Melton Mowbray is the market town at the heart of the Leicestershire countryside. It's surrounded by rolling farmland, quiet villages, and some of the county's finest rural properties. Stone cottages, Victorian farmhouses, Georgian manor houses, converted agricultural buildings alongside newer housing around the town. We work across all of it, and the range of what we design in this part of Leicestershire is as broad as the landscape.

We cover Melton Mowbray and the full surrounding area, out to Asfordby, Frisby on the Wreake, Long Clawson, Old Dalby, and across to the Rutland border. All cabinetry is manufactured in Leicestershire by ECF and carries a 10-year guarantee.

Rural and period properties make the strongest possible case for bespoke kitchen design. Stone walls, rooms built at a time when kitchens were utility spaces, ceiling heights that vary from room to room, floors that haven't been level for a century. A standard kitchen range was never designed for these conditions. A bespoke approach is the only one that handles them properly, building around the room rather than hoping the room fits the units.

Even in the newer properties around the town, bespoke means a kitchen designed around your specific life in it. Not a layout copied from a display and fitted into your space.

The villages around Melton contain some of the most beautiful domestic properties in Leicestershire. Long Clawson, Old Dalby, Nether Broughton, Gaddesby, Frisby on the Wreake, Burton Lazars. Farmhouses with original features, cottages with character stonework, barns converted to a high standard. Kitchens in these buildings need to feel like they belong, and that takes design sensitivity alongside the technical side of getting everything to fit properly.

In Melton itself the housing is more varied: Victorian and Edwardian town houses in the older parts, more recent estates, and some substantial family homes. We design for all of them with the same approach.

• In-frame kitchens — the most common brief in the rural Melton area by some distance. Handcrafted framing, painted finish, traditional hardware
• Shaker kitchens — versatile and timeless, particularly effective in cream, white, sage, or muted green in rural properties
• Grain painted shaker — the warmth of wood grain texture with a painted finish, popular in country-style kitchens
• Two-tone kitchens — a natural wood or contrasting painted island against painted perimeter units
• Handleless contemporary — for converted buildings and modern extensions where clean lines are preferred

• Free home visit — we travel to Melton and all surrounding villages, take proper measurements, and bring samples
• 3D photorealistic design — produced for your specific space, including period features and non-standard dimensions
• Design revisions — included until every detail is right
• UK manufacture — all cabinetry made in Leicestershire by ECF, 10-year guarantee on carcasses
• Aftercare — any snagging sorted promptly after installation

The villages around Melton Mowbray contain some of the finest domestic kitchens we've designed. The combination of beautiful properties and clients who care about quality brings out the best in our work.

• Melton Mowbray town centre
• Asfordby and Asfordby Hill
• Frisby on the Wreake
• Long Clawson
• Old Dalby and Nether Broughton
• Gaddesby and Rearsby
• Burton Lazars
• Somerby
• Great Dalby and Little Dalby
• Oakham (Rutland)
• Uppingham (Rutland)
• Bottesford

Projects in the Melton area typically come in between £12,000 and £55,000 supply and fit. Rural and period properties often sit at the higher end because of larger footprints and more complex briefs. We price at 15 to 20% below the manufacturer's RRP throughout.

See our Pricing Guide for a full breakdown.

Yes. Long Clawson, Frisby on the Wreake, Gaddesby, Old Dalby, Burton Lazars, and the full surrounding countryside are all areas we cover regularly. We come to you, so distance within this area is never a problem.

This is exactly where bespoke design earns its value. We take precise measurements, work around every original feature, and produce a design that fits the room accurately. Period properties are a significant part of what we do in this area.

Yes. Oakham and Uppingham are within our service area. Rutland sits on our eastern boundary and we work there regularly alongside our Melton and Leicestershire projects.

For farmhouse and rural properties, solid oak or honed natural granite tends to work well. Materials with genuine warmth and character and we like to see slightly thicker (30mm) worktops in a farmhouse kitchen. We'll bring samples and advise based on your specific kitchen and how you use it.