Antique black uPVC lever handle with a brass euro cylinder on a cream composite front door
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Antique black on a cottage composite door

A cream composite door with the look of forged iron: textured antique black handles, knocker, letter plate and hinge covers made to fit modern doors.

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The look
Fittings
Antique black
Front door
Cottage cream
House
Soft red brickClay tile
Garden
LavenderGravel

A cottage-style new build in soft red brick, with a cream composite front door, small bevelled glass panes and a tiled canopy on black brackets. Antique black fittings and a black lantern give it a traditional, hand-forged feel, and gravel, lavender and box finish the cottage look.

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Cottage-style red brick new build with white cottage windows, a tiled door canopy and a cream composite front door with antique black fittings, behind a gravel drive and box hedging Antique black house number 7 above an antique black ring knocker on a cream composite front door Antique black telescopic letter plate on a cream composite door with a postcard and envelope in the flap Keys on a leather fob in the brass euro cylinder below an antique black uPVC lever handle on a cream door Cream composite front door at dusk with a glowing black lantern and lit glass panes, the antique black knocker, lever and letter plate picked out Hallway inside a cream composite front door with an antique black lever and internal letter shield, a striped runner, coat pegs and a bench
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Antique black for a composite door

Cream composite cottage-style front door under a tiled canopy with an antique black lever handle, ring knocker, telescopic letter plate and house number 7, between pots of lavender 5 3 1 4
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Fitting a composite door

EraModern composite door, cottage style
Trend statusTimeless: the cottage look on a modern door
Inspired byForged ironwork on English cottage doors
SuitsNew builds, 1930s semis and modernised cottages

Why composite needs its own hardware

Composite and uPVC doors are thicker than most timber doors and use a multipoint locking strip down the edge, so ordinary period hardware rarely fits. Handles are made on a long backplate with set centres between the lever and cylinder, letter plates telescope to suit the door's depth, and knockers and centre knobs come with fixings designed for a hollow or foam-filled door.

Getting the forged look

Antique black has a slightly textured, hammered finish rather than a flat powder coat, which gives a plain composite door the character of old ironwork. Against cream or soft green, it reads as traditional without looking fussy, and it's practical: marks and fingerprints barely show.

The details that finish it

Matching numbers and a knocker in the same antique black pull the look together from the path. On the inside, an internal letter shield covers the back of the letter opening, tidies the cut edges and helps keep draughts out of the hall.

Measure before you order

Check the centres

Measure from the middle of the lever spindle to the middle of the cylinder hole on your existing handle. The Windsor, Balmoral and Heritage handles here are 92mm centres, the most common size.

Door thickness

Telescopic letter plates adjust to fit, but check the range against your door; most composite doors are around 44 to 48mm thick.

Keep the cylinder

If your lock works, you can usually reuse the existing euro cylinder with new handles, as long as the centres match.

Knob or lever

Some composite doors are fitted with a centre knob and a separate cylinder pull instead of a lever; the antique black versions here suit that layout too.