Modesty lock
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
1794 - 1900
Materials
Brass
Measurements
190 x 45 x 40 mm
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781882
Summary
Door catch mechanism. Modesty lock. Brass latch on the door and a heavy bolt sitting in a tubular holder attached to frame. It would have had a cord from the top of the bolt to the wall near the bed - pull the cord, the bolt rises and releases the latch.
Provenance
Peckover House with its fixtures and fittings was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1948 by Alexandrina Peckover (1860-1948)