interior detail for labourers victorian cottage ( uk)

[philpjuk100]

Pic of other side of three plank door as requested,It looks to have been modified over its life hope this helps,phil.

 

[Feltwell]

is there any particular history/preference to the number of planks in doors that may have been used in victorian cottages i wonder?

I'd say it was almost certainly dependent just on what they could buy locally in the way of widths of timber, and would have nothing to do with fashion.

A planked door is very much a "functional" door, to be found in the more utilitarian parts of middle-class Victorian homes, or in use throughout in more working-class homes. Therefore function and price rather than form was likely to have been the deciding factor, even though they may have been embellished with details such as beading (which it looks like Phil's has been)

Lovely doors though, I suspect the problem in replicating now may be finding suitable timber in wide enough planks.

 

[Penners]

I'd say it was almost certainly dependent just on what they could buy locally in the way of widths of timber, and would have nothing to do with fashion.....A planked door is very much a "functional" door.

I entirely agree. In this affluent age we get all misty-eyed about planked/ledge-and-brace doors, but I'm certain their origin lies simply in the cheapest, easiest way to block the hole in the wall.

 

[Hatster]

Can't help thinking it would probably be most authentic to go to the local dump and see what sizes of wood you manage to pull out of the skips! Authentic serendipity and re-use of local materials...

 

[Penners]

An authentically good plan, Hatster - but sadly of dubious legality.

Your local jobsworths get funny about people liberating stuff from their skips.

 

[yamin]

Back to the original query,English Cottage Interiors by Hugh Lander and Peter Rauter,published by weidenfield and nicolson 1989,well worth hunting for a copy.Phil (mancunian welsh living in nottinghamshire!)

OK, so fess up! Who else bought this book! There are none left now on Amazon, I was much too slow in finding this link!

 

[FamilyWiggs]

An authentically good plan, Hatster - but sadly of dubious legality.

Your local jobsworths get funny about people liberating stuff from their skips.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/7413434.stm

:roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[robgil]

Back to the original query,English Cottage Interiors by Hugh Lander and Peter Rauter,published by weidenfield and nicolson 1989,well worth hunting for a copy.Phil (mancunian welsh living in nottinghamshire!)

OK, so fess up! Who else bought this book! There are none left now on Amazon, I was much too slow in finding this link!

pm for you yamin. :wink:

 

[philpjuk100]

Have found eight copies on ebay from £1.99,hope this helps(its my second favorite book after my rupert album!)phil.

 

[philpjuk100]

Still on amazon as a paperback,four used copies at 1p and others up to £63!!,phil.

 

[yamin]

Interesting, there were no used copies flagged up on the amazon page for this book, when I found it.

 

[philpjuk100]

need to look for paperback,cheers,phil.

 

[FamilyWiggs]

Depends which version you're after.

The 1990 paperback is widely available from a couple of quid including postage.

The newer edition starts at about thirty five quid.

 

[Hatster]

Oh, I've bought the 1983 edition, and it's absolutely fascinating / gripping / hilarious!

At Hatster Towers, we've all been reading it all weekend. My friend sat in our kitchen on the morning of her wedding reading aloud instructions to "look out for 18th century painted floor cloths in your attic".

Thanks very much for the recommendation. Is the most recent edition much different? We did say that hopefully its no longer necessary to tell people not to do some of the more awful 'don'ts'.

 

[philpjuk100]

Hi mine says"first published in 1989"if the newer version is different I would would consider buying a copy as I have enjoyed the 1989 copy so much,but then I bought this copy for £1.99 from the oxfam shop and the new one is a bit pricey!phil.