Antique brass reeded urn door knocker with fine horizontal grooves on its top bar, on a deep smoky green six-panel front door
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Reeded antique brass on a smoky green door

A near-black green door in a Bath stone doorcase, with a reeded knocker, reeded knob and reeded bell push in softly aged brass.

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The look
Fittings
Antique brass
Front door
Smoky green
House
Bath stoneWorn stone stepLead planters
Garden
Box

A detached Victorian villa in honey Bath stone, with a pilastered doorcase, a semicircular fanlight and three worn stone steps. The six-panel door is painted a deep, smoky green that reads almost black on a dull day and unmistakably green in sunshine. Its fittings share one detail: fine reeded grooves on the knocker's top bar, around the centre knob and on the round bell push, all in warm antique brass that sits comfortably against the stone.

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Reeded antique brass for a green front door

Deep smoky green six-panel front door in a Bath stone doorcase with a semicircular fanlight, fitted with antique brass number 21, reeded urn knocker, reeded centre knob, letter plate, cylinder pull and reeded bell push 4 1 5 6 2 3
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Why reeded brass suits a green door

EraMid-Victorian, 1850s to 1870s
Trend statusRising; dark greens are among the most popular door colours
Inspired byStone villas in Bath, Cheltenham and Clifton
SuitsDeep green, black and charcoal painted doors

A green that changes with the light

Deep smoky greens such as Farrow & Ball's Studio Green have become one of the favourite front door colours of the last few years. They look almost black under cloud and rich green in sun, which makes them feel more considered than black, and they sit naturally beside honey-coloured stone and clipped box.

One detail, repeated

Reeding is a run of fine parallel grooves cut into the metal. Here it appears on the knocker's top bar, on the knob and in rings around the bell push, so the set reads as a family even though each piece has a different shape. The plain letter plate gives the eye a rest in the middle of the door.

Why antique brass, not polished

Antique brass is a darkened, brushed finish that already looks decades old. Against warm stone it blends rather than glints, and it suits a house where the steps are worn and the stone has weathered. It is also forgiving: fingerprints and rain spots barely show.

Planning the door

Centre everything

Fix the numbers, knocker and knob on the door's vertical centre line, with the letter plate centred on the middle rail. On a six-panel door the centre stile is narrow, so measure the knob's 76mm base against it first.

Knob for pulling

The reeded centre knob is fixed and doesn't turn. It is there to pull the door closed; you open the door with your key in the cylinder, framed by the cylinder pull.

Inside the door

The 280mm interior flap covers the cut-out behind the 254mm letter plate and keeps the draught off the hall.

Carry it inside

Use reeded mortice knobs and reeded escutcheons on the internal doors so the same detail runs from the front step into every room.