Thanks to all for your comments and ideas-much appreciated. I've attached a photo of the front of the house which unfortunately is the best I have as it is obscured by the scaffolding and tin roof we now have up for the roof renovations. I like the idea of a canopy although I'm conscious of not putting a porch on a porch so it would need to be quite shallow (thanks for the pic minnie101). Centring the door makes sense although the internal door follows the same line as the external door and I like the idea of sidelights which would by and large do away with any noticeable brickwork stitching. We are having an oak frame garden room extension on the other end of the house and thought an oak porch canopy with a truss in the gable would compliment nicely - either on posts or perhaps preferably braced against the outside wall of the porch.The porch is single cavity with no insulation - architect has suggested demolishing and rebuilding anew but this seems a bit drastic not to mention costly. It's a tricky decision as the entrance to a house carries a lot of weight in terms of aesthetics but spend the least amount of time in compared to other rooms which could use the budget.

Perhaps a built in seat box at the far end. If you make it with slatted wood for the air to circulate then it should weather well and then is somewhere to perch to pop the wellies on/off too. Then you could add a 'window box' style planter to the walls and bring some greenery in to the space too. It will help make things prettier!

Which way does the house face? If it faces south, I'd recommend using a paler colour so it doesn't absorb so much heat - and peel again quickly. I personally don't like black or anthracite doors as they just look like black holes. And grey is quickly going out of fashion so I'd not do a grey-grey either - a green like Sonia suggests would be good and fairly neutral for an exterior colour. Obvious colour would be to match the garage - at the moment, the garage is getting all the attention as it's a lovely bright colour whereas the front door just blends into the background. I wouldn't do the woodwork around the front door in the garage red - do the wood work in the same off-white as windows and just the actual door in red.

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