The C&R Journal

Keeping you up-to-date with the latest in bathroom design news and inspiration, our journals offer an insight into the world of Catchpole and Rye.

Here you will find designer bathroom updates, interior designer interviews, product features, and more.

White Bathrooms

The timeless aesthetic of white makes it a popular choice in interiors – it will never go out of fashion and suits any style of home, from the most traditional to the most...

Small Spaces, Big Dreams

We all love the idea of luxuriating in a spa-style bathroom, but the images we see online and in magazines of vast bathrooms with freestanding roll-top baths, roomy walk-in...

The Mayfair Shower Tray

While Catchpole & Rye might be best known for our passion for antique baths and our faithful replicas of 19th-century French designs, we are also innovators. Perhaps the most...

We answer your FAQs

Designing a new bathroom is all about careful planning, so it’s natural that our customers and prospective customers have lots of queries when they visit our showrooms. For this...

Planning the perfect bathroom

The key to any successful building or renovation project is thorough planning, and a new bathroom is no different. If you’re redesigning your bathroom (or adding one from...

Our International Projects

We’ve always considered ourselves a local business – we design and manufacture from our base in Ashford, Kent – but the high reputation of English design and manufacturing...

Inside the Workshop

Great craftsmanship is at the heart of what we do at Catchpole & Rye. We know that our customers value the high quality of our finished products, but not many people get to...

The Many Faces of the Bateau Bath

Picture the archetypal roll-top bath and there’s a good chance that the image in your mind bears a close resemblance to Catchpole & Rye’s Le Bain de...

Our classical inspiration

‘To create something original, you must first fully understand the past’. This statement is key to the Catchpole & Rye...