I went to replace a worn out door-latch today and hoped to be able to buy
one with the same offset so that I wouldn't have to move the handles, drill
new holes in the doors etc. but found (needless to say) that mine seem to be
made to a redundant standard.

Measured from the surface of the flange that the bolt comes through back to
the centre for the handle seems to be 2 and a quarter inches.

Can you still get latches with this offset? Where's the best on-line
retailer for this kind of stuff?

Tim