Bespoke timber entrance doors
The front door is part of the façade, not an accessory
A successful entrance is a composition: the door leaf, frame, fanlight, side lights, steps, ironmongery and surrounding architecture all work together. If the proportions are wrong, an expensive door can still feel disconnected from the house.
Designed as architecture
Build the entrance around the house, not around a catalogue.
Bespoke timber gives us control over panel sizes, rail positions, glazing, mouldings and paint. That allows the design to echo the age and formality of the building, whether the brief calls for a restrained Georgian entrance, a confident Victorian panelled door or a cleaner contemporary interpretation.
Panel proportions
Fanlights & side lights
Glazing
Ironmongery
Mouldings
Paint colour
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Designed around
the building
the building
Made-to-order doors
Choose your style & colour
Six examples to show the possibilities — not a fixed palette. Another suitable exterior paint colour can be discussed by reference.
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Classic Black
Formal, architectural and particularly strong with brass furniture.
Deep Navy
A restrained alternative to black against pale stone and painted surrounds.
Deep Burgundy
Rich and traditional for a confident period entrance.
Muted Sage
A softer heritage-inspired tone for stone, planting and country architecture.
Deep Teal
Distinctive without becoming loud, especially against traditional brick.
Warm Greige
Quiet and understated when the surrounding architecture should dominate.
These are examples, not the range.
Bespoke exterior paint colours can be discussed by reference alongside panel design, fanlights, glazing, side lights and hardware.
Build your entrance
Four decisions that change the character completely.
The door leaf is only one part of the design. The surrounding composition matters just as much.
01
Panel style
Raised and fielded panels, glazed panels or cleaner arrangements developed around the period and scale of the façade.
02
Fanlight & glazing
Fanlights, side lights, stained glass, curved glazing and obscured glass can all change the entrance dramatically.
03
Ironmongery
Antique brass, chrome, satin chrome, black and pewter finishes give the same door a very different character.
04
Paint & furniture
Colour, letter plate, pull, handle and cylinder should be selected together rather than added at the end.
Performance without visual compromise
Modern security, hidden inside traditional joinery.
The entrance can retain the proportions and visual language of the building while incorporating modern locking, weather sealing and glazing.
From façade to finished entrance
Start with the house.
A made-to-order entrance works best when the decisions happen in the right order.
Survey
Understand the opening, façade, threshold, existing joinery and architectural context.
Design
Resolve panels, fanlight, side lights, glass, hardware and paint as one composition.
Manufacture
Build the bespoke hardwood entrance around the agreed specification.
Install
Fit, seal and finish the entrance so the new joinery belongs naturally to the building.
Questions before a survey
Entrance Door FAQs
Project-specific requirements vary, particularly on listed and conservation properties.
What security system is used on Box Sash entrance doors?+
The current specification describes a turn-key espagnolette system tested in accordance with PAS24:2016, including anti-push-back claw hooks.
Can entrance doors include stained glass or curved glazing?+
Yes. Stained glass and curved glazing are listed among the personalisation options.
Can the door colour be matched to a paint reference?+
Box Sash offers bespoke paint choices and can match exterior paint to a specified reference.
Made for one house
Bring us the architecture. We’ll build the entrance around it.
Book a survey to establish the proportions, style, colour, glazing, hardware and performance specification that make sense for the property.
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