They might have been around since the 16th century, but French door ideas have moved with the times, meaning there are options for owners of all kinds of properties, both old and new.
"Going back more than 300 years, they became fashionable in 16th and 17th century Italy and France," explains architect James Munro of Pace Architecture. "The British then imported these ideas into stately homes, and, ultimately, domestic architecture."
