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The Georgian Group Guides
DOORS
A Brief Guide to the History and Care
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Georgian doors, bot
increasing numbers of Georgian houses defaced by the replacement of
original doors by inappropriate modern products which, however authentic
they pretend to be, help both to ruin the proportions and aesthetics of the
house and, more practically, to reduce the retail value of the building,
“This leaflet covers some of the essentials to bear in mind when dealing
with doors and porches, and illustrates the key do's and don'ts of door
replacement. Before you start any repairs on a Georgian house, always
consult the Conservation Officer of your local District or Borough Council
first. And remember that most alterations to listed buildings (or in some
cases even unlisted buildings in a Conservation Area) require Listed
Building Consent or planning permission before they are artempeed. Even
stripping the internal or external doors of e Listed Building may require
FORGIAN GROUP is often asked for advice about
‘external and internal. We have witnessed
HISTORY
RIOR TO THE LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY doors of
‘any importance were generally edged, i.e. they comprised
interlinked planks bound together with horizontal ledges. By the early
cighteenth century, however, the panelled door had become standard for
all houses of note, These consisted of a combination of panels, rails and
stiles, The panels were either recessed or raised, generally with chamfered
edges, and were “fielded” — flat, and with a surface on a similar plane to
that of the door frame, The number of pancls in a door varied ~
‘occasionally there were five or seven, one large panel stretching across the
door below the lower rail ~ but the most common arrangement was six
panels
‘As the eighteenth century progressed, the width ofthe panels decreased,
and the mouldings linking them to the stiles and rails became more subtle,
[At the same time doors were becoming more substantia, and door
furniture more elaborate, In 1749 the architect John Wood noted that,
‘whereas twenty yeurs previously “The Doors were slight and thin, and the
best Locks had only Iron coverings varnished .. .", by mid-century “the
Doors in general were not only made thick and substantial, but they had
the best Sor of Brass Lacks put on them”. By the middle of the nineteenth
century glass was being inserted into the top two panels of the door itself,
in order to provide the hall with more light.
Doorcases in the Baroque era tended to be of the hood-and-bracket form,
‘some of the more elaborate examples being provided with profusely-carved
and imaginative beackets or scrolls, supporting weighty hoods. During the
1720s these began to give way to the orthodox Palladian templesront
(aediculae”) doorease which became the standard pattern forthe remainder
of the Georgian period.
Baroque hoods, Palladian pediments or simple lintel-entablatures were
all invariably hollow, and were protected from rain penetration by simple
lead flashing.
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‘suo Fascia 1800. ANATOMY OF A DOOR
(irom Colin. Amery, Three Contaris of Architectural Craftomanshp, Butterworths 197)
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