Bespoke Timber French Doors
Handcrafted bespoke timber French doors
Factory-finished in your choice of colour or stain
Premium timbers including Accoya®, Oak & Sapele
A beautifully crafted pair of bespoke timber French doors provides an elegant connection between your home and garden while filling your living spaces with natural light. With their timeless proportions and understated design, French doors complement everything from traditional cottages and period properties to contemporary extensions and architect-designed homes.
Every pair is handcrafted to order in our workshop in Rylstone, near Skipton, using premium timbers including Accoya®, European Oak and Sapele. Whether replacing existing patio doors, restoring a period property or creating a contemporary extension, each pair is designed around the architecture and individual requirements of your home.
From glazing and threshold options to architectural ironmongery, factory-applied finishes and high-performance security, every detail is carefully considered. The result is bespoke timber French doors that combine elegant proportions with excellent thermal efficiency, weather protection and everyday performance.
From our Yorkshire workshop, we create bespoke timber French doors for homes throughout the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas.
Overview
French doors are characterised by a pair of hinged glazed doors that open from the centre, creating a generous connection between interior and exterior spaces. Their balanced proportions and traditional appearance make them a versatile choice for both period and contemporary properties.
Unlike our Bespoke Timber Bi-fold Doors, which are designed to create wider openings by folding multiple panels to one or both sides, French doors offer a simpler configuration with a classic architectural appearance. They work particularly well where the available opening is more compact or where the proportions of a traditional pair of doors better suit the property.
Designed specifically for your opening, our bespoke timber French doors can incorporate sidelights, fanlights, glazing bars, mouldings and different threshold arrangements to suit the architecture and practical requirements of your home.
Why Choose Timber?
Timber is an exceptional material for bespoke French doors, combining natural character, structural strength and remarkable design flexibility. Every piece has its own distinctive grain and texture, giving each finished pair an individual appearance that manufactured alternatives cannot replicate.
Its versatility allows carefully proportioned frames, glazing bars, mouldings and bespoke architectural details to be created with precision. This makes timber equally suited to traditional properties, heritage projects and contemporary architecture.
Timber can also be repaired, refinished and maintained throughout its serviceable life. Responsibly sourced timber is a renewable building material, making it a considered choice for homeowners seeking high-quality bespoke joinery with strong environmental credentials.
Why Choose Accoya®?
Accoya® has become the benchmark for premium timber joinery and is one of our preferred materials for bespoke timber French doors. Through an advanced acetylation process, it offers exceptional durability, dimensional stability and weather resistance, making it ideally suited to the British climate.
Accoya is highly resistant to swelling, shrinking and twisting. As a result, it is particularly well suited to external doors where precise alignment and smooth operation are important throughout changing seasons. Its outstanding dimensional stability can also help factory-applied finishes perform for longer while reducing maintenance requirements.
Manufactured from responsibly sourced timber and backed by industry-leading warranties, Accoya combines strong environmental credentials with exceptional stability and performance, making it an excellent choice for bespoke timber French doors.
Timber French Door Configurations
Every bespoke timber French door is individually designed to complement the architecture of your home and the practical requirements of your project.
We regularly manufacture:
- Traditional French Doors
- Contemporary French Doors
- Accoya® French Doors
- Hardwood French Doors
- Heritage French Doors
- French Doors with Sidelights
- French Doors with Fanlights
Whether replacing existing patio doors, opening onto a landscaped garden or creating a contemporary extension, every pair is manufactured to your required dimensions. Opening arrangements, threshold options, glazing, mouldings, sidelights, fanlights and factory finishes can all be tailored to create a carefully considered design for your property.
French Doors or Bi-fold Doors?
Both French doors and bi-fold doors provide beautiful ways to connect your home with the garden, but each creates a different appearance and style of opening.
French doors offer timeless proportions and a classic appearance that complements both period and contemporary homes. Their relatively simple two-door configuration works particularly well for cottages, farmhouses, period properties and extensions where a traditionally proportioned opening suits the architecture.
Timber bi-fold doors can create significantly wider openings, making them particularly suited to larger extensions and contemporary living spaces where maximising the connection between indoors and out is a priority.
During the design process, we’ll discuss the advantages of each option and help you choose the solution that best suits your home, available opening and project requirements.
Architectural Ironmongery
Beautifully crafted timber French doors deserve architectural ironmongery that performs as well as it looks. Every pair is fitted with carefully selected door furniture designed to provide smooth operation, dependable security and durability while complementing the character of your home.
We specify premium-quality products from trusted manufacturers including From the Anvil, Croft Architectural Hardware and Coastal Group, offering a wide choice of traditional and contemporary designs and finishes.
Whether restoring a period property or creating a contemporary extension, we’ll help you select architectural ironmongery that complements the design of your French doors while providing security and everyday practicality.
Bespoke Glazing Options
Glazing plays an important role in both the appearance and performance of bespoke timber French doors. Whether introducing additional natural light into your home or reproducing traditional detailing for a period property, we offer a wide range of glazing options tailored to your project.
Our glazing options include:
- High-Performance Double Glazing
- Heritage Double Glazing
- Toughened Safety Glass
- Laminated Security Glass
- Acoustic Glazing
- Decorative Glass
- Obscure Privacy Glass
For period and heritage properties, Heritage Double Glazing may be appropriate where traditional proportions need to be considered alongside improved thermal performance.
We carefully consider each glazing specification to balance natural light, energy efficiency, privacy, security and comfort while complementing the design of your timber French doors.
Factory Finishing
A beautifully crafted pair of timber French doors deserves an equally exceptional finish.
We professionally prepare and factory finish every bespoke timber French door in our dedicated spray facility in Rylstone, near Skipton, using advanced Teknos microporous coating systems. These specialist finishes provide protection against moisture, UV exposure and the changing British climate while allowing the timber to breathe naturally.
We can colour-match most specifications, including Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Dulux and the RAL Colour Collection. We also offer a carefully selected range of premium stains to enhance the natural beauty of Accoya®, European Oak and Sapele.
Every pair of French doors undergoes a thorough quality inspection before leaving our workshop, ensuring the finish, operation and craftsmanship meet our standards.
Why Choose James Wilding Joinery?
Choosing bespoke timber French doors allows you to create an opening designed specifically around the architecture and requirements of your home.
Every commission is approached individually, giving you design flexibility across proportions, timber selection, glazing, architectural ironmongery and finishing details. Whether replacing existing patio doors, restoring a period property or creating a contemporary extension, the same care and attention is applied throughout.
From initial design through to manufacture, factory finishing and installation, our experienced team carefully manages each stage of the project.
Our approach combines traditional craftsmanship, carefully selected materials, thoughtful design and modern precision to create bespoke timber French doors that complement the architecture of your home.
Start Your Project
Whether you’re replacing existing patio doors, restoring a period property or creating a new connection between your home and garden, we would be delighted to discuss your project.
From initial ideas and configurations to timber selection, glazing, architectural ironmongery and finishing, our experienced team can guide you through each stage of creating your bespoke timber French doors.
If you’re planning a project in Skipton, Harrogate, York, Wharfedale, the Ribble Valley, Calder Valley or elsewhere across Yorkshire and the surrounding areas, get in touch to discuss your requirements.
Explore Our Bespoke Timber Doors
Alongside our bespoke timber French doors, we design and manufacture a wide range of handcrafted timber doors to suit traditional and contemporary properties. Explore our related door styles below to find the right design for your home.
Bespoke Timber French Door Gallery
Explore a selection of bespoke timber French doors handcrafted in our Yorkshire workshop.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are bespoke timber French doors energy efficient?
Yes. Our bespoke timber French doors combine carefully selected timber, high-performance weather seals and modern double glazing to provide excellent thermal performance and help reduce heat loss.
Do I need planning permission to install or replace French doors?
Planning permission is not always required when installing or replacing external doors, but this will depend on the property and the work involved. Additional permissions may be required for listed buildings, properties within conservation areas, homes affected by an Article 4 Direction or where structural alterations form part of the project.
Building Regulations are separate from planning permission and may also apply. If you’re unsure, we recommend checking with your Local Planning Authority or Building Control before work begins.
Can French doors be manufactured in Accoya®?
Yes. Accoya® is one of our preferred timber choices for external French doors thanks to its exceptional dimensional stability, durability and resistance to changing weather conditions.
Can you manufacture French doors for period properties?
Yes. We manufacture bespoke French doors for period properties, listed buildings and conservation projects, with proportions, mouldings, glazing and architectural detailing tailored to the individual property and project requirements.
Can I choose my own paint colour?
Yes. We can colour-match most RAL, Farrow & Ball, Little Greeney or Dulux paint colours, together with a wide range of premium timber stains.
Which areas do you cover?
From our workshop in Rylstone, near Skipton, we design, manufacture and install bespoke timber French doors throughout Yorkshire and surrounding areas, including Harrogate, York, Ilkley, Wharfedale, Wensleydale, Nidderdale, the Yorkshire Dales, Calder Valley, the Ribble Valley and the South Lake District. We also undertake selected bespoke joinery projects throughout the UK.
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