Victorian Door Knobs - Nickel Beehive (pair)

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Victorian Door Knobs - Nickel Beehive Side view with screws and accessories Side view of 4 pairs Diagram of door knob set
Product Code: VDK-2

£17.99

£21.59 inc. VAT

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Guaranteed Christmas 2024 order/delivery dates

As this year comes to an end, demand for our Vintage Doorknobs remains extremely high!

Your appetite to complete your projects, both big and small, appears unrelenting giving the record year we have seen in door knob sales in the 10’s of thousands.

So, thank you all for your continued custom and positive reviews

Pre-Christmas order cut-off date

The last date that we can receive orders for pre-Christmas despatch on a Next Day service will be close of business on Thursday 19th December 2024 with delivery being booked for delivery 23rd December 2024.

Any orders placed after the cut-off date cannot be guaranteed to be despatched prior to Christmas, but we will endeavour to do so.

Wishing all our customers a very Happy Christmas and New Year!

The VDK Team

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A pair of Victorian style door knobs with "beehive" design in nickel plated brass. Larger version also available.

These classic solid brass beehive door knobs have been coated in nickel with matching rose plates and fixing screws.

This design was extremely popular during the Victorian (c. 1837 - 1901) period and continues to be popular in today’s contemporary homes as well as period renovations.

These door knobs show an understated, but classic elegance from a period when quality was not compromised.

All our door knobs can be used on either tubular, mortise or rim locks as each rose plate is separate.

The door knobs are unsprung and rely on the spring in the door lock for their back and forth movement


Key Points
  • High quality design taken from an original door knob salvaged by us.
  • Solid brass nickel plated handles hand turned and aged.
  • Each set comes complete in its own box with door knobs, steel spindle, all fixing screws, hex head steel grub screw and individual Allen key for fitting grub screws.
  • Nickel finish to collar and rose plates.
  • All fixing screws also nickel coated to match.
  • The threaded steel spindle is grooved and threaded either end for fine adjustments. This is known as "The Pitts Mortice System".
  • Spindle also comes with a removable collar if existing lock housing is slightly smaller.
  • All grub screws now made from steel for durability.
  • Suitable for indoor use only.
Dimensions:  Please see specification section below
Specification for Victorian style nickel beehive door knob *
Metric Imperial
Door knob projection 70mm 2.75"
Door knob diameter 49mm 1.93"
Rose plate diameter 51mm 2.00"
Spindle length 125mm 4.92"
Spindle diameter 7.3mm 0.29"
Max door thickness 65mm 2.56"
* As these door knobs are handmade and finished, the above specification should act as a guide only.

Required Tools:

  • Screwdriver for wood screws
  • Allen key (included) for grub screws
  • Pencil
(Always ensure you use the correct size screwdrivers)
DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN GRUB OR WOOD SCREWS OR USE POWER TOOLS AS THIS MAY RESULT IN FITTING SCREWS BEING DAMAGED.

Check assembly and that all parts are present before starting.
You should have x2 door knobs, x2 rose/back plates, x1 universal spindle with slide off packer, allen key for grub screw and fitting screws for rose plates.

  1. Insert spindle through door latch mechanism, ensuring that equal amounts of the thread project to each side of the door. Place x1 rose / back plate over spindle on one side and then screw on door knob.

  2. Carefully tighten grub screw ensuring that the grub screw is located into one of the key way recesses of the spindle and not onto the threaded part of the spindle. Failure to do so will result in the door knob working loose and unscrewing.
    Tighten grub screw carefully, but do not over tighten – ‘nip it up’ using the Allen key.

  3. At this point you must ensure the spindle is level / horizontal. Failure to do so may mean that the door knob assembly will stick during service and may fail or cause the door knob to break.

  4. Secure the rose / back plate by making the pilot holes and then screwing in the wood screws. Again, do not over tighten wood screws.

  5. Insert 2nd rose / back plate over spindle on other side of door and repeat points as above.

  6. Remember that there should be a little play in the door knobs to ensure that they can be turned within the rose plates. Do not over tighten as the mechanism will not operate.

  7. Please ensure that all stained door knobs receive a wipe with a lint free dry cloth to remove any residue left after production.

  8. Please clean using a lint free cloth and if essential, mild soapy water and damp cloth. DO NOT use any caustic/aggressive cleaning products as these may affect the appearance of your door knobs.

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Reviews  48  


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Beautiful door knobs!

Exactly as seen and fabulous quality. Really heavy and nice feel. Can’t quite understand how they were so cheap but I’m not complaining! Very happy customer and will be recommending to everyone.


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Very Happy

Very pleased with these. Bought to replace door handles which my dog has learnt to open by himself ! Easy to fit, good finish. My only small complaint is that the supplied screws aren’t the most attractive finish being flathead


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Quality Doorknob

Nice quality Door Knob, well made


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Fabulous

These door handles are fantastic. Solid, well made and just the job for a bedroom door. Easy to fit too! Advised they would be delivered Monday and they arrived on Saturday which meant I could finish the job over the weekend. Excellent service.


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Excellent product

I ordered the nickel beehive door-knob for my hallway and it looks amazing. The product is of a very high quality and is very sturdy. Would recommend for any wooden doors.


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Gorgeous beehive door knobs.

This is the second set off door knobs I have bought for my house … they are classy and are married up with a black rim lock box. Highly recommend!


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Run by real people

Products do what 'they say on the tin'. Good service as I received wrong product by mistake which was quickly replaced and correct product arrived next day.


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Nickel Beehive Victorian door knows.

Really pleased with these. Have had them installed onto original doors in my Victorian terrace. They look perfect, great quality and style and reasonably priced.


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Love our new door knobs. Excellent quality and very stylish.


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Excellent product and service

We ordered 4 sets of door knobs and were so pleased that we ordered 11 more pairs to fully refit the house. There was a fault with the second set (seized part so knobs couldn’t be dismantled for fitting); however, this was immediately rectified without question. We are delighted with the knobs, and very satisfied that the Company provides immediate and effective customer service, and would would shop from the Vintage Door Knob Centre in future without hesitation.


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Beehive Knobs

Love my new vintage beehive door knobs, very heavy, good quality and look fab. Very pleased with my purchase


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High Quality Product

These were excellent - very well made and look great


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Perfect

Great quality. Easy to install


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Perfect

Great quality. Easy to install


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Beehive door knob, nickel

Installed easily, seems to be great quality and looks fantastic. Arrived quickly and good delivery.


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Beehive door knob

Lovely door knob, looks superb on our doors and will be buying more in future now we know they fit.


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Great well made products


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Great well made products


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We were very pleased with the speed and efficiency of our order being processed. The items were of a great quality and I will absolutely use you again in the future.


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Victorian Door Knobs - Nickel Beehive

Excellent product with top quality finish and material used, really good value for money. Fantastic service with quick response to order, will certainly again.


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Gorgeous!

Perfection, these very lovely Nickel Beehive doorknobs are just the right look, price and size that we were searching for. We will certainly be ordering further pairs as our renovation progresses. Great service, arrived on time and well packaged too. Thank you so much .


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Lovely

Lovely period looking door knobs, good quality, feel heavy and solid


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Great item .. good quality

Very pleased.. good quality
At a very good price


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Very pleased. Happy with the weight


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Looks great

Good looking door knob and feels solid.


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Good quality and arrived on time, recommend


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Nickel Door Knobe

Great product excellent value


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Perfect - Very good product, very good quality and price. Speedy delivery too. Shall order again


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Very pleased with the door knobs and the service. Recommended.


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Excellent product

Lovely product and really quick delivery. Very happy.


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Excellent quality, delivered really quickly and cheaper than big retailers.


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Nickel beehive handles

The handles are exactly how they look on the website and the service was completely smooth - not a single complaint!


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Nickel beehive Victorian door knobs

Gorgeous! Easy to order and arrived the next day.


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delivery prompt, lovely knobs. a little tricky to fit with allan key, but my handy friend managed it with patience.


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victorian door knobs

Really pleased with my purchase. 3 pairs of doorknobs. Exactly what I was looking for. Go perfect with my original 1930 doors.


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reproduction doorknobs

Great quality perfect


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Knobs

As advertised, look good quality and arrived on time.


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Victorian Door Knobs

The door knobs arrived quickly and are very good quality. They were slightly smaller than I was expecting but this is just relative to some similar knobs I had purchased previously, they are still a good size. Will use Vintage Door Knobs again in future.


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beehive door knobs

Slightly smaller than I'd imagined, but beautiful. Cold to the touch.. Great delivery extremely speedy and efficient.


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Top Notch

Surprisingly good quality for the price - pretty heavy and very nice finish. A touch smaller than I imagined which actually works very well with a standard 2" backset latch for avoiding scraped knuckles.


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Extremely happy with purchase

I bought 8 of these handles not having shopped with this company before. Firstly the delivery charge was surprisingly cheap and the handles were delivered really quickly with no issues at all. We loved the handles when we saw them and were delighted with the quality, especially as they were such a good price. We had a locksmith fit them for us and he said that the handles were extremely good quality for the price and the mechanisms were brilliant. He was very impressed and will be ordering in future! The handles look great on and overall we are delighted with the service, standard of goods etc that we have experienced with Coventry. Obviously we cannot comment on all the goods on the site but from our experience would recommend this company without hesitation. A very pleasant experience from start to finish. We order a lot of things online and have experienced really bad service and quality of goods before so are always delighted when someone gets it right! Will definitely be ordering in future!


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Good quality

These handles are well made and look superb I will be buying more they are also easy to fit would recommend


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Quality door handles

This is the second pair of these door handles I have purchased ,I like them decent quality ,nice looking reasonably priced


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Door handles

The beehive door handles I bought are really good quality and look lovely on our 1930's doors. Delivery was really quick too so I would highly recommend this company.


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Great product, exactly what we were looking for. Really speedy delivery too.


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Very impressed with speed of delivery. Quality of
product very good - highly recommended.


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quality

I have in the past bought 5 cast iron radiators and all the fittings and more recently bought 5 sets of nickel door knobs. The quality on all these items is superb and by far exceeded my expectations. The service from this company is efficient fast and totally reliable.
I have also visited the yard and it is so well laid out its easy to find what your looking for I will definetly be coming back and highly reccommend this company.


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Door handles

Easy ordering, items arrived next day.great quality, great value, great service, would certainly use again


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