DESIGN DETAILS IRONMONGERY

Ironmongery is the finishing detail to a period home and, I feel, key to achieving any sense of character or highlighting an interior style. Despite being designed for functional purposes, the right piece of ironmongery, doorknob, or thumb latch can make any space.

Design evolution

As people in the late medieval and Tudor periods began to live in homes with more than one principal room, the need for room divides and ways of accessing and closing off different rooms became necessary. At first, these spaces would have been separated by woven hangings and fabrics, but gradually wooden doors hung on long wrought-iron strap hinges became more widespread. The forms of these were initially quite rudimentary with any decorative detailing usually relating