Gold Leaf Fanlight Numbering for a Regency Townhouse

Traditional 23ct gold leaf fanlight numbering completed for the entrance of a Regency townhouse on Albion Street, part of the historic Tyburnia estate near Hyde Park, London. The bespoke property number was hand water gilded onto the decorative circular glazed roundel within the fanlight, creating refined entrance identification sympathetic to the building’s original architectural character.

Entrance to a Regency townhouse near Hyde Park featuring bespoke 23ct gold leaf fanlight numbering.

Project Brief

The circular glazed roundel required careful cleaning and preparation before gilding could begin. The property number was individually drawn and refined to suit the proportions of the glass, combining elegant script characteristics with traditional numeral forms to achieve the client’s preferred appearance before being hand produced in genuine 23ct gold leaf.

Decorative circular fanlight roundel cleaned and prepared before reverse glass water gilding at a Regency townhouse near Hyde Park.

Fine black outlines hand painted onto the reverse of the decorative fanlight roundel before gilding.

Traditional Reverse Glass Water Gilding

The numbering was completed using traditional reverse glass water gilding techniques to achieve a bright mirror finish. Fine black outlining was then added by hand before the reverse of the gilding received a protective backing to provide long-term durability while preserving the brilliance of the gold leaf.

Applying genuine 23ct gold leaf to the reverse of the decorative fanlight roundel using traditional water gilding techniques.

Completed 23ct gold leaf property numbering within the decorative circular fanlight roundel of a Regency townhouse near Hyde Park.

Residential Glass Lettering

Traditional Signs of London undertakes bespoke gold leaf fanlight numbering, reverse glass gilding, residential entrance lettering and traditional signwriting for Regency townhouses, period homes, listed buildings and distinguished private residences throughout London and the surrounding counties.

Traditional 23ct gold leaf fanlight numbering completed for the entrance of a Regency townhouse near Hyde Park, London.

Traditional 23ct gold leaf fanlight numbering completed for the entrance of a Regency townhouse near Hyde Park, London.

To discuss gold leaf fanlight numbering, reverse glass gilding or bespoke residential signwriting for your property, please visit our Residential Signwriting page, our Contact page or email info@traditionalsignsoflondon.uk