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A family workshop at the Historic Dockyard

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  • Window reveal being templated before new worktops are made
    Templating
  • A shaped worktop edge during fabrication
    Edge detail
  • Calacatta-effect sheets cut and laid out on the workshop bench
    The bench
  • Finished vanity tops stacked in the workshop before delivery
    Ready to go
  • Calacatta quartz worktops fitted in a dark grey kitchen
    Fitted

We are a family-run business with over 30 years in the worktop trade. We template, make and fit solid surface, quartz and porcelain from our workshop in Chatham, and we are usually on site in Kent, Surrey, Sussex or London by the time you read this.

Twenty-eight years ago we templated with hardboard and a jigsaw. Today a digital laser records the room to the millimetre, including the walls that are not quite straight and the reveal that is not quite square. The old worktops stay in place, the kitchen stays clean, and the file goes straight to the saw.

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The workshop

Unit 5, The Craft Workshops

Our workshop sits inside the Historic Dockyard at Chatham, among boatbuilders, joiners and other makers. It is where every sheet of Corian, Hanex, HIMACS, Durasein and Artemis is cut, bonded and polished, and where quartz and porcelain are finished before fitting. Visits are by appointment, so there is always someone free to walk you through samples, edges and sink options. Bring your plan; we will bring the kettle.Unit 5, The Craft Workshops, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham ME4 4TZ. Map

Finished vanity tops stacked in the workshop before delivery

1996 to today

The dates behind the numbers.

1996

Prestige Worktops starts trading. 30 years on it is still a family business, and the people who measure are the people who fit.

Calacatta-effect slab laid out on the workshop bench at the Historic Dockyard

1998

We begin templating and fabricating solid surface: Corian, Hanex, HIMACS, Durasein and Artemis. 28 years of seamless sinks and joins.

Bullnose edge clamped and bonding on the workshop bench

2012

Low-iron toughened glass splashbacks join the range, templated on the same visit as the worktops. 14 years so far.

Window reveal being templated by laser before worktops and splashbacks are made

Today

Unit 5, The Craft Workshops, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham. Every sheet is cut, bonded and polished here, and quartz and porcelain are finished here before fitting.

Durasein Blanca Carrara island with a seamless slab end to the floor in a dark grey handleless kitchen

Four things we will not compromise on

Measure it properly A worktop is only as good as the template. We measure with a laser, in person, every time.

Make it ourselves Nothing leaves the Dockyard that we did not cut, bond and polish. No outsourced fabrication.

Fit what we make The people who made your top are the people who carry it in and fit it. That is where thirty years shows.

Say what it costs Plain quotes, no sales visits. If a cheaper material will do the job we will tell you.

Where we work

Every worktop is made at The Historic Dockyard in Chatham and fitted by the people who made it. Pick an area for towns, travel times and local jobs.

The people

The people who measure, make and fit

A small family team. The person who templates your kitchen is the person who makes the tops and the person who fits them.

In numbers

30 years, one workshop

30
years in the trade
28
years with solid surface
14
years of glass splashbacks
7
materials made in house

Ready for a price?

Send a photo or a plan with rough sizes. We quote within one working day and bring samples when we template.

Durasein island
Quartz worktops
Durasein island
Corian island
Quartz worktops
Hanex worktops