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1920s front door style

Rosa_Damascena
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Next choice in my grand plan - to change the draughty old front door. Much as I like the smart look of a solid painted door, I will be the first to admit that it makes the hallway very dark. The style of my home similar enough to this. What kind of door with windows would suit a 1920s property of this style?


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I quite like the one you've got. What doesn't look 1920s is the white frame. In my neck of the woods with lots of 1920s houses is that both were the same colour or the frame darker.
One similarity was half glass, usually with 9 small panes.
Our local reclaim place has lots of the doors where people have swapped them for double glazed ones. The archetrave is more tricky.I can rise and shine - just not at the same time!
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twopenny said:I quite like the one you've got. What doesn't look 1920s is the white frame. In my neck of the woods with lots of 1920s houses is that both were the same colour or the frame darker.
One similarity was half glass, usually with 9 small panes.
Our local reclaim place has lots of the doors where people have swapped them for double glazed ones. The archetrave is more tricky.
The last time I picked up a reclaimed door a) it nearly broke my back lifting it and b) by the time it had been trimmed to size it would have lost its strength. It was beautiful though.
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Is something like this in keeping? I like it but it looks a bit ornate and Victorian to me.
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That is Victorian style, very much a town house type of door.This what would have been typical. Some of them are more 1930s than 20s on this page (sunbeams are a case in point), but not many people would notice.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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I did look at this website and was quite taken with some of the more ornate designs, but definitely not the sunshine. Unfortunately this company doesn't cover my area (...as yet, they say).No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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https://www.cotswood-doors.co.uk/portfolio-items/front-doors/1920s-and-1930s-doors/
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1920s was either plain or Art Deco, so take your pick. Doors of the period tended to be glazed on the upper third, and solid/paneled on the lower. Your example is more Victorian/Edwardian with an Art Nouveau influence.For most of the housing built between the wars, the style tended to be utilitarian and basic.Art Deco, more akin to this -Her courage will change the world.
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With genuine period doors with leaded glazing you do need to be aware that it is a weak point for break-in. Just one fairly gentle push in the middle is enough to dislodge the glass and provide easy access. I speak from experience.
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TELLIT01 said:With genuine period doors with leaded glazing you do need to be aware that it is a weak point for break-in. Just one fairly gentle push in the middle is enough to dislodge the glass and provide easy access. I speak from experience.
Wouldn't have that problem with the last pic . Keys in the door ha . 1920s doors were drab . small glass and nothing elaborate . "Georgian style was back in . That house in your first pic has a 30s/40s style roof . Lovely house btw . The starburst glass pic wouldn't look out of place with hat style house . Much better than the half moon Carolina style or reeded Kentucky1 -
greenface2 said:TELLIT01 said:With genuine period doors with leaded glazing you do need to be aware that it is a weak point for break-in. Just one fairly gentle push in the middle is enough to dislodge the glass and provide easy access. I speak from experience.
Wouldn't have that problem with the last pic . Keys in the door ha . 1920s doors were drab . small glass and nothing elaborate . "Georgian style was back in . That house in your first pic has a 30s/40s style roof . Lovely house btw . The starburst glass pic wouldn't look out of place with hat style house . Much better than the half moon Carolina style or reeded Kentucky
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