Classic Interiors Fit For Indulgent Eats
Directions to The Elder: When it reads like a first edition book, feels like a historic townhouse and smells like a home-cooked meal (but even better!), you’ve arrived!
Photos via Fettle Design
A good first step toward creating an elevated field-to-fork dining experience while heavily nodding politely to British design is by building an establishment within an authentic 16th-century Georgian home. And so, London-based firm Fettle Design was enlisted to impart a bit of domestication into these commercial interiors—having gone from townhouse to eating destination—that proves to be both intentionally moody and effortlessly welcoming.
Located toward the southwestern coastline in the town of Bath, The Elder is an iconic landmark that feels like a visit to an old-world tavern that’s had a serious injection of chic into its bones. Diners and Bath lovers alike will aptly appreciate the notes of natural leather, bespoke wall paneling finished in aged English green, modern lighting moments, and antiqued brass accents punctuated throughout the petite eatery.
Fettle Design's principal designers, Tom Parker and Andy Goodwin, made great efforts in maintaining and restoring as much of the original character and architectural detailing as they could—carefully adding texture back into the wall treatments and painstakingly replacing missing panels instead of starting from scratch. The result is a modern brasserie that pays homage to its storied past.