art deco front doors

[mary]

Hello,

Could anyone advise me where I may be able to purchase an original art deco front door with oval stained glass light?

I am new at this so please excuse my naivety,

Thanks

 

[middi]

Hi Mary, the only source I can think of is the architectural salvage outlets up and down the country.Start by checking with the one near to your location .

It may not be so easy, not only you need to locate one, also has to be within the dimensions you require.

Another alternative is to have one made.

 

[Juju]

A few years ago, despite my pleading, someone I know threw his stunning solid art deco front door into the skip and replaced it with a placcy one. There was nothing wrong it - they just couldn't be arsed to repaint it every few years. If I'd had somewhere to store it or even a car big enough to transport it, I'd have saved it, if only to resell on ebay or to a salvage yard so at least it wouldn't be in landfill. It's possible the builders did that of course. Looking back on it now, I suppose I should have pleaded harder but they'd already had a go at me for interfering in other aspects of their 'modernisation'!

 

[BMcD]

Hi,
I done a Google search for "Art Deco Front Doors" UK sites and these were in the top five results

http://www.bygones.net/1930s_Doors.asp
http://www.coxsarchitectural.co.uk/front-doors.htm
http://www.salvo.co.uk/surrey/doors...-front-door-with-sunburst-glass-x20153x1.html

 

[biffvernon]

Andy Thornton Ltd. at Greetland, West Yorkshire, is probably the biggest collection of architectural salvage. The Victoria Mills makes quite a day out if you're into that sort of thing.

They currently have pictures of 42 doors on:
this page.

But none seem to have an oval stained glass light