Talk:Crittall Windows

Edit request: additional sourced content (declared connection)

I work for Purplex Marketing, the agency retained by Crittall Windows Ltd, the subject of this article. In line with Wikipedia's paid-editing disclosure policy I'm posting this as an edit request rather than editing the article directly.

Two small, sourced additions:

1. Add to the "United Kingdom" list under "Notable buildings worldwide using Crittall windows"

• BBC Building, London

2. Add to the end of the "Post-war history" section:

In April 2017, Crittall acquired the trade and assets of Fendor, a manufacturer of blast-resistant and high-security glazing based in Washington, Tyne and Wear, forming Crittall Fendor.

Optional third item: a second, web-verifiable citation alongside the existing "were a feature of the RMS Titanic" sentence, since the current source is a 1989 print book:

Both new sources are independent of Crittall: Braintree Museum, an Arts Council-accredited museum holding the Crittall company archive, and Insider Media, a regional business news title. Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks, Martyn East (Purplex Marketing, on behalf of Crittall Windows Ltd)

Martyneast (talk) 14:40, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:Martyneast. Thank you for using the edit request system due to your COI. I have made your suggested changes ...

1. I tweaked the name of the BBC building (the Corporation has had multiple buildings across London), identifying it as the BBC Television Centre (now confirmed by an additional source). I also found another BBC building with Crittall windows - in Belfast.
2. Slightly shortened the suggested sentence about Fendor.
3. Incorporated the book reference.

Best wishes. Paul W (talk) 16:10, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Paul W, thank you again for actioning those additions.

(Sorry to be a pain.) I ran a site search on Wikipedia for "Crittall windows" and found a number of articles that mention Crittall or its windows but do not currently link to this article. As before, I appreciate this is your call as an independent editor rather than something I should do myself given my declared connection, but I wanted to flag them in case any are worth a wikilink.

The case for linking would be that it helps readers who encounter "Crittall windows" mentioned in passing on an unrelated building, sport or history article find the dedicated article explaining what Crittall actually is, and it also reduces how orphaned the Crittall Windows article is within Wikipedia's own link graph, which its maintenance guidelines flag as worth improving.

I have grouped them by type to make review easier.

Company history and people

Francis Henry Crittall, Valentine Crittall 1st Baron Braintree, C. H. B. Quennell, Thomas S. Tait, Chris Hammond (illustrator), Percy Glading

Notable buildings featuring Crittall windows

Silver End, Marine Court, Dolphin Square, Dover House Estate, Listed buildings in Aikton, Belvedere Court, 10 Dorchester Drive, Westbourne Terrace, The Hewett Academy, Ritz Cinema Burton upon Trent, Ealing Village, List of historic places in Upper Hutt, Princes House Brighton, Hoover Building, Appleby Lodge, Highlands Gardens, John Leopold Denman

Company sites, places and industry context

Witham, Rivenhall, Cressing Road, Braintree Essex, List of road junctions in the United Kingdom C, Ruxley, Greenhithe Kent, Golden Mile Brentford, Henry Hope & Sons Ltd, BISF house

Sport, media and recognition

Braintree Town F.C., Witham Town F.C., Great British Railway Journeys, The Queen's Award for Enterprise International Trade Export 2010

Wider building history

Buildings and architecture of Brighton and Hove

I also found two I was less sure about and would rather leave to your judgement:

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School mentions "Crittall's Corner" as a place name but the connection to the company is not made explicit in the snippet.

Plaza Cinema Weston-super-Mare (My hometown.) uses "Crittall-style metal framed windows", which may be a generic style reference rather than the brand itself, and the 1948 New Year Honours page refers to "Crittall-Luxfer Aluminium Windows Ltd", which may be a related but historically distinct company.

I know that is a longer list than last time, so please do take whatever you feel is appropriate rather than working through all of it, and let me know if it would be more useful for me to send these in smaller batches instead.

Thanks, Martyn East (Purplex Marketing, on behalf of Crittall Windows Ltd) Martyneast (talk) 09:37, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Paul sorry can these links be added the Crittall Wiki such as "Notable buildings worldwide using Crittall windows" I am more then happy to submit the copy with links if this would help. Thank you so much for your help. Regards, Martyn. Martyneast (talk) 09:56, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Martyneast. I have done a first batch of edits, mainly tweaking the redirects pointing from 'Crittall Windows Ltd' so that they point at the main company article. If nobody else steps in, I will work through the remainder when I have little more time. Best wishes. Paul W (talk) 12:02, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Bit unprofessional but I need to say, you are a legend! Thank you so much for all your help. Regards, Martyn. Martyneast (talk) 15:25, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Martyneast.

1. I have gone through your list of potential additions. Most were straightforward to add (and I used the citations from the relevant articles where appropriate) but some (eg: Aikton, uppper Hutt, Highlands Gardens, Westbourne Terrace) did not identify individually notable buildings, so I have not added them.
2. I found a reference to Luxfer, so have added something about that episode.
3. With 40+ incoming links from other mainspace articles (excluding redirects), the article is better connected than many other Wikipedia articles.

Best wishes. Paul W (talk) 12:46, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

I have said it before Paul but I feel I need to say it again, You are a legend!!!! Thank you so much. One question though I am thinking of optimising/reworking there page and updating it. (Maybe) Is this as easy as working with you or what would be the best way of doing this? Regards, Martyn. Thank you once again. Martyneast (talk) 14:23, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi Martyneast. I am not sure quite what you mean by optimising the article. I would be interested to understand more.

In the meantime, first and foremost, it is an encyclopedia article about a company, and so has to follow certain norms with respect to company pages (eg WP:NCORP), the objectives of the Companies Wikiproject (WP:COMPANIES) and templates such as the company infobox. You are already aware of your conflict of interest too, so any 'optimisation' would also need to abide by all WP core content guidelines, etc, and understand what Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT - not a means of promotion, a directory, a newspaper, etc, etc). Avoiding these, by all means, let's try and improve it: expand its content, add more citations, etc.

One target might be to get it to Good Article (WP:GA) status (then even WP:FA!) - I have worked on a couple of articles that have eventually reached GA, and achieving that landmark opens up other opportunities, such as featuring in the "Did You Know" section on the English Wikipedia's home page.

Happy to explore how we improve this article (and maybe also some of the related articles on the people, places, so that they too become more detailed, better cited, more complete, etc). Maybe even an 'editathon' to get others involved? (I am a Wikimedia UK accredited trainer). Best wishes. Paul W (talk) 16:46, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

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