In article .com,
"freepo" writes:
The house has recently been "done up" to sell, so yes they are new
windows. They have "brick arch" lintels on the outside (probably
large timber lintel on the inside) it looks like the brick arch is
starting to give way.

So it would probably require new lintels to the outside replacing the
brick arches. Not a big job eh?

Brick arches often slip a bit, and providing they're stable
now, may need nothing doing at all other than repointing any
cracks and keeping an eye out for any more movement.
There's a substantial amount of wall to the sides of all the
arches, so it's unlikely the arches are going to spread
significantly. (It would be much more of a potential problem
if the arches were near corners.)

However, you should draw this to your surveyor's attention
for his comments.

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Andrew Gabriel
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