Bespoke Kitchen Elizabethan Manor

WILTSHIRE

We were commissioned to design a luxury bespoke kitchen for an important Grade I listed Jacobean manor house near Salisbury, Wiltshire. The house was built in the late 1580’s by John Topp, a wealthy clothier who was also Sheriff of Wiltshire.

The house has undergone many adjustments over the years, but for the most it remains a wonderful and remarkable period family home with ornate Elizabethan moulded ceilings, wonderful oak carvings, it’s own chapel and 17th Century stables.

Bespoke cooks table in a traditional English manor house kitchen

A bespoke Cook's Table sits under an Elizabethan ceiling

Dovetailed drawers in the Cook's Table

A WELL LOCATED KITCHEN

The property’s new owner wanted the bespoke kitchen to be somewhere where he could entertain friends when at home. The kitchen space is located centrally, acting as a valve between the original formal Elizabethan wing of the house, and the more contemporary part where the back entrance and boot room are located.

A view through a bespoke kitchen towards mullioned windows

Enamelled kitchen sink with diamond pattern windows behind

Enamelled kitchen sink sits underneath an original leaded window

To create balance in the space, the mantle surrounding the Wolf range cooker is purposefully oversized with hidden storage in the panels which are hung on bronzed brass pivot hinges.

Balancing the bespoke kitchen design further, a 2.5 metre long rippled sycamore Cook’s Table kitchen island with Carrara marble worktop and deep storage drawers sits comfortably in the centre of the room. It is unusual to use solid ripple sycamore in a kitchen, and it brings a contemporary touch to a traditional piece of furniture.

The kitchen design has been purposefully created to enhance both the room’s large format and the period features. Taking inspiration from elements found throughout the house, we have created an understated room that performs brilliantly while respecting the heritage of the property.