Door bell help

[BayTrees]

Boring I know, but ...
Our doorbell seems to be ringing by itself. I'm used to missing the odd person as it can take a while. This morning I was at the door almost before the (horrible barking dog sound) ring had stopped
It has a grotty looking cheap plastic button outside wirelessly connecting to the sound producing bit inside. Eats batteries. No proper ding-dong sound available
The house front is 17th century, listed in conservation area so I should replace like for like but it just looks so wrong. That side of hall is not wired so either need an electrician or another wireless bell. Very rural village and non-existent budget
Ringer needs to be several metres away in another room so it can be heard
Help please! I want something with a small but elegant outdoors pusher and a loud ringer with a lovely old fashioned ding dong sound. 2 ringers if possible as it's very hard to hear upstairs.
I did warn you it was boring but I didn't realise how long it was going to be!

How do those old fashioned ones that you pull work, they ring a real bell. The kind where a Victorian maid answered the door?

That sounds suitable for your house!

The wiring from the push only needs to be thin bellwire, at about 6v. You only need mains power at the transformer, which is usually by the ringing part.

Bellwire can by run in the angle of the ceiling and wall, or on top of skirtings or picture-rail, and around the door frame. Typically the push is put on the external door frame on the hinge (not the lock) side and the wire passed through a small hole. In some cases it can be put on the porch wall and the wire passed through a hole drilled in the wall, especially if there is an understairs cupboard or something where it won't show.

Friedland make quite a big range of bells, chimes and transformers.

You can also power many wired doorbells with batteries, they last a long time as they are only used when ringing, and can be quite big.

You must never put mains voltage down bellwire.

Even more

they may be better than the cheap Chinese wireless ones.

I would still opt for a wireless one. Yours may be ringing as someone close by has installed one and is on the same channel as yours meaning when their bell is pushed it is also ringing yours.

There are lots of very beautiful antique looking doorbell pushes, a quick google shows you these

Wireless means you can move it with you if you are going to be in a particular room for any length of time. It is just easier to install, buy, choose ring tone, plug in or add batteries.

We live in a really old house, we have the traditional style doorbell on the outside (brass sirround, button that says press) but it is connected to a battery ringer box on the inside, would that be an option?