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Bespoke security doors
in Ealing.

Character at the front. Light at the back.

London Door Company provides bespoke security doors and architectural glazing for homes across Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Northolt, Southall. Start with the building, the street and the way you live.

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YOUR LONDON / Ealing
LOCAL COVERAGE

Ealing
Acton
Hanwell
Northolt
Southall

One area.
Many kinds of home.
YOUR EALING PROJECT

A better entrance starts here.

Tell us about your home, preferred style and priorities. We’ll help shape your door and glazing brief.

DESIGNED AROUND YOUR PROPERTY

Character at the front. Light at the back.

A considered entrance starts with a clear brief.

If you are planning both an entrance replacement and garden glazing, develop a shared palette while allowing each elevation to do a different job. The front may prioritise privacy; the rear may prioritise a clear view.

We serve Ealing with a coordinated conversation about the leaf, frame, locking, glass and installation. The proposed configuration and its supporting performance evidence should be agreed before manufacture.

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Butterfly‑Roofed Arts and Crafts House
LOCAL ARCHITECTURE · Ealing

Butterfly‑Roofed Arts and Crafts House

This local reference shows the building in its street or landscape setting. Look at the relationship between openings, materials and the wider elevation before developing a door design for your own home.

Photograph: Jim Osley / Butterfly‑Roofed Arts and Crafts House ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗. Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop the framing. Adaptation available under the same licence.
THREE LOCAL PERSPECTIVES

Know the street.
Understand the home.

A useful local brief goes beyond a postcode. These neighbourhoods show why Ealing needs more than one entrance design.

01 / LOCAL PERSPECTIVE

Brentham & Hanger Hill

Brentham Garden Suburb · Pitshanger Lane · Hanger Hill

Garden-suburb layouts create a close relationship between the house, garden boundary and entrance. Distinctive roofs and cottage-like forms favour a carefully scaled door.

The door brief

Keep porch, glazing and panel details in the same design conversation.

02 / LOCAL PERSPECTIVE

Ealing Green & the town centre

Ealing Green · Ealing Broadway · Pitzhanger Manor

Older houses and civic landmarks sit beside a busy centre. The street frontage may have different requirements from a private garden elevation.

The door brief

Develop a coordinated palette without forcing the same door system onto every opening.

03 / LOCAL PERSPECTIVE

Acton, Hanwell & Southall

Acton High Street · Hanwell Clock Tower · Norwood Green

These local centres and surrounding residential streets have their own character. Terraced houses and newer apartments also bring different access and approval routes.

The door brief

Send a postcode and photographs so the exact building type guides the enquiry.

Neighbourhoods and streets are orientation references, not precise designation boundaries or claims of completed installations. Council heritage reference ↗

FROM LOCAL CHARACTER TO DOOR DESIGN

Different homes.
Different entrances.

Panelled period-style entrance within a decorative surround
Period-style design reference

A familiar frontage.

Panel layout, upper glazing and the surround should be considered together. Use the existing elevation to set the proportions.

Contemporary double entrance with sidelights
Contemporary design reference

A composed arrival.

A larger glazed arrangement needs a coordinated frame, threshold and access brief. Confirm the evidence for the selected system.

FROM ARCHITECTURE TO SPECIFICATION

Four homes. Four starting points.

01 / TOWNHOUSE & VILLA

Keep the proportions.

Survey the full opening, including fanlights, sidelights, steps and surrounds. Review historic joinery and any consent requirements before deciding what can change.

02 / MEWS HOME

Work with the opening.

Check clear access, thresholds and the relationship with adjacent garage or service openings. Consider privacy and daylight together where the entrance faces a narrow lane.

03 / APARTMENT

Coordinate the whole building.

Confirm whether the project concerns a communal entrance or a flat entrance. Security, accessibility and any required fire and smoke performance must work together.

04 / GARDEN EXTENSION

Consider every entrance.

Bring sliding doors, bifolds and accessible glazing into the security brief. Ask for evidence covering the chosen system, sizes, glazing and installation.

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YOUR EALING PROJECT

Bring your ideas to life.

Share your plans or a photograph of your entrance to start a conversation about design, security and the right specification.

EALING COUNCIL

Character worth keeping.
Details worth checking.

Ealing's council records conservation-boundary changes approved in November 2025, including changes around Ealing Green and Hanwell Clock Tower. Use the current map rather than assuming an older appraisal boundary still applies unchanged.

Begin with your address.

Establish whether the building is nationally listed, locally listed, in a conservation area or subject to an Article 4 direction. These are different controls. Ask the local authority about the proposed alteration before ordering.

For a listed building, work affecting its special character requires listed-building consent. Historic doors may be better repaired or sensitively upgraded. Listed-building consent ↗ · Historic England door guidance ↗

SAFETY IN EALING

Assess the entrance.
Understand the context.

Local crime reports can help frame questions. They do not establish the risk to a particular home or the performance a proposed door will deliver.

The complete doorset.

Review the frame, fixings, locking and glazing together. Ask for supporting evidence that covers the actual size and configuration, and bring written insurer requirements into the discussion.

Every accessible opening.

Include side doors, garden glazing and accessible windows in the assessment. Check the route into the property and how residents manage visitors and deliveries.

Safe everyday use.

Convenient access and safe escape belong in the brief. For a shared building, involve the responsible professionals rather than selecting a door on appearance alone.

Search the exact postcode and check the reporting period and offence category. Street-level mapping can be approximate; borough totals are not a ranking of individual homes.

THE EALING PROPERTY CONTEXT

Invest in the home.
Respect its character.

Homes around Brentham & Hanger Hill, Ealing Green & the town centre and Acton, Hanwell & Southall can differ substantially in size, age, ownership and setting. A single borough average cannot value a particular property.

For an entrance project, focus on appropriate detailing, dependable operation and the agreed specification. We do not imply that replacing a door guarantees an increase in value.

OFFICIAL MARKET CONTEXT

Explore the local figures.

Use the ONS local housing tool to check the latest available period and property-type breakdown. Provisional figures can be revised, and low transaction volumes can make small areas volatile.

ONS: Ealing house prices ↗

ONS / HM Land Registry. Follow the source for its publication date and notes; this guide does not substitute an asking price or an estimate for official sales data.

PLANNING YOUR EALING PROJECT

A few useful questions.

Which parts of Ealing do you cover?

We welcome enquiries across Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Northolt, Southall and the wider borough. Send the postcode and photographs so survey arrangements and installation scope can be agreed for your property.

Can a security entrance suit an older home?

Start with the building and the significance of the existing door. Retention or repair may be appropriate. Where replacement is suitable, agree the appearance, required performance and any consents together.

What should I send first?

Send the two openings as separate items, noting which matters most and whether they share an installation programme. Include the postcode, approximate dimensions, design priorities and any known heritage, lease or insurer requirements.

Can you include bifolds or sliding doors?

Yes. We can discuss oversized bifolds, sliding doors and architectural glazing and pivot entrances within a coordinated project brief. Product suitability, dimensions and performance depend on the selected system and site.

What if the entrance serves a flat?

Identify whether it is the flat door or the communal entrance. Involve the freeholder or managing agent and establish fire, smoke, escape, access and security requirements before specifying a replacement.

LOCAL FOCUS. LONDON-WIDE COVERAGE.

Ealing,
within London.

Your area is highlighted on the interactive map. Explore nearby coverage or send a local project enquiry.

YOUR EALING PROJECT

Start with your home.
Shape your entrance.

Tell us about the property, the opening and what matters most.

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Research & sources Reviewed 5 November 2026

Council sources establish the heritage context. Door-design suggestions are our interpretation, not a survey of named properties. Local photographs are architectural references; other photographs are separately labelled design references.

  1. Conservation areas | Ealing Council ↗
  2. Introduction | Ealing conservation areas | Ealing Council ↗
  3. Review of conservation areas | Review of conservation areas | Ealing Council ↗
  4. Historic England: doors in historic homes ↗
  5. Historic England: listed-building consent ↗
  6. Police: door-security advice ↗
  7. ONS: local house prices ↗
  8. Local photograph and licence record ↗
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