Thakeham Furniture, established in 1987, is a large shop in Sussex, specialising in fine quality English Antique Furniture. Our focus is predominantly on the Georgian period, and we place a strong emphasis on originality. We admire pieces of simple, clean design, with good patination and colour.
Our showroom, based in Dial Post, West Sussex, is an old engineering works - a beautiful, characterful space with loads of natural light. It's a high street position with lots of parking space and two floors full of period furniture!
We are members of
LAPADA (The London & Provincial Antique Dealers Association), allowing you the confidence of buying under the LAPADA codes of practice generally accepted by UK antique dealers.
Tim and Belinda Chavasse established the business after meeting at college whilst studying to become antique furniture restorers - Tim coming from agricultural college, and brought up with antiques, and Belinda with a degree in Art History. Our colleague Anthony Tester, a highly skilled restorer, has been with us from the start, and now has over 50 years’ experience!
The business, started at Thakeham in Sussex, has evolved from gaining experience working on furniture for dealers and collectors, to trading ourselves: firstly from premises in Pulborough, along with antique fairs, and later to a high street shop in Horsham. We relocated to our present showroom in Dial Post, West Sussex, in March 2021.
Our daughter, Harriet, joined the business in 2010, coming from a background in graphic design, she manages our website and marketing, as well as photographing our stock.
Sarah joined us in 2022 as office and sales manager, and it is mostly likely Sarah’s friendly voice you will hear if you give us a call!
