Replacement front door

[Paperthinwalls]

Our 1940s bay fronted semi has the original front door. It is wooden, single glazed, not secure and drafty. The original glass is cracked and the stunned glass is not very good.
I want to replace it with a double glazed job. (I know that taking out an original feature is akin to punching kittens)
It has side lights and windows above. Have you had anything like this done before? How much did it cost? Who do you recommend?

(I am a regular poster but I have NCd for privacy)

My Mum had a upvc one put in with side lights but not a top light, she had frosted glass with some flowers through on the door, with installation it cost about £2000 it is nice though.
I like the look of the glass choices on this one.
www.safedoors.co.uk/door-lights/ the blue diamonds one looks like it would fit well on an older house
I'd call local tradesmen about prices first.

Hi, that door shape is relatively common, an arts and crafts type, provided the size isn't particularly wide, tall etc, you will find a close match in a local windows/door showroom. i used to have a upvc front door (no side lights) almost the same design, though the life time on upvc is not huge and that went draughty so have replaced with a bespoke wooden door.

Thanks Squinkles, the one with the blue diamonds looks perfect!

You should keep or iginal doors and windows when ever you can - if the single glazing is drafty you can check to see if there are any gaps and seal these. You could have some secondary glazing put in which would be cheaper than replacing. Please don't replace with upvc it is horrible in an older house and original features help retain character and can add more value to a house.

I've got no plan to move so I'm not fussed about the value.
In my opinion late 40s isn't an older house really, but then I grew up in a 16th century house.
It won't be replaced for a while and the picture does make it look much nicer than it really is.

We had replaced a UPVC door with a wooden door replicating the original style with leaded window and sidelight. It cost about £5k, which was more than we expected. But it is extremely solid, double glazed and totally draft free.

I got a quote for just under £2,000 this morning. For a door and a side panel of glass. I had no idea they were so expensive!
I refuse to have uVpc as its vile.

Reading this, the quote looks to be perfectly reasonable.

I am astounded.

No help to you OP, sorry.

Why not try a new timber double glazed door. We have a new one with proper seals and double glazing which is secure, warm and attractive and if there are any problems they can be fixed unlike UPVC which generally can't. I can't wait till we can afford to replace the busted UPVC back door with a timber one.
Something like this
Or
this
There are loads of styles on this website and there are plenty of other websites
We bought ours through our joiner who also fitted it. £400 fitted & including locks/ironmongery. They primed it , I had to paint it. It's a rather nice sage green but I can change it with ease.

Have you considered putting a door into the archway of your entry?

Lots of 1930s houses around here have done it.

Would insulate/up the security, but you could keep the original door as well.

I have thought about that Runs a lot of houses on the estate have that. It's a good compromise. I do quite like having the porch though.