King Edward I's Medieval Bedchamber, Tower of London

Working closely with the research teams at Historic Royal Palaces, Stuart Interiors were commissioned to recreate King Edward I's Medieval Bedchamber in St Thomas' Tower at the Tower of London, as it might have appeared during his reign in the 13th century.

With almost no surviving furniture from so early a date, the project demanded extensive archival and material research to develop designs that would be both historically credible and academically defensible. The design for the King's tester bed emerged from arcade detailing observed on an early medieval chair preserved at Hereford Cathedral — one of the few surviving references of the period. Every carved detail, from the lion's head finials to the arcade tracery, was hand carved in oak by Stuart Interiors' craftsmen.

Alongside the joinery, Stuart Interiors supplied a complete ensemble of period furnishings: specially woven carpets and wall hangings featuring bespoke medieval designs including the Lion Diaper and Heraldic Quatrefoil patterns, replica ceramic jugs, X-frame chairs, ironwork, and a replica medieval tile floor in the oratory. The rooms in St Thomas' Tower are now among the most visited and admired at the Tower of London, giving visitors a vivid insight into 13th-century royal life.