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Bespoke Kitchens in Temple
Bespoke and fitted kitchens with cabinets made to the room, designed for your room in Temple. After a design visit and a quote in writing, it’s made in our workshop and fitted in your home.
- Tall larder storage
- Cabinets built around the appliances you choose
- An island where space allows
Bespoke kitchens in Temple
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Temple
Islands work well in kitchens with room to walk around them. We check there’s comfortable space on every side, and in a narrow kitchen an island can make the room harder to use. If the room is narrow, we’ll suggest other layouts. We make kitchens from MDF made to resist moisture and birch plywood, then spray-painted or hand-painted, and the usual reasons to get in touch are a pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers and a kitchen that fits an uneven room.
Narrow hallways in Victorian and Edwardian terraces set limits on how long a cabinet or panel can be. Around Temple, a large share of homes were built before 1919, so the route to the kitchen is measured at the measuring visit. Long runs arrive in sections and are joined in place.
Once you have read the quote and decided to go ahead, the furniture is made in our workshop. The quote sets out the agreed design, materials and finish, so you can check every detail beforehand.
- Place
- Temple (SE1, WC2H, WC2B)
- Borough
- City of London
- Price
- Quoted for your room
- How it starts
- Design visit, then a written quote
- Making
- In our workshop, then fitted in your home
- Boards and paint
- MDF and plywood, painted to order
- When we fit
- Weekdays; Saturdays on request
- Enquiries
- Send us a message
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What prompts bespoke kitchens in Temple
Older kitchens often lack storage. Larders, tall cupboards and deep drawers can hold much more than a row of standard wall units.
Here are some of the needs we are asked about most:
- A pantry cupboard with shelves and drawers
- A kitchen island with room around it
- Spaces sized for your oven and fridge
- Spray-painted or hand-painted cabinets
Near listed buildings like Middle Temple Hall, less than half a mile north-west of the centre of Temple, older homes may keep original joinery that kitchens can be designed around. For a listed home, fixing into original features may need listed building consent.
Before you hire any carpenter
- Do they scribe the furniture to the walls?
- Real projects you can actually look at
- Have they measured the stairs, lift and doorways?
- How parking will work on your street
From workshop to your room
Finishing comes last. With a spray finish from the workshop, there is normally only filling and touching up to do in the room; hand painting, if that’s what you chose, can be done in place once everything is fitted. The finish is always the one agreed in your quote. Where a period house has been split into flats, the way in often goes through shared parts, so it’s useful to let neighbours know about fitting day. The sections are sized for the narrowest point on the route. Saturdays can be arranged.
- We start with how you cook and what the kitchen needs to hold. Larders, dressers and islands can all be part of it, where space allows.
- We visit to measure and go through the design and storage.
- We send a written quote setting out the cabinets, materials and finish.
- The cabinets, doors and drawer fronts are made in our workshop.
- We fit the cabinets in your home; plumbing, gas and electrics are done by your plumber, an engineer on the Gas Safe Register and your electrician. We don’t arrange these trades ourselves.
Preparing the room
- Clear the hallway and stairs so the sections can come through
- Arrange any electrical changes with your electrician in advance
- Take down pictures, mirrors and shelves from the wall
How to get a quote
If you know what you want, say so; if you do not, that’s fine, and we can work it out together. The design is talked through at the visit, once we’ve measured, and the written quote then sets it out. To start, message us from the contact page.
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How it is made
Plinths and scribe strips
We use plinths and adjustable feet to level the units on a sloping floor. Scribe strips close the gap to a wall that is not straight.
Doors and drawer fronts
Painted doors can be refreshed later if your taste changes.
FAQs: bespoke kitchens in Temple
Can you fit furniture in a home close to London Blackfriars station?
Yes, homes across the City of London and the rest of London are within the area we cover. You can tell us about the room on our contact form to arrange a design visit.
Do I need permission for fitted furniture in a conservation area?
Usually not: conservation area rules mainly cover the outside of buildings, and fitted furniture inside a house does not normally need planning permission. If your home is listed, changes inside that alter its character can require listed building consent, so check with the council first. The council’s planning or conservation team can tell you if in doubt.
What materials do you use for kitchens?
MDF for smooth painted parts and birch plywood for drawer boxes and shelves. We spray paint in the workshop or hand paint, in colours you choose.
Do you do the plumbing and electrics?
No. We make and fit the kitchen cabinets. Your plumber, an engineer on the Gas Safe Register and your electrician do the plumbing, gas and electrics, and we plan the cabinets around their work.
How long will the kitchen take to fit?
It depends on the kitchen. The time the fitting takes depends on how many units there are and how the room is laid out, and we confirm the fitting days in your quote.
Do photos help?
Yes. Pictures help us understand the room before the design visit. It’s useful to show radiators, sockets and anything else on the wall.
Where other trades come in
It is worth being clear about where our work stops:
- Making good walls and ceilings
- Connecting a gas hob or cooker
- Knocking through or rebuilding walls
Not sure whether your space suits bespoke kitchens? You can fill in our short enquiry form and we will tell you. Our process from visit to fitting.
Boards, parts and finishes
- Islands where space allows
- Birch plywood
- Larders and dressers
- Spray-painted finish
- Hand-painted finish
- Moisture-resistant MDF
When is bespoke worth it?
Bespoke work comes into its own in rooms that are not square. In period homes, walls lean, floors slope and the alcoves on each side are often different widths, which leaves standard units with gaps at the sides and top.
Cost matters, and it’s fair to say so: off-the-shelf furniture typically costs less up front. Bespoke earns its place where the room is awkward, space is tight or you want the furniture to look part of the house.
Bespoke kitchens for homes in Temple
The biggest shares of homes in the neighbourhood around Temple were built before 1919 (about 48%) and since 2000 (about 22%), based on the Valuation Office Agency’s 2025 council tax data. That matters for kitchens, as the build era decides whether a wall is solid brick, lath and plaster, block or plasterboard. Within a mile of the centre of Temple, 32 conservation areas are recorded by Historic England. England has around 10,000 in all, and their controls are mostly concerned with the outside of buildings. Since the zone was extended to the outer boroughs in August 2023, the whole of London has been inside the ULEZ. So any van that delivers or fits furniture in Temple is covered by it. We plan parking and access with you at the measuring visit.
Close to Garden Bridge? A cupboard by the back door for boots and coats can be built in with the kitchen. For families living near St Clement Danes CofE Primary School, a kitchen with a spot for school letters and lunch boxes makes mornings easier.
Temple is part of the City of London, about 1 mile east of City of London. Temple is part of the area we cover. In the City of London, Temple is one of the places we cover.
Here we cover the SE1, WC2H and WC2B postcode area for bespoke kitchens. If your home is on a street like Shoe Lane, Drury Lane and New Square, or close by, we can visit to measure up for bespoke kitchens. Temple sits close to the A4 and A40. Other places close to Temple include Temple Bar (1 mile north), Blackfriars (1 mile east), Aldwych (1 mile west), Clare Market (1 mile north-west) and Covent Garden (1 mile west).
Around Temple
The streets we cover here include those near British Library of Political and Economic Science, Mercers' School and St Mary-at-Hill, among other places. You’ll also find The Devereux pub (a few minutes’ walk north-west) and London Nautical School (less than half a mile south). There’s a railway station in Temple itself: London Blackfriars station. Well-known places in the area include St Philip's Hospital (under half a mile north-west) and Twinings Museum (a few minutes’ walk north-west). For a walk, there’s St. James's Park Lake and Ludgate Hill.