Medium blue-grey that reads as Cornish slate against granite walls.
Slate grey is a cool, blue-leaning mid-grey that takes its cue from Cornish roofing slate — Delabole slate in particular, which weathers to exactly this tone.
It is a natural fit for properties with slate roofs, slate hung elevations and grey granite, which covers a very large share of Cornish housing stock.
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Picking the door colour up from the roof rather than from the walls is a reliable way to make a replacement door look original to the house. On slate-hung frontages around Delabole, Camelford and Tintagel the effect is particularly strong.
Because slate is a cool grey, it can look slightly detached next to warm brick or sandstone. On those frontages quartz grey or claystone is usually the better neutral.
Cool mid-greys are very forgiving of coastal grime and among the lowest-maintenance finishes available. Cornwall's salt-laden air is the single biggest factor in how any door finish ages, so we fit marine-grade stainless hardware as standard within two miles of the coast and recommend a rinse with clean water and a soft cloth every couple of months. No polish, no solvents, no jet wash. Done that way, the colour is covered by a 10-year colour-fastness guarantee and the door itself by a 10-year mechanical guarantee.
Pairs well with: Chrome, satin or black hardware; modern and traditional door styles.
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From Bude to Land's End, Padstow to the Lizard — our Cornwall-based surveyors and installers fit composite doors across every town, village and coastal parish in the county. Same standard, same 10-year guarantee, wherever you are.
