Stuart Interiors — Bespoke Oak Joinery, Somerset

Oak joinery by Stuart Interiors at Stirling Castle

Our Story

A family workshop, trusted with the nation's great houses.

Stuart Interiors has spent over 40 years designing and hand-making bespoke oak joinery — working directly with private clients, and alongside architects, main contractors and interior designers to carry a concept through to finished, fitted work.

Our joinery is made to order by a team of skilled craftspeople: in a 10,000 sq ft workshop east of Prague, and at our design studio here in Somerset. The work has taken us into some of the country's most significant interiors — Royal Palaces, National Trust properties, and private manor houses — as well as newly built family homes that deserve the same level of craft.

"There are many interior design specialists: there is only one Stuart Interiors." — House & Garden

40+Years in Business

16+Historic & Private Commissions Shown

£1k–£1m+Project Values

The People

Four decades of craftsmanship, in four people.

Every commission passes through the hands of a small, close-knit team — not a factory line.

Jerry Fisher

Founding Member

A 40-year career that began as a woodcarver, after a Fine Art degree from Exeter University. His work includes commissions at Stirling Castle and Hampton Court Palace.

Peter Russell

Founding Member, 1948–2020

Over 40 years of expertise in antiques and period interiors, with commissions including The Tower of London and Stirling Castle.

Jake Russell

Managing Partner

A degree in Product Design paired with hands-on workshop experience, carrying the family business into its second generation.

Rebecca Fisher

Project Management & Client Liaison

A Fine Art graduate from London, overseeing projects from first sketch through to final installation.

Bespoke Interiors

Oak joinery, made to order.

Every piece is designed around the building and the client — from a single hand-carved door to a fully panelled room.

Oak Panelling

From hand-carved linenfold and parchemin panelling in Tudor and Medieval styles, to classical Georgian schemes — in selected quarter-sawn oak, hand finished for a true patina.

Libraries

Freestanding library corners or fully integrated library rooms, including hidden AV equipment and secret doors, designed entirely around the client's brief.

Doors

Bespoke oak doors in any style — grand panelled entrance doors with hand-carved architraves and pediments, through to certified fire doors and simple ledged-and-braced doors.

Staircases

Designed and made to order, with clients choosing every detail: baluster design, newel post carving, and finish.

Ceilings

Past commissions include a hand-painted roof, a Gothic ceiling with carved bosses, a faux hammer-beam roof, and an Arts & Crafts oak ceiling for a swimming pool.

Furniture

Solid oak furniture handmade to order, drawn from an archive of original period pieces — medieval-style tables, hand-carved tester beds, and fully bespoke designs.

Historic Work

Over 40 years on historic buildings — Royal Palaces, museums, Plas Mawr, and campaign furniture for H.M.S. Victory — covering research, design, and on-site coordination.

Textiles

Period-style fabrics from Byzantine to 19th-century designs, many rediscovered with the help of European museums, plus reupholstery and bespoke curtaining.

Lighting

Period-style lighting hand forged to order in iron, brass or pewter — wall lights, sconces, chandeliers and candelabra, wired to British Safety Standards.

Start a Project

Tell us about your house, and what you have in mind.

Whether it is a single hand-carved door or a fully panelled library, we begin every commission with a conversation. Call us, or send the details below and we will come back to you.

Design StudioManor House, Kingsbury Episcopi, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6AT

Telephone+44 (0)1935 826 659

Emaildesign@stuartinteriors.com

HoursMonday–Friday, 9am–5pm · visits by appointment

Forty years of bespoke
oak joinery, by hand.