Thornhill Galleries

THORNHILL GALLERIES. is an English company specialising in antique architectural interior design. We are an old established business in which the skills and traditions of fine antique woodworking and carving have passed down through one family for 120 years. Our unrivalled reputation for quality has brought us commissions from both private and corporate clients worldwide.

George III antique pine panelled room, with carved chimneypiece and pediment top overmantel, fine mahogany entrance doors with fan light above, and a pair of pine doors with ornately carved panels.

As well as holding a selection of antique panelled rooms, which can be adapted to fit a client's requirements, Thornhill Galleries also design and make customised panelled rooms from antique timbers, including pine and seasoned hardwoods.

Tudor style oak panelled room and very finely carved mahogany banking hall.

Our skilled cabinetmakers and craftsmen also make doorways, bookcases, libraries, and dining and dressing-room cabinetry, whilst our woodcarvers hand-carve period mouldings and elements in the traditional fashion. These beautiful rooms can also include fitments for modern day requirements, such as audio, visual and computer equipment.

Bookcase with veneered mahogany curl panelled doors below and drawing of a proposed elevation for a pair of double doors and doorway with bookcases either side.

We further employ a skilled workforce experienced in installing our cabinetwork in projects around the world. The rooms are made in our workshops in London, then shipped in sections and installed on site. In recent years, we have had commissions from many private and commercial clients around the world.

A copy of an original mahogany carved desk.

Much of our work is in the USA, particularly New York, including office suites, banking halls, and private libraries, together with panelled rooms in residences in Florida, Kansas City, Connecticut and California. As well as many various sized projects in England, a baronial castle in Scotland and rooms across Europe, we have travelled even further to install our work in Kuwait, Brazil, and Mexico City.

Antique pine panelled room, featuring jib door enclosing television and hi-fi equipment.

Whilst the majority of our work centres around traditional English heritage, on occasions we have been asked to design the unique, such as a panelled yacht interior and an indoor swimming pool with an Egyptian ambiance. In the latter, local craftsmen and our chosen specialist decorators worked alongside our own joiners, under our management and supervision.

Antique pine library, featuring jib door with dummy bookbacks leading to a separate drawing room.

Thornhill Galleries have the resources to create individual interior designs directly in discussion with the client or are equally happy to fabricate the schemes originating from the client's own design team. Our specialist knowledge of period detailing and practical joinery skills are often sought by the many interior designers throughout the world, with whom we have worked successfully over many years.

Tudor oak panelling featuring carved inglenook chimneypiece, panelled door with carved drop architraves, stone chimneypiece with carved overmantel, and beamed ceilings with carved limestone chimneypiece to hallway.