Manor is a heritage brand studio for English houses, vintners, and members’ clubs. We design with gilt, foil, and the patience of a proper cellar.
We accept four houses a year and the occasional warrant. Below — the houses in residence, the cabinet of recent ciphers, and the gilt shelf of materials.
A 1844 vintner re-cipher’d for its sixth generation. Hand-drawn cipher, 12 vintage labels with foil and emboss, and a clothbound cellar book. Adopted by the cellar master in seven days.
We design heraldry as it has always been designed: with field, charge, and ordinaries. Marks for houses, hotels, and the occasional spirits brand with a Royal Warrant.
Wine and spirits identity, from cooperage to bottle. Foiled labels, traditional gilt, deep emboss. We work with houses with cellars older than us.
Long-form publication design for country estates, hotels, and members’ clubs. Clothbound, gilt edged, posted in a linen sleeve.
We are not against new agencies. We are against the engagement that ends in a Drive folder. Below, the atelier in plain English.
“Manor came to the estate, walked the avenue, and drew a cipher in an afternoon. We have used it on every label, menu, and visiting card since. The cellar approves.”
“They sent the brand book in a linen sleeve, hand-tied. The trustees raised their glasses. The wordmark has been on the bottle for nine vintages.”
“The studio drafts as the old houses did. The cipher fits the door knocker. The brand fits the house. We are now in our fourth century.”
Pricing is plain. Each commission begins with an estate visit and a glass. Stewardship continues annually until the next generation chooses otherwise.
Answered plainly. We reply within three days, by post or by mail.
An estate office in the Cotswolds, beside a working cellar. Visits welcome by appointment, with a glass.
Two commissions remain in MMXXVI. We respond to every petition, including those we politely return.