Doors

James W.P. Campbell MA, PhD, FSA, IHBC RIBA, is currently the Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and the Seear Fellow in Architecture and History of Art at Queens’ College, Cambridge. He is chairman of the Construction History Society and on the editorial panel of the Journal of Architectural Conservation. His previous books include Brick: A World History (2003), Building St Paul’s (2007), The Library: A World History (2013) and in the current series he co-edited with Michael Tutton Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation (2014). Michael Tutton, FSA, IHBC, has some 30 years' experience, largely in the construction industry, working principally on historic buildings as a site manager, clerk of works and consultant. He is past chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and is a Trustee of the Construction History Society. He currently divides his time as assistant architectural adviser to Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust and as an independent scholar writing and editing. He is co-editor of the two previous books in this series, Windows: History, Repair and Conservation, with Elizabeth Hirst and Staircases: History, Repair and Conservation, with James W. P. Campbell.

• Contributors Acknowledgements Preface IntroductionJames W. P. Campbell and Michael TuttonPART ONE: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DATING1 A Introduction to the Development of the Door and its Decoratin from its Beginning to the End of the Middles AgesMichael Tutton2 The Historical Development of the Door from the Middle Ages to the Present Day James W. P Campbell3 Dating Doors by their Details (1550-1850) Linda Hall4 Hinges as an aid to authentication and datingAdam Menuge5 The Survey and Scientific Dating of Doors Caroline HardiePART TWO: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING6 The Design, Geometry, Accessibility and Safety of Door James W P Campbell7 Engineering and the Design of Doors David YeomansPART THREE: CONSERVTAION AND REPAIR8 Conservation and Repair of Historic Timber doorsIan McCraig9 The Conservation and Reapir of Bronze Doors Lucy Branch10 Repair and Conservation of Stone Door Surrounds Tom Flemons11 The Conservation and Reapir of Locks Richard Taylor12 Maintenance and Cleaning of Historic DoorsAdam Menuge GlossaryBibliographyIndex

"Campbell, Tutton and colleagues have produced a text on doors unlike any that now exists. It gives a comprehensive history of the door, deals with the fundamentals of construction, design and detailing, and deals with every aspect of conservation." - Professor Miles Lewis, Architectural Historian, Melbourne"Doors is the first comprehensive study of a subject that will interest all those, from conservation architects to historians, who work professionally with these indispensable everyday objects. An impressive array of leading experts, including conservators, craftsmen, scholars and archaeologists, and several who are all of these, present here in lucid and readable chapters an account of the history of known doors, their details and ironmongery, construction, engineering and restoration, with many fascinating case studies drawn from the authors’ own experience." - Timothy Brittain-Catlin, Reader in Architecture, University of Kent