ION Glass - Does your heritage building need a glass porch?
August 2025

A structural glass porch, either inside or outside your building creates a welcoming, weatherproof entrance offering many benefits you might like to consider:

Original timber doors can be off-putting - a secure glass porch can allow the wooden doors to be fixed open, providing a view of the interior.
Wooden doors can make the interior dark and gloomy, a glass porch will allow light to flood into the building.
A glass porch provides a transitional space offering improved heat retention and a reduction in energy costs.
As an additional buffer zone, your structural glass porch will provide protection from the elements, minimizing draughts and helping to control humidity – essential for preserving delicate interior features such as carved woodwork, fabrics or paintings.
Glass doors fitted into the porch can be set to open automatically or at the touch of a button - improving accessibility for those less mobile.
Use of glass as a building material will preserve the original façade or interior of the building, with minimal physical or visual impact.
Listed buildings have to respect the constraints of Historic England and other conservation bodies when planning any modifications or improvements to the building – structural glass is often the only option that meets their criteria.

Ion Glass can help with all aspects of your glass porch

Ion’s expert technicians will support from concept to completion – with many years of experience in designing, manufacturing and installing glass porches for churches and heritage buildings.

Ion will provide advice on the structure of your glass porch as well as the functionality of doors and design aspects such as hinges, handles or glass manifestations – and our experienced fitting teams are used to working in sensitive environments.

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