About Us
Located directly across from the Brandywine Hundred Library and Talley Day Park, the development begins with a single entrance road, Windsor Hills Drive. This leads into four internal loops: Cambridge Drive, Banbury Drive, Canterbury Drive and Rockingham Drive. All are connected at the northwest by Warwick Drive. This secluded infrastructure allows for safe walking and biking, as well as privacy.
Approximately 68 acres was purchased for development in 1946 and 1947, with plans filed in 1947 for 117 building lots. One of the included properties on Foulk Road had an existing home, built in 1935. Construction on 105 Banbury began in 1949. By the end of 1956, all the lots had been sold and construction was completed in 1959 on all but the last two: 116 Cambridge and 1221 Foulk were completed in 1960. Because lots were sold to individuals, they hired their own architects and builders to create custom built homes. Due to the challenges in dealing with the significant glacial granite deposits on Canterbury, most of those homes were custom built by a single contractor.
Windsor Hills residences feature an eclectic mixture of architectural styles, under the canopy of a significant variety of large native trees, supplemented with plantings, natural rock formations and stone walls. The individual properties, without the intrusion of fences, seamlessly flow throughout the neighborhood, bolstering a deep sense of community.
If you like the idea of neighbors watching out for, and genuinely caring for each other, living in an ethnically, culturally and religiously diverse community, where respect for each other and the environment is paramount, you will enjoy calling Windsor Hills your home. There are no two houses alike, which further encourages the diversity in the resident population.
Upper Warwick Drive, late 1940s. Photo from Dennis Painter.
This is an animal-friendly community that supports pets, native wildlife and plants. The biodiversity in plantings around the neighborhood is a remarkable reflection of a variety of individual interests and approaches. Whether formal gardens or country gardens, just lawn, all natural or something in between, there is plenty of opportunity for making your yard or garden suit your own taste.
Most residents devote significant time and energy to maintaining or updating their home and property, whether DIY or hired out, residents are continually adding to the community ambience. The development continues to draw residents with tremendous creative energy, from photographers to mystery writers, horticulturists, magazine editors, web developers, educators, chemists, surveyors and engineers. Whether you seek privacy or enjoy a more social environment, Windsor Hills can accommodate your needs.
* Windsor Hills history by John Damtoft with assistance from Beth & Pat Trepper, and Líza Williams