Bathroom tap dilemma! Modern or traditional?

I live in a Victorian terraced house. Sadly some idiot in the 70s stripped out most of the original features We are redecorating the whole house and plan in restoring many of the original features e.g. ceiling roses, pictures rails, fire places, original floorboards etc.

While we want some original features, we still want the house to be modern but sympathetic to its age, we aren't attempting to replicate Victorian times!

We've decided that the bathroom and the kitchen will be the most modern rooms in the house. We currently have a shower over the bath. I really want a free standing roll top bath and we're going to put in a separate shower cubical.

I've always loved the waterfall type mixer taps and was dead set on having them. But since we've decided on getting the roll top bath, I feel we should get traditional taps.

This is the style bath we're getting



It's seems to need traditional taps on it. My partner thinks I'll be disappointed if I don't get waterfall taps, so had suggested that we either
1. Get traditional taps on the bath and a waterfall tap on the sink
2. Get waterfall taps on both

I don't think that you can have non matching taps in your bath and sink, can you?! On the other hand, it's my bathroom and I can do what I like

I'm not sure if the bath would look odd with modern taps. Then again, it is a modern bath and we aren't trying to replicate a Victorian bathroom.... So maybe it would be ok.

The other choice is traditional taps on both. I do like the traditional taps but I did want waterfall taps

Traditional taps



Waterfall taps



What do you think?

No you MUST have trad taps with the bath and they MUST match the sink ones.

Only going by my own personal taste here. We have restored an old victorian farmhouse and kept a lot of it's original features.....I however, have waterfall taps on the bath and sink

You Philistine you!

I live in a victorian terrace and when I re-did the bathroom I put traditional taps in exactly like the ones on your bath, the ones on the sink are matching.

I have a hankering for the traditonal especially if you have an older property.

Ha eh if I recall correctly you were moving into it so I can't be that bad

I'd always opt for modern.

Hmmm true,

We have the red carpet out ready for your arrival..........it's modern not trafitional though