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

Introduction

James W. P. Campbell and Michael Tutton

PART ONE: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND DATING

1 A Introduction to the Development of the Door and its Decoratin from its Beginning to the End of the Middles Ages

Michael Tutton

2 The Historical Development of the Door from the Middle Ages to the Present Day

James W. P Campbell

3 Dating Doors by their Details (1550-1850)

Linda Hall

4 Hinges as an aid to authentication and dating

Adam Menuge

5 The Survey and Scientific Dating of Doors

Caroline Hardie

PART TWO: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

6 The Design, Geometry, Accessibility and Safety of Door

James W P Campbell

7 Engineering and the Design of Doors

David Yeomans

PART THREE: CONSERVTAION AND REPAIR

8Conservation and Repair of Historic Timber doors

Ian McCraig

9 The Conservation and Reapir of Bronze Doors

Lucy Branch

10 Repair and Conservation of Stone Door Surrounds

Tom Flemons

11 The Conservation and Reapir of Locks

Richard Taylor

12 Maintenance and Cleaning of Historic Doors

Adam Menuge

Glossary

Bibliography

Index