"Scott Lurndal" wrote in message
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"Tim W" writes:


..... I wasn't thinking about cost or skill, only the
resposibility of owning a historic building, and not putting off-the-shelf
modern joinery in an old house.


Of course, just because a house is old, doesn't make it historic. Many
homes
from that time period (1860's) were log cabins with rather crude doors.

Actually I think you are wrong. Cottages, hovels, log cabins, barns and mud
huts are as important as rich peoples houses, and much more vulnerable.

Tim w