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Westminster Abbey, SW1 An oak door at Westminster Abbey is thought to be the oldest in the UK, installed in the 1050s during the reign of Edward the Confessor

Hampton Court Palace, KT8 When the original Tudor frontage of Henry VIII’S palace was partly demolished by Sir Christopher Wren, the door went with it, considered old-fashioned. The Victorians found it at the bottom of the moat and reinstalled it during further renovations. It’s still there today—the same door that was used by the King and his six wives

23, Leinster Gardens, W2 When is a door not a door? When it’s not quite there. Nos 23 and 24 of elegant Leinster Gardens are two false-fronted houses, complete with fake front doors, erected to help disguise the railway line behind

32, Cornhill, EC3 After your trip to see the doors of the Bank of England, wander up Cornhill to No 32, to glance at Walter Gilbert’s mahogany carved doors

Horse Guards, SW1 The gate at the end of the passage onto Horse Guards Parade from Whitehall is opened by a non-commissioned officer of the Household Cavalry every morning at 7am and closed again on the dot of 8pm. Technically, the gate is the front door to St James’s Park, but have you ever noticed it?

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