23/07/2026
# # Restoration & Reproduction: Victorian-Style Arched Panel Door with Stained Glass
**The Piece**
A striking stripped pine door featuring a bold circular stained glass window — nine hand-leaded panes in rich cobalt blue, deep amber, and emerald green, set within a perfectly turned circular frame. Below, three tall arched fielded panels give the door real presence and craftsmanship, with an original letterbox and knob-hole still intact.
**Era & Age**
Style and construction point to the **late Victorian to Edwardian period, roughly 1880–1910**. The circular "porthole" stained glass motif with a nine-pane grid was a popular decorative feature of this era, often found on townhouse and terrace front doors across the UK. The arched fielded lower panels are typical of the joinery techniques of the time — solid timber panels, mortice and tenon frame construction, no modern fixings. The door has since been stripped back to bare pine, revealing the original grain and joinery beneath old paint layers.
**The Brief**
- Full restoration of the existing door: repair joints, address timber damage/movement, re-secure and reseal the stained glass panels, refinish the woodwork
- Build a matching **reproduction door** as an exact copy, using traditional joinery methods and matching stained glass colourways/pattern
**Our Approach**
As skilled craftsmen, we're equipped to handle both sides of this job:
- Careful assessment and sympathetic repair of the original — preserving as much period material and glass as possible
- Precise measuring and pattern-matching to reproduce the arched panel layout and circular glazed window
- Sourcing or hand-cutting matching stained/textured glass to replicate the original palette
- Traditional mortice and tenon joinery on the new piece, built to last as long as the original has
Whether it's delicate restoration of an irreplaceable original or building a faithful copy from scratch, this is exactly the kind of work we specialise in — no job too intricate, no detail
