More sophisticated 18th century houses have brass drop handles and a more modern type of mortise latch contained within the door. The type was very popular in the Arts and Crafts movement. They could be operated either by a string or thong passing through the door above the latch, or by a finger-hole below. In Sussex a wooden lifting bar is common, and a variety of other mechanisms are occasionally found. Some doors also have a wooden handle used to pull the door to, consisting of a plain or decorated rectangle projecting from the door at an angle.
Many examples survive from the medieval period onwards.
The loop was formed either by turning the end of the hinge back on itself or by wrapping it around the end of the door. In the 18th century a very standardised form of T-hinge was used, which tapered to an extremely thin neck with a small round end. Smaller hinges were used for lighter internal and cupboard doors. The most decorative is the cockshead hinge, in use in the Elizabethan period and the first half of the 17th century. A simplified form occurs in a Surrey house of 1656, and there is some evidence to suggest that the type returned to favour in a debased form in the 18th century.