Faux Books in use

Secret passageways, priest holes, hidden doors, false panels and faux books are all part of our architecural heritage. Based in Gloucestershire, England, our skilled craftsmen help to preserve the art of illusion and keep the sercets created by faux books.

Faux Books in Important Places

We have carried out projects for some of the most prestigous hotels, restaurants, stately homes, film and TV companies in the world. The British Museum recently opened the Kings Library, where our Faux Books were interspersed with real books

Cupboards
From small electricity cupboards to large inbuilt cupboards. Faux Books enables the ultimate in volume concealment. Videos, magazines, clothes, even unwanted gifts can be hidden behind Faux Book cupboard doors. Book cupboards are often used by retailers for concealing non-display stock.

Filling Bookcases
Faux Books are a fraction of the price of antique book, and for thisreason they are frequently used to fill bookcases along side the genuine article. Even libraries have used Faux books to enhance their collections. Faux Books have been used in many films and TV sets.

Doors
Without doubt, secret doors have earned their place in History. At the British Library in London for example, the circular reading room is crowned by doors filled with false books, which date back to the libraries origins in the 1850's. Shugborough Hall in Stafford has three doorways filled with books created when its library was extended in 1750

Book Boxes
As well as books being used to cover things, lets not forget the fictional tales of hollow books hiding objects such as Agatha Christie - style murderers whohis revolvers in false books. We make boxes and files to slide in-between real books to hold all sorts of things: videos, CD's, magazines and even telephone directories.