Catchpole & Rye

Like so many businesses, the birth of Catchpole & Rye came about by accident; a cottage we purchased in 1990 featured an old claw foot tub. The restoration of this bathtub lead me on a merry journey through the salvage yards of Kent and thus ensued a passion for antique sanitary ware and it’s manufacture. I quickly realised there was a forgotten heritage within Britain and set about understanding the origin of the these plumbing products and how they were made.