay within the frontage, with barriers and signs where the footway is narrow, and we avoid leaving anything that could swing out towards traffic. Dust from passing vehicles settles on wet paint, so we wipe down and tack-cloth between coats and, where we can, apply the final coat at a time of day when the road is quieter.
A community shop and a restaurant each have their own busy times. We agree the working pattern before we start, such as preparing the fascia and frames while the entrance stays open, then doing the door at a quiet time with wet paint signs up. Exposure to the open east also matters. A fascia board or sign panel facing that way weathers faster, so the timber gets an exterior oil or alkyd system and the job waits for settled weather.
Former shop windows on High Street
The Dial House is Grade II listed. It is brick re-faced, with a sundial and a clay tile roof, and its old shop window is part of its history. Because it is listed, altering its finish could require consent, so we would match the existing system and colour unless you have consent for something different. 27 High Street sits in the conservation area too, where painted window frames are meant to be white or to follow their original colour. On these windows we:
- scrape back only what is loose and keep original glazing bars and mouldings intact;
- fill and prime bare timber with a traditional system that will move with old softwood;
- mask the brick, which should not be painted, and protect the pavement, since High Street houses sit right on the street.
Parking on High Street is limited, so we arrange van drop-off in advance and carry materials in.
Units at Grooms Lane and Twigden Barns
The small business units are more straightforward. Doors, fascias and any shutters or cladding can be cleaned, keyed and repainted with the right primer for each surface. Where there are steel shutters or doors, rust spots are treated and a metal primer goes on before the topcoat.
The main shopfront painting page explains how we handle trading disruption. For interiors, see commercial painting, and for the rest of the village the Creaton area page. Daventry’s conservation area shopfront guidance still applies in Creaton, and we point you to it before you change colours or signage.
Last updated by Dean, DH Painter & Decorator.
