Georgian Bar Crittall-Style Doors and Screens
Georgian bar Crittall-style glazing divides each pane into a fine grid of smaller panes, echoing traditional sash and casement windows. It suits period houses where a plain grid would look too modern.
Suits: Georgian and Regency townhouses, listed buildings and cottages
Getting the georgian bar look right
Georgian proportions are based on panes taller than they are wide, usually in a 3 by 4 or 2 by 3 arrangement. Keeping those proportions is what makes a screen look right in a period room.
On external doors and windows, bars can be through the glass or bonded to both faces with a spacer between the panes, so they read as true divided lights.
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Questions about this style
Are Georgian bars real or stuck on?
Internal screens can use true divided panes. Double-glazed doors and windows usually have bars on both faces with a spacer in between, which looks the same from a normal distance.
Will Georgian bars suit a modern extension?
They can, if the house is period and you want the extension to match. Otherwise a classic grid is usually a better fit.