Crittall-style screens for every kind of home
Where a screen works best depends on how the house was built. Pick your type of home to see the usual openings, the pitfalls and the products that suit it.
Victorian terraces
In a Victorian terrace, Crittall-style screens are most often used to open up the dark middle room between a rear kitchen extension and the...
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Edwardian houses are wider and lighter than Victorian terraces, with generous halls and paired reception rooms, so Crittall-style French...
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1930s semi-detached houses were often built with metal windows, so Crittall-style replacement windows, external doors and screens look...
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In a Georgian townhouse, Crittall-style glazing is used carefully: Georgian-bar doors between rooms, glazed screens at basement and...
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In a new build, Crittall-style screens and doors add character to plain open-plan spaces, most often between the kitchen and living area or...
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In warehouse and loft apartments, Crittall-style screens are used to create bedrooms and studies inside one large space without blocking...
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In barn conversions, Crittall-style glazing is used to fill large openings such as threshing bays, to divide double-height spaces and to...
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In period cottages, Crittall-style screens and small glazed doors are used to bring light into low-ceilinged, small-windowed rooms while...
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In mansion block flats, Crittall-style screens and doors are used to open up long, dark corridors and to join kitchens to living rooms,...
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In listed buildings, Crittall-style glazing can often be added to later partitions, service areas and new openings, but any change that...
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