What Is A Victorian Front Door?
Victorian front doors feature decorative stained glass panels in a timber panel door with either four or three panels.
Victorian architecture refers to properties built between 1837 to 1900 during the reign of Queen Victoria. The predominant architectural style at this time was the terrace house which accounts for many of the terraced streets that reflect British housing. Terraced houses built for the middle classes are spacious with high ceilings and feature large protruding bay windows in the living room. The walls of a Victorian property are built with red brick and white stucco or stone dressings around the windows that offset the white window frames.
In the early Victorian period, the front door would have four panels with two panels of glass, but later it became more common for the top half of the door to be fully glazed. Some homes would have a sunken front door to create an inset porch and a transom/fanlight window above the door used for light in the halfway or ventilation. The Victorian front door and transom window would usually feature leaded decorative glass panels as a popular feature of embellishment.
To find an original Victorian door with glass panels still intact is a prized feature of a property. Many front doors on Victorian properties have been replaced and often with a uPVC door not in keeping with the original style of the house. Reclaimed and reconditioned Victorian front doors are popular for Victorian houses, but a new door can be better suited as it offers the best bespoke fit, finish and energy efficiency compared to an old door.
A new composite front door with decorative glass panels perfectly complements the Victorian-style house. Finish in a colour like red, dark blue or dark green for an authentic period look.
