Traditional composite doors.
Traditional composite door installations across Cornwall — real jobs, not stock photography.
The traditional gallery shows the panelled, moulded composite doors fitted on Victorian and Edwardian terraces across Truro, Falmouth, Penzance and Redruth, along with the panelled cottage doors found further into the county. These doors keep the raised panel detailing, brass or antique-black hardware and proportions of the original timber doors they've replaced.
Because so much of Cornwall's housing stock predates 1930, traditional panelled styles remain the single biggest category we install, usually in black, cream, French navy or a woodgrain finish rather than the greys and whites more common on modern estates.
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Matching a composite door to a period frontage
A four- or six-panel moulded composite door replicates the panel lines, raised mouldings and proportions of the timber door it replaces, so from the street it reads as historically appropriate rather than as an obvious replacement. Getting this right matters more in conservation areas, where planning officers look closely at whether a replacement door respects the character of the terrace.
Hardware and glazing that complete the look
Brass or antique-black knockers, letterplates and centre knobs are the standard finish for period doors, and leaded or decorative glazing in the upper panel is far more common here than in the modern gallery. Together they're what separates a genuinely period-look composite door from a generic panelled design.
Traditional composite doors — common questions
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