Door
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1570 - 1599
Materials
Oak and iron
Place of origin
Shropshire
Collection
Wilderhope Manor, Shropshire
NT 112211
Summary
Principal entrance door (D1) on the south elevation of the manor at the southern side of a transverse cross-passage accessed from a projecting square porch. The doorway is wide, of four-centred form with a bold chamfer and roll moulding, stopped to the base. The door itself is of solid oak construction, of double-thickness with exterior vertical planking backed internally with horizontal boards. The door is studded and is pin-hung to the west on long, iron strap hinges with gently expanded terminals. Internally it is furnished with both iron and wooden latches; additional security was afforded by a timber draw-bar (missing), the housings for which survive within the flanking walls. (Description taken from Historic Building Record & Assessment of Wilderhope Manor by Ric Tyler, January 2015)