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Liskeard: Granite Cottages to Modern Estates, One Consistent Standard

By Cornwall Composite Doors · 19 November 1969 · 4 min read

Liskeard's mix of granite-fronted cottages and modern estate housing get the same underlying composite specification — just different styling.

A market town with genuinely mixed housing

Liskeard, near Stuart House and Siblyback Lake, has a proper mix of older granite-fronted cottages in the town centre and later estate housing on its outskirts, and we treat these quite differently at the styling stage while keeping the underlying specification — insulated core, PAS24 security, 10-year guarantee — identical.

Town-centre granite frontages

Around the town centre, traditional and cottage-style composite doors in heritage colours suit Liskeard's granite far better than a contemporary flush door would — Chartwell Green and Duck Egg Blue are the most requested colours here, both sitting comfortably against the stone.

Outskirt estates and modern styling

On Liskeard's newer estates, contemporary flush and half-glazed composite doors in Anthracite Grey or White are more common, generally matching existing modern window frames — a straightforward way to give the whole frontage a coordinated look.

No maintenance, sharp finish for a decade

Whichever style suits your property, the practical case for composite in Liskeard is the same: the finish stays sharp for a decade with almost no maintenance, unlike the timber fronts common on the town's older cottages, which need repainting every few years to stay presentable.

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