Black antique iron pull handle with spear finials fixed upright beside the opening edge of a honey oak plank door
Plank doors · Barn conversion

Pull handles and tee hinges for plank doors

Honey oak ledged doors, limewashed stone and forged black iron: the hardware that suits a barn conversion, with warm pewter as a softer alternative.

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Oatmeal linenSheepskin

A stone barn with a full oak frame, a glazed gable and worn Yorkstone flags underfoot. Every internal door is a natural oak ledged plank door with long tee hinges and a forged pull, black iron in the living spaces and soft pewter on the bedroom, with matching ring pulls on the boot room cupboards.

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Vaulted barn conversion with an oak frame and glazed gable, limewashed stone walls, Yorkstone flags, a wood burner and two oak ledged doors with black iron hardware Hammered black iron tee hinge across the planks of an oak ledged door beside a limewashed stone wall Oak plank boot room cupboards with black iron Tudor ring pulls above coat pegs, waxed jackets and wellies on a flagstone floor Open oak plank door resting against a black iron projection door stop on a limestone wall, its black tee hinges fixed to the frame on the far side Sliding oak barn door on a black top track with a black iron offset pull, half open onto a pantry of jars and baskets Oak ledged bedroom door in a limewashed stone wall with pewter tee hinges fixed to the frame and a pewter bow pull handle, beside an oak chair with a linen throw
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Black iron for a plank door

Honey oak ledged plank door in a limewashed stone barn wall with two black iron tee hinges and a black iron pull handle, beside an oak settle and boots 2 1
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Hardware for ledged doors

EraAgricultural buildings, converted
Trend statusTimeless: the authentic plank-door look
Inspired byThreshing barns, granaries and old farmhouses
SuitsBarn conversions, cottages and oak-framed new builds

Why pulls and tee hinges

Ledged and braced doors are made from vertical boards held by horizontal ledges on the back, so there are no panels or stiles for a lever on a backplate. A long pull handle fixes straight through the boards, and tee hinges spread the weight of a heavy oak door across several planks, which is exactly what they were invented for.

Black iron or pewter

Forged black iron gives the strongest contrast against honey oak and limewash, and suits the scale of a big barn space. Pewter is softer and slightly warmer, and works well on bedrooms or anywhere you want the hardware to recede. Mixing the two room by room is fine, as long as each door is consistent.

Sliding barn doors

Where there isn't room for a door to swing, a sliding plank door on a top track is the obvious answer. An offset pull handle sits out from the face, so your knuckles clear the wall as the door slides back. A plank door that swings still needs a latch to hold it shut, so plan for one when you choose the pull.

Choosing sizes

Hinge length

Tee hinges should reach at least a third of the way across the door. On a standard internal door, 380 to 456mm hinges look right and carry the weight.

Pull length

Use a 300mm pull on full-height doors and a smaller 150mm pull or ring on cupboards, so the scale steps down with the joinery.

Screw it properly

Fix tee hinges into the ledges on the back of the door, not just the boards, for a door that won't drop over time.

Stop the swing

A projection door stop on the skirting keeps a heavy plank door from hitting the stone wall.