Bowdon is where the showroom is. York House sits on Vicarage Lane, so if you live in the village you can walk in with a photograph and a measurement and we can look at fabrics the same morning.

Much of Bowdon sits inside a conservation area, and the large Victorian and Edwardian houses around St Mary’s and Stamford Road bring their own constraints: sash windows that need specific curtain treatments, rooms with real ceiling height, and original joinery worth designing around rather than covering. Where fitted furniture is wanted in a period house, it has to be detailed to look like it belongs, which is a design problem before it is a manufacturing one.

Being in the village means site visits are straightforward, which matters more than it sounds. Measuring up properly, seeing how light moves through a room across a day, and hanging a sample against the actual wall are all things that get skipped when a visit is a half-day trip.

The showroom is at York House, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon WA14 3BA, open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm. More about the showroom.

Conservation area constraints

A good deal of Bowdon sits within a conservation area, which affects the outside of a building far more than the inside, but it does shape interior decisions. Original sash windows need curtain treatments that suit their proportions and do not obscure the frames, and shutters are often the better answer where a window is worth showing.

Rooms with original cornice, ceiling roses and picture rails are best worked with rather than around. Where those details survive, curtain poles, lighting positions and joinery heights are set in relation to them.

The showroom is on your doorstep

York House is on Vicarage Lane. If you live in the village you can walk in with a photograph and a measurement, look at real fabric and real wallpaper, and leave with samples the same morning. That is a genuinely different way of making these decisions from ordering swatches and waiting.

The address and opening hours are on the showroom page. Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm.

A Bowdon project

Photographs from a Bowdon project, room by room. Read the full case study.

Media wall with backlit three-dimensional tiled panels in a Bowdon new build
Open-plan living room with a backlit media wall and a grey corner sofa
Backlit tiled panel beside the television seen from the side
Living room with full-height glazing to the garden and a linear fire
Blinds and curtains combined at a bedroom window
Sitting area with a fire set below the media wall
Living room in greys and taupe with a stone coffee table
Textured wall covering running behind a bed in a new build
Woven curtain fabric beside a linear fire in a sitting room
Dining area beside the kitchen with lime green chairs below a roof lantern
Glass balustraded staircase with a tub chair beneath it
Living room with a fire, a television and a window seat

Rooms we design

Every one of these is designed, supplied and installed from the showroom here in Bowdon.

Questions we get asked

Can you come to the house?

Yes. In Bowdon that is usually a short visit rather than a scheduled trip, which makes measuring and checking things straightforward.

Do you work on listed or conservation-area properties?

Yes. Interior work is rarely restricted in the way exterior work is, but original features are worth designing around rather than covering.

Is there parking at the showroom?

York House is on Vicarage Lane in the village. Most people walking in from Bowdon do exactly that.

Projects in Bowdon

Two houses in Bowdon, both new builds, both designed from the showroom a few streets away.

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