ABOUT US

Established in 1983 John Beavan is a creator of 'one off' exquisite, unique bespoke pieces of luxury furniture.

John Beavan was inspired by woodwork...

John Beavan was inspired by woodwork and from a very early age. John’s talents unfolded during his woodwork lessons at school and then fully realised when John started formal training at Shrewsbury College of Art and Design.

John’s expert cabinet maker skills have been mastered through years of making, using antiquated hand tools and age-old methods. Every piece of work is meticulously handmade, implementing, exacting precision, involving gold-leafing, carving and marquetry. Each piece becomes a unique and individual ‘sculptural work of art’ which makes his furniture sought-after and valuable.

...sympathetic replications of historical pieces

Having being commission by some of his most inventive private clients to reproduce some of histories most defined and detailed Regency furniture pieces, mostly with elements taken for the outstanding private Regency collection in Southill Park, Bedfordshire.

With some of these pieces being sold in one of Sotheby’s auctions and latter Christies New York has now identified John Beavan as a recognised cabinet maker of the 21st century and ‘one of England’s finest cabinetmakers’.

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Commissions involve close and sensitive collaboration with each client to give a clear understanding of the finished piece, by creating scaled drawings, models together with samples of veneers, metals and other material samples, giving each client a full impression of how their furniture will appear.

Our Company

For over 35 years, John and his team of highly trained dedicated, skilled cabinetmakers have built a reputation for quality, creativity and a high level of customer satisfaction in creating commissions.

A large, fully equipped workshop area includes adequate individual workshop areas for each cabinetmaker to work in. This is impractical for larger manufacturers, who depend on volume and robotic processes and machinery. Large manufacturers may outsource overseas to deliver mass produced, inferior pieces. These pieces are made for the fads and fashions of the times and have their place in the market for “quick fix furniture”

Our work could not be further from this mass-produced industry. The pieces we make are functional, beautiful and extremely labour-intensive for the client who would like to hand on pieces for future cherished guardianship or profitable sale.

We are a small team, designing unique and limited-edition pieces, working in traditional techniques using hand selected, luxurious materials.

As artisans, we ask our clients have a reasonable lead time, a realistic budget for the kind of work we are committed to making and a vision to commission pieces that we trust will both meet their requirements and exceed expectations.

WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY...

John Beavan and his team have worked for us at Goodwood on a number of projects over the last twelve years, his work is always absolutely first rate and his care and attention to detail exemplary. We have just replaced all the big mahogany inlaid doors in the State end of the House. John has made them all and they are a huge improvement to the Regency interior, which is Grade I Listed. You know whenever John is involved that everything will be turned out to the very highest quality – that’s a given. He is, without doubt, one of the finest cabinet makers working in England today.

DUKE OF RICHMOND
It is the timeless design and beautiful craftsmanship that have made us return to John Beavan for several bespoke pieces of furniture for our home. A truly talented cabinet maker, whose team provides a friendly and professional service.

MR & MRS TYE
Dear John and Nicki. Our table is giving us a great deal of pleasure. You’ve created just what we wanted with great ingenuity and craftsmanship. Thank you both very much.

JOANNA
John Beavan helped us design and then made a complete set of 7′ high mahogany doors for our study and the internal doors downstairs in our house. Every day they give us great pleasure and the time and craftsmanship was worth all the effort. We were so pleased we also had a large table made to fit our dining room. That sits happily amongst the rest of our furniture despite being a couple of hundred years younger!

PHILLIP
Just a note to let you know that the bookcases arrived safely and are now in use, we are all delighted with them. The quality of the workmanship has been much admired and as well as being a joy to us now we feel they are very much a part of our legacy to future generations of worshippers at Saint Andrew’s. I will record their installation. Along with your name as maker, in our church log book which goes back to 1831 (not ancient compared to your buildings but nevertheless it is an interesting record).

SAINT ANDREW’S HAM
English Heritage worked with John Beavan to reproduce a 19th century stump bed and mattresses, and sets of hanging bookshelves, for the Audley End Nursery project. The aim of the project was to redecorate and re-furnish the empty and derelict Nursery rooms at Audley End, which have never previously been open to the public, and restore the rooms to their appearance in the 1830s and 1840s. The furniture that John Beavan made for the project was based on similar surviving pieces elsewhere, plus contemporary illustrations and descriptions. This was a very exciting project that has enhanced the visitor experience at Audley End.

ENGLISH HERITAGE

John Beavan Ltd., Parsons Hall, Kyre, Tenbury Wells, Worc WR15 8RW

01885 410 549 | info@johnbeavan.com