Ceramic
Stoneware Mug
£24
Wren Pottery, Bristol
Hearth
· Frome
Independent homeware · Established 2019
Curated homeware. Gifts you’d actually keep.
A small homeware and gift shop on Catherine Hill, Frome — stocking thirty-odd independent British makers. Ceramics from down the road, linen from the next county, beeswax candles from a one-woman workshop in Devon. Nothing mass-produced.
30+
UK makers
2019
Open since
Free
Gift wrap
This week
New stoneware from Wren Pottery, just down the A37.Ceramic & Stoneware
Linen & Throws
Beeswax Candles
Botanical Prints & Books
Small Independent Brands
01 — This Season
A small collection, chosen for the months ahead.
Eight things we’re especially fond of right now. Each one made by a small workshop or studio we know personally. Click and collect from the shop, or we’ll wrap and send.
Updated weekly
Candle
Beeswax Pillar
£18
Hollow Tree, Devon
Linen
Linen Throw, Oat
£68
Foxglove Mill, Dorset
Print
Botanical Print, Pair
£32
Press & Petal, Bath
Ceramic
Hand-thrown Bowl
£28
Wren Pottery, Bristol
Candle
Honeycomb Tapers
£14
Hollow Tree, Devon
Linen
Washed Linen Napkins
£36
Foxglove Mill, Dorset
Book
Herbarium, Vol II
£22
Quiet Press, Somerset
02 — Meet the Makers
The people behind the shelves.
Every brand on our shelves belongs to someone we’ve met, written to, or visited. We pay them properly, we don’t haggle on wholesale, and we don’t stock anything we wouldn’t happily put in our own homes. Here are four of them.
Bristol
Wren Pottery
Wheel-thrown stoneware, fired in a small studio outside the city.
With us since 2021
Devon
Hollow Tree Candles
Pure British beeswax, hand-poured. Slow-burning, no fragrance oils.
With us since 2022
Dorset
Foxglove Mill
Stonewashed linen woven on a family loom — throws, napkins, runners.
With us since 2020
Somerset
Quiet Press
Letterpress botanical prints and a short list of beautifully made books.
With us since 2023
From a regular
“Hearth is the only shop in town where I can buy a present and know I won’t see the same thing in a chain store next week. Properly thoughtful — and beautifully wrapped, always.”
Eleanor M. · Frome
03 — Visit the Shop
Catherine Hill, Frome.
We’re a few doors down from the top of Catherine Hill — the steepest, prettiest shopping street in Somerset. Come in, have a proper look, ask about the makers. The kettle’s usually on.
On the first Sunday of each month we’re open extended hours for the Frome Independent Market — worth the trip from Bath, Bristol or further afield.
Address
17 Catherine Hill
Frome
Somerset BA11 1BY
Frome
Somerset BA11 1BY
Opening Hours
Tue – Fri10 – 5
Saturday9.30 – 5.30
Sunday11 – 4
MonClosed
Click & Collect
Order online before 2pm, collect from the shop the next opening day. Or have it wrapped and sent — free gift wrap on every order, always.
04 — Say Hello
Looking for something specific?
We’re happy to take requests, source from a particular maker, or put together a wedding-list or corporate gifting bundle. Drop us a line — we read everything ourselves.