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-Buildings in Birkenhead Heritage  area, which encompasses both the Birkenhead Georgian Quarter and VictorianTown, are a living record of the community that built and used them, reflecting craft skills and available materials, styles and aspirations and personal whims.
-Appropriate door furniture is a very important part of any historical building, especially as it is the first detail you focus on and touch as you enter a building. Its removal and inappropriate replacement with modern alternatives gives a â€˜fakeâ€™ feel to the building and should be avoided.
+Buildings in Birkenhead Heritage  area, which encompasses both the Birkenhead Georgian Quarter and Victorian Town, are a living record of the community that built and used them, reflecting craft skills and available materials, styles and aspirations and personal whims.
+Appropriate door furniture is a very important part of any historical building, especially as it is the first detail you focus on and touch as you enter a building. Its removal and inappropriate replacement with modern alternatives gives a "fake" feel to the building and should be avoided.
 The purpose of this booklet is to help homeowners to understand and enjoy the door furniture of their homes, and to give guidance on maintenance and where necessary reinstatement. In the Edinburgh World Heritage Site this subject can be divided into three overlapping historical periods:
     • pre-Georgian (up to 1750)

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