Coating swatches in navy, grey and chalk laid out in a row across the dark cutting bench, seen from above

Hexham, Northumberland · coats cut to measure and ready to wear

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Ready to wear from £135 · made-to-measure coats from £860 · free UK delivery over £150

On the bench this week

Three pieces finished and photographed flat, exactly as they left the table.

The Thornleigh overcoat laid flat, showing its navy melton flap pocket and oxblood horn button

Thornleigh Overcoat

Ink navy melton, 740g · made to measure

£1,180 4 fitting slots left this month

The Allendale ulster folded on the bench in camel herringbone, collar turned to show the weave

Allendale Ulster

Camel herringbone, 820g · made to measure

£1,340 Cloth in stock · 7 week lead time

The Corbridge chore coat laid flat on chalk paper in olive cotton drill with patch pockets

Corbridge Chore Coat

Olive cotton drill · ready to wear, sizes S–XL

£295 Only 2 left · size M

Two lengths of coating folded against each other on the bench, rust and camel, cut edges showing
A square of black and chalk houndstooth coating lying open on the cutting table

Two ways to buy

Made to your measurements, or finished and folded today

A made-to-measure coat starts with one hour at the bench and a cloth off the shelf behind it. We cut a paper pattern to your figure, baste it, fit it once, and send the coat seven to nine weeks later. Nothing is graded from a block.

The ready pieces are cut in six sizes from the same cloths and sit in the drawer under the window. If one of them fits you nearly, we alter it free within the first month — sleeves, hem and waist.

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Close weave of brown coating cloth filling the frame, the twill line running corner to corner
“A coat is a flat thing until the day somebody puts their arms in it. Everything we do on the bench is an argument about what happens on that day.”

Edith Marrable · head cutter · twenty-two years at the table

The cloth book

Six of the cloths we keep on the shelf, with the coat each one is cut for and what it costs.

Six cloths · scroll or use the arrows

  • Ink navy melton folded into soft ridges, the nap catching light along each fold

    Ink navy melton

    740g · Yorkshire woollen · cut for the Thornleigh

    Coat from £1,180 In stock

  • Camel herringbone coating opened flat beside a rust lambswool, both cut square

    Camel herringbone

    820g · Border mill · cut for the Allendale

    Coat from £1,340 In stock

  • Black and chalk houndstooth coating lying open, the check reading clearly at full scale

    Chalk houndstooth

    680g · Yorkshire woollen · cut for the Dalton

    Coat from £1,095 3 lengths left

  • Navy and oat Cheviot check tweed with a horn button resting on the weave

    Cheviot check tweed

    560g · Northumberland spun · cut for the Hartley

    Jacket from £920 In stock

  • Brown barleycorn coating filling the frame, flecks of oat through the brown ground

    Brown barleycorn

    610g · Border mill · cut for the Fellgate

    Coat from £385 In stock

  • Chalk cotton poplin folded in quarters on the bench, the fold lines still sharp

    Chalk cotton poplin

    140g · Lancashire woven · cut for the Wylam shirt

    Shirt from £135 In stock

Every cloth and every price

Before you order

What does delivery cost, and when does it come?

Ready-to-wear goes out on a tracked 48-hour service: £5.50 in the UK, free over £150, two working days. Europe is £18 and five to eight days. A made-to-measure coat is delivered free wherever you are, because the cloth and the hours already cost more than the carriage.

How long do I have to send something back?

Thirty days on anything ready to wear, unworn, with the ticket still on. We pay the return postage and refund within a week of the parcel reaching Hexham. A made-to-measure coat is cut to one person and cannot be returned, which is exactly why there is a fitting before we cut.

I am between two sizes. Which one?

Take the larger one on a coat and the smaller one on a jacket or a shirt. A coat is worn over a jacket and the chest measurement has to carry both; a jacket worn over a shirt does not. Every piece has its own centimetre table on its page, and the first alteration is free, so a sleeve or a hem that misses by two centimetres is not a problem.

What actually arrives in the parcel?

The garment folded in unbleached tissue inside a cotton bag, a spare horn button and a metre of the matching thread in a small envelope, the cloth card with the mill and the weight written on it, and a pre-paid return label for the ready pieces. No boxes within boxes.

Can you alter something I already own?

Yes, if it was well made to begin with. Sleeves shortened from the cuff £38, hem £30, waist taken in £45, a new lining £140. Bring it on a Thursday and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth the money before we take it on.

A length of chalk cloth lying across the sunlit end of the cutting bench, ready to be marked

One hour at the bench · one coat that fits

Fittings run Thursday to Saturday. Bring the jacket you wear most and we will work from it.

Free UK delivery over £150 · 30 days to return anything ready to wear

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