Looking for a replacement strike plate

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I have this latch and no strike plate, and door keeps opening. I want to get a replacement strike plate, but I have no idea how to find one. I do not know how this type of latch is called and haven't seem them for sale. (It is some kind of lock, not just a latch). Could you please help me search for a strike plate for this?



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It's a Wellington (or Wellesley). Probably a deadlocking latch. A very useful type of lock but rarely seen now.

I have some in my collection

It is supposed to have an easy and quiet action because of the rolling ball, and, because of the large aluminium bolt, be stronger than a typical latch.

An old design but there might be occasional stock from old lock companies, or Union, who took over Wellington many years ago.

IIRC the strike plate is just an ordinary latch type, with the angled tongue to lead the bolt into the door so it then drops into the gap once the door is shut.

The cheap thin type of strike plate used with common tubular latches is probably not big enough to fit the entire bolt. You may have to get your chisel out and fit a better one from a sashlock.

Bathroom and bedroom doors usually have a thin pressed steel one. If this is an external door or you want a strong and quality job, you could use the keep (staple) from a mortice sashlock. You will have to chisel out the frame more if it is the box type.

You can probably pick one up on ebay, or from anybody who fits doors and locks, or pulls them out to fit an inferior plastic door.
 
Here are two examples of sashlocks. The cheap one has a flat strike plate, and the good one has a more solid box keep.

In both cases they are probably longer than you need, but I don't think you have much chance of finding the perfect match.

You'll notice that they both have the extended tongue for a latch. This is actually so they can be fitted upside down to change the hand, but it also means that it will be big enough for your bolt, even if you fit it a bit high or low.

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