Victorian Etched Glass Landing Window – Edinburgh
Hi Wendy, below is your chosen Edinburgh Range design in your specific glass sizes. The base glass will be Stippolyte as requested so there will [...]
Decorative Glass Edinburgh
Founded in 1994, Leadbitter Glass has been manufacturing and delivering decorative glass throughout Edinburgh for over 30 years. Edinburgh’s New Town, laid out to a Georgian grid plan by a 26-year-old architect named James Craig from 1767, remains one of the finest examples of planned urban architecture anywhere in Europe. St Giles’ Cathedral on the Royal Mile holds a striking Robert Burns Memorial window, designed in 1985 by Icelandic artist Leifur Breidfjörd, alongside earlier stained glass by Douglas Strachan and Edward Burne-Jones.
This depth of period architecture and glasswork has always suited stained and etched glass particularly well, while bevelled and fused glass have become popular contemporary upgrades for many Edinburgh homes over the years. We specialise in creating and supplying Etched Glass, Bevelled Glass, Fused Glass, and Overlay Stained Glass panels. While we focus on providing bespoke glass to residential customers, our work has also been featured in blockbuster movies and supplied to some of the world’s largest corporations.
4 Types Of Decorative Glass Available…
1 – Etched Glass to Edinburgh
Of the many types of decorative glass we supply, Etched Glass is one of the most requested styles across Edinburgh, particularly for period front doors. The image below shows what etched glass looks like — an obscured background surrounding a clear design, though we also produce the reverse effect, with a clear background and an etched pattern. Our Etched Glass Gallery holds hundreds of designs, including our popular Traditional and Shadows of Nature collections.
Our Charles Rennie Mackintosh and House Names and Numbers galleries are also firm favourites with Edinburgh clients. We’re just as happy to create a bespoke etched panel from your own photograph or sketch. Every panel is available as either single or double glazed, and every order includes a scale proof for your approval before production begins.
2 – Overlay Stained Glass to Edinburgh
The photograph below is a genuine example of our Overlay Stained Glass, one of the styles we’re asked for most often by Edinburgh homeowners. Every panel is offered as single or double glazing, built as standard on toughened safety glass. Our Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Frank Lloyd Wright galleries remain particularly popular choices across the city.
Our Door Galleries feature plenty of further patterns beyond these, including our Countryside Landscapes range. Take a look at our Main Gallery for a good starting point, or simply send over your own idea or photograph — we design bespoke glass daily and can take inspiration from your existing panel, or from any image you provide.
3 – Fused Glass to Edinburgh
Below is one of our Fused Glass leaves, a familiar element within our fused glass patterns. Fused Glass has become a popular contemporary upgrade across many Edinburgh homes over the years, rather than a period feature in its own right. Each panel begins with an etched background, onto which individually hand-cut fused glass tiles are fixed, standing roughly 6mm proud of the surface. Every tile is made in our own UK studio, in whichever colours you prefer.
Our Mackintosh Gallery and Tree Of Life Gallery are two of our most popular fused glass collections. Each tile is hand-cut and fired in our kiln over roughly 18 hours, forming a genuinely one-off feature. Every fused panel is toughened, and available as single or double glazing.
4 – Bevelled Glass to Edinburgh
The window below is part of our American Bevelled Glass range, and a genuinely striking demonstration of the beauty of bevels. As with fused glass, bevelled glass has grown into a favoured contemporary upgrade across Edinburgh rather than an original period feature. We hold thousands of bevel patterns in our library, and can build toughened panels to virtually any design. Every order is single or double glazed as required, with a drawing supplied for your approval ahead of manufacture.
What We Do
Our decorative glass studio crafts bespoke glass panels for homes and businesses across Edinburgh, and delivers throughout the rest of the UK too, with occasional orders reaching us from overseas. Most of our customers are homeowners replacing tired or damaged glass. A plain or dated front door panel can be transformed with genuinely striking new decorative glass.
Toughened safety glass is standard on everything we make, and you can choose single, double, or triple glazing depending on your needs. Laminated and fire-rated glass are also available, sometimes at an additional cost.
Our service
Every order includes a preview of your design ahead of production. Our glass artists put together a high-quality proof so you can see exactly how the finished piece will look, and adjust the layout or colourway as many times as you need. We won’t begin manufacturing until you’re entirely happy.
Once complete, we deliver the finished glass straight to your Edinburgh address, or to your chosen window or door installer.
Notable Commissions from the Edinburgh area…
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Etched Glass Birds Door – Edinburgh
Hello David and Linda, below is our drawing based on the elements from your wallpaper design. This glass is viewed from inside the house. The [...]
Fused Glass Green Leaves Side Panel – Edinburgh
A client in 2023 commissioned us to produce a fused glass side panel for their front door. The design they liked was our Cecilly Leaves [...]
Fused Glass Abstract Door Panels – Edinburgh
In 2024 we created a pair of etched glass panels with coloured fused tiles for a client’s home in Edinburgh. They supplied an image they’d [...]
Leaded Glass 1930’s windows – Edinburgh
Hi Jane, below is your drawing to show how the adapted design will look in your glass sizes. As requested we altered a design from [...]
Victorian Etched Glass Door – Edinburgh
In 2018, shortly after the launch of our new Edinburgh Etched Glass range, we received our first order from this new Victorian Etched Glass range. [...]
Etched Glass Autumn Tree Doors – Edinburgh
In 2018, we took an order for our popular Autumn Tree design from our Shadows of Nature range. The client had two identical pattern 10 [...]
Etched Glass Wave Doors – Edinburgh
Hello, below are your drawings to show you how the glass will look in your glass sizes. The areas shown in grey will be etched [...]
Victorian Etched Glass Door – Edinburgh
Hello Chris, below is your chosen 637 design from our Edinburgh range of Victorian Etched Glass designs. The dashed line shows the visible area. The [...]
Half Moon Leaded Glass Panel Sun – Edinburgh
In 2017 we were asked to create this beautiful sun design with house number for a clients new door with a half moon glazed area. [...]
Overlay Stained Glass Half Moon Sun – Edinburgh
Hello Lyn, we have just received the template from your door manufacturers today so here is your drawing. The dashed line around the outer perimeter indicates [...]
Etched Glass Family Crest – Edinburgh
Hello Karen, here is your design using your glass sizes. The areas shown in white will be clear glass and the areas shown in grey [...]
Etched Glass Family Crest – Edinburgh
Hello Alison, these two etched glass family crest images are viewed from the outside of the house. The areas of the designs shown in grey [...]
Fused Glass Feature Window – Edinburgh
Hello, this etched and fused glass feature window design has been created in the glass sizes provided. The background of the design will be sandblasted and [...]
Etched Glass Heron – Edinburgh
In 2012 we created this large sandblasted glass / Etched glass heron for clients in Edinburgh. The glass was created using 4mm toughened glass and [...]
Replacement Feature Window Panel Edinburgh
In 2012 we were contacted by a client in Edinburgh and he was quite desperate to replace a broken leaded glass feature window. this broken [...]
American Bevelled Glass Door – Edinburgh
We have used your supplied glass size of 415 x 1290 to create the American Bevelled Glass designs. Please note that an amount of around [...]
Sandblasted Fused Side Panel Fanlights – Edinburgh
Hello Roslyn, here are your sandblasted fused designs in your supplied glass sizes. All of the tiles have now been replaced to be 40mm and [...]
We supply Decorative Glass to Edinburgh and these surrounding areas…
Kirkcaldy – Livingston – Cumbernauld – Perth – Coatbridge – Hamilton – East Kilbride – Paisley – Kilmarnock – Dumfries – Ayr – Carlisle – Newcastle – Gateshead – Aberdeen – South Shields – Washington – Whitehaven – Sunderland – Inverness – Hartlepool – Darlington – Stockton on Tees – Middlesbrough – Lancaster – Thirsk – Ripon – Belfast – Antrim – Coleraine – Blackpool – Harrogate – Preston – Burnley – Blackburn – Accrington – Wetherby – Southport – Scarborough – Bradford