Old Tom & English

Lee Broom’s interior design for Old Tom & English is a contemporary take on the relaxed elegance of home entertaining in the 1960s. To gain entry via the heavy slatted wooden door, ring the doorbell and be welcomed through the hidden hatch to then be seated at the bar, lounge or one of the five personal cloisters.
Old Tom and English has a warm and contemporary feel and instead of being the conventional bar and restaurant layout, Broom has designed the space to reflect the relaxed atmosphere of being in a good friend’s apartment for a casual dinner or an intimate cocktail party.
The look uses traditional and honest materials such as oak and marble which have been used to create a bar incorporating multiple levels, a post modern fire place and striking vertical panelling featured throughout the venue. The simple grey colour palette used on walls, accessories and upholstery are accentuated with flashes of brass and a vibrant red carpet, which runs throughout the interior.
“I have designed a complete venue concept for Old Tom & English combining all aspects including the interior, branding and elements of the service concept. I thought about the kind of personal service I like to receive in a venue and the theatre of creating drinks in front of you or presenting the food in a way, which considers its interior, like you would at home. The design has been created around those elements and much like the service informs the design, the design of the interior influences the service. For example, marble features throughout the venue in the lighting, the furniture and right through to the barware and tableware we have created. It is a dream project for a designer and I believe will be a real gem for Soho” says Lee Broom.