Wooden Floor Specialists in Lodsworth

Wooden floors restored & installed across Lodsworth's downland village.

From the timber-framed and brick cottages along The Street to converted Cowdray-estate farm buildings out toward Lickfold and Lodsworth Common — bespoke hardwood, sympathetic restoration and skilled parquet.

45 minutes from our Bognor Regis workshop · Covering GU28

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About floors in Lodsworth

Solid oak floors fitted in Lodsworth.

Lodsworth sits in the Rother valley between Midhurst and Petworth, deep inside the South Downs National Park and forty-five minutes up the A285 and A272 from our Bognor Regis workshop. It's a small village, but the housing stock is the kind we know well — timber-framed cottages and brick-and-tile period properties along The Street, the 12th-century St Peter's Church on its rise above the green, and a handful of larger Georgian and Victorian houses tucked along the lanes off it.

Out toward Lickfold, River and Lodsworth Common the work shifts toward converted farm buildings and downland cottages — herringbone re-laid through open-plan flint-and-brick kitchens, walnut and reclaimed oak through former dairies, and brushed engineered planks down long hallways in estate-edge smallholdings. The drive's a fair one but it's part of the patch, and the standard never changes.

Timber-framed & brick cottages along The Street 12th-century St Peter’s Church & the Lodsworth conservation area Converted farm buildings out toward Lickfold & Lodsworth Common

Why Lodsworth is different

Village floors reward a slower hand.

Lodsworth’s older stock around The Street and the lanes off it sits on hand-cut joists with limited void clearance, and a fair amount of it is timber-framed under the render — we survey by lifting a discreet board before quoting so we’re not guessing what’s underneath. Where the original elm or pine boards are still in usable condition we lean toward gentle gap-filling with traditional slivers and a satin hardwax-oil finish; the floor reads as original to anyone who isn’t looking with a torch, and it ages with the building.

For the converted farm buildings and modern extensions out toward Lickfold and Lodsworth Common we run a moisture-meter pass over every subfloor (underfloor heating and inglenook hearths included), acclimatise solid boards on-site first, and bring sample boards in oak, walnut and reclaimed pine so the species can be matched to the room before any of it goes down.

Wood flooring services in Lodsworth

Solid oak, period & parquet floors in Lodsworth.

Timber-framed and brick cottages along The Street and farm conversions toward Lickfold reward slow work — solid oak, period and parquet floors across Lodsworth and GU28.

Hardwood Flooring in Lodsworth

Solid oak, walnut, ash and maple boards — character grades and feature widths.

Period Property Flooring in Lodsworth

Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian houses — pitch pine, baltic deal, oak, sympathetic finishes.

Floor Restoration in Lodsworth

Sanding, gap-filling, hand-finishing — tired boards brought back without losing the character.

Parquet & Herringbone Flooring in Lodsworth

Herringbone, chevron and Versailles panels — modern installs and period restoration.

Engineered Wood Flooring in Lodsworth

Real-wood top layers on stable cores — engineered for UFH and open-plan rooms.

Commercial Flooring in Lodsworth

Foyers, offices, retail and hospitality — traditional methods, delivered on schedule.

Restaurant & Café Flooring in Lodsworth

Overnight and weekend phasing — slip-rated matt finishes and food-safe sealers.

Pub & Inn Flooring in Lodsworth

Reclaimed boards and beer-tolerant finishes for country pubs, coaching inns and gastropubs.

Hotel & Hospitality Flooring in Lodsworth

Multi-room timber phased around occupancy — batch-matched corridor-to-bedroom, acoustic underlay.

Listed Building Flooring in Lodsworth

Grade I, II* and II floors — sympathetic species, reversible methods advised where a listing demands.

Manor House Flooring in Lodsworth

Country estate programmes phased around residence — restoration and new install under one spec.

Underfloor Heating Wood Flooring in Lodsworth

Engineered oak properly specced for wet and electric UFH — written commissioning log on handover.

Reclaimed Wood Flooring in Lodsworth

French oak, English elm, antique pitch pine — sourced with provenance, laid with respect to age.

Wide-Plank Oak Flooring in Lodsworth

European white oak in 180mm–300mm+ planks, random lengths to 2.5m, hand-finished on site.

Wedding Venue Flooring in Lodsworth

Barn weddings, country-house venues and marquee dance floors — Bona commercial-wear lacquer, seasonal install windows.

Where we cover & around Lodsworth

The GU28 patch in detail.

Our work in Lodsworth is anchored by the GU28 postcode — Timber-framed & brick cottages along The Street all sit squarely inside it. Around 45 minutes up from the Bognor Regis workshop — same craftsman every visit, flat-rate quotes by the job not the mile.

Across GU28 the Lodsworth brief stays the same: Darren surveys on-site, sample boards stay with you for a fortnight under your own lighting, and the install runs in a single solid stretch rather than back-and-forth day trips. It matters in places like Converted farm buildings out toward Lickfold & Lodsworth Common where the subfloors and the building fabric earn a slower pass. Family team since 1997, working across West Sussex from the same coastal base.

Our wood flooring collection

Hardwood, engineered & parquet flooring options.

Every wood flooring pattern, character finish and construction Darren installs — solid hardwood, engineered oak, herringbone and parquet — laid out edge-to-edge so you can see real grain, real colour, real texture.

Wide-plank European oak floor — Pattern Wide Plank120–240mm · solid or engineered

Herringbone parquet in smoked oak — Pattern Herringbone500×90mm typical

Chevron parquet floor in light oak — Pattern Chevron45° or 60° angle

Versailles design panel floor in oak — Pattern Versailles Panels600 / 800 / 900mm panels

Mosaic basketweave parquet floor — Pattern Mosaic Panels480 / 580mm squares

End grain wood block floor in oak — Pattern End Grain Blocks50mm thick blocks

Solid tongue and groove wood blocks — Pattern Solid Wood Blocks300/350 × 70mm

Tumbled aged wood blocks with worn edges — Pattern Tumbled BlocksHand-aged on every block

Clean light oak contemporary floor — Finish ContemporaryClear matt oil or lacquer

Deep smoked fumed dark oak floor — Finish Smoked & FumedChamber-fumed European oak

Aged distressed character oak floor — Finish Aged & DistressedHand-scraped, knots filled

Time worn weathered herringbone parquet — Finish Time WornLime-washed, soft texture

Genuine reclaimed antique oak parquet — Finish Genuine ReclaimedAntique oak & pitch pine

Bespoke colour stained oak floor — Finish Bespoke ColourTwo-step reactive stain

Frequently asked

Lodsworth floor questions, answered.

Is forty-five minutes from the coast really workable for a Lodsworth project?

Yes — Lodsworth sits between Midhurst and Petworth, both of which have been part of our patch for years, and the run up the A285 is one we make week in, week out. Darren handles the survey personally so you get a single point of contact end-to-end, and we plan installs in solid stretches rather than back-and-forth day trips. The travel doesn’t change the price — quotes are flat-rate by the job, not by the mile.

Can you restore original boards in a timber-framed cottage on The Street?

Yes — older cottages along The Street and the lanes around the church typically have original elm or pine boards over hand-cut joists, and that’s exactly the kind of restoration we’re set up for. Boards lifted carefully, gap-filled with traditional slivers, sanded back and hand-finished in satin hardwax oil so the floor stays sympathetic to the period of the building. Darren brings restoration samples to every survey so you can see what’s achievable before committing.

How long until I get a written quote?

Within 72 hours of the survey. Darren visits in person, lifts a board where it’s appropriate, talks you through species, grade and finish options, and then puts everything in writing — scope, materials, schedule and a flat-rate price. No follow-up phone calls, no estimates that drift, no surprises on the invoice.

Do you work in the South Downs National Park?

Regularly — Lodsworth, Lickfold, Cocking, Duncton, Sutton, Bignor and the wider Petworth-estate and Cowdray-estate villages are all part of our normal working area. Interior wood-floor work doesn’t typically trigger planning or estate scrutiny — that’s reserved for exterior fabric and painted joinery — but if anything ever needs to be raised with the planning authority or the estate office we’ll walk you through it at the free survey.

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