Wooden Doors In Sherwood — Bespoke Timber by Old English Doors

Sherwood is one of Nottingham's most architecturally layered inner suburbs. Walk its streets and you read the full sweep of the city's late-Victorian and Edwardian residential expansion — bay-fronted terraces from the 1880s and 1890s, larger Edwardian semis from the early 1900s, and stretches of 1920s housing where Arts and Crafts influences began to soften the harder Victorian geometry. Every era has its own door language, and Sherwood has all of them.

Old English Doors designs, manufactures, and installs bespoke timber doors, windows, stained glass, gates, and porches for period and character homes across Sherwood and the wider NG5 area — from our workshop on Daleside Road, Nottingham.

Sherwood's Architectural Character — and What It Demands

The Victorian terraces of Sherwood were built for working and middle-class families who cared about the appearance of their homes. Front doors were raised-panel hardwood — typically four panels, sometimes six — with original mouldings, brass furniture, and in many cases a leaded or stained glass fanlight or upper panel that brought colour and light to the entrance hall. These details were not optional extras. They were part of the building.

When a mass-produced composite door is fitted in their place, the loss is immediate and irreversible. The panel proportions are wrong. The moulding depth is wrong. The material reads differently in light and rain. In a terrace, where every house is read against its neighbour, one bad replacement stands out from forty metres.

A bespoke timber door made for the specific opening, specific period, and specific property restores what was removed — and in Sherwood, where period character is a genuine part of the area's appeal, that matters to property value as much as to aesthetics.

Our Services for Sherwood Homes

Bespoke Wooden Front Doors

We produce bespoke timber front doors for every era represented in Sherwood's housing stock — Victorian, Edwardian, 1920s, and 1930s. Each door is designed from scratch for the property it will serve — proportions, profiles, glazing arrangement, and hardware all chosen for that house and no other. View our full door range →

Wooden Windows

Sherwood's Victorian and Edwardian housing was built with timber sash and casement windows that define the streetscape. Our bespoke wooden sash windows and casement windows are made to measure in hardwood, with modern performance built in. View wooden windows →

Stained Glass

Many of Sherwood's original Victorian and Edwardian front doors incorporated leaded or stained glass panels that brought extraordinary colour and character to otherwise modest terraces. Our stained glass doors and stained glass windows restore or recreate this tradition using traditional leading techniques. View stained glass →

Porches & Gates

A period-appropriate timber porch frames the entrance and completes the front elevation. Our wooden gates finish the boundary with the same quality and period intention.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you cover all of Sherwood, including the NG5 area? Yes. We serve Sherwood, Arnold, Carrington, Bestwood, and the wider NG5 district from our Nottingham workshop.

Can you reproduce the stained glass fanlight above my Sherwood front door? Yes. We work from photographs or surviving glass fragments to reproduce original leaded and stained glass designs with accuracy. This is a common request for Sherwood's Victorian and Edwardian properties.

My terrace house has a non-standard door size. Can you still help? Yes. Every door we make is made to measure. Non-standard openings — whether through settlement, previous alterations, or original construction variation — are standard for us.

Start Your Sherwood Project

Call 0115 958 8755 or request a free quote online.

Old English Doors | 5 Daleside Road, Nottingham, NG2 4DH Serving Sherwood, Arnold, Carrington, and the wider NG5 area