WHY I LOVE COBHAM

WHY I LOVE COBHAM

Rudolph Diesel is the head of London interior design company Rudolph Diesel Interiors. In this article, he heads out to the Home Counties to revisit one of Surrey’s most prestigious locations. 

Love to look at 

Cobham in Surrey has been christened the ‘Beverley Hills of Britain’ and it’s not hard to see why. Sprawling residences are dotted all around, with some of the very best examples on the Eaton Park Estate and in the Ockham Village enclave. Surrey interior designers are seen flitting between period properties and newly built mansions, with clients including dignitaries, entrepreneurs and sports stars – the latter perhaps a result of Chelsea Football Club’s training facility being located in the village. While you may see Mason Mount et al parking their supercars at Waitrose, Painshill – 158 acres of Grade I listed landscape gardens - provides the perfect foil for Cobham’s excess.

Love to shop

Every good luxury interior can be elevated with the right scent and I love Pip & Gray on Church Street for its selection of home fragrances. I also have a weakness for kitchen paraphernalia so when in Cobham, I’m often found in The Art of Living – a cookware specialist that stocks the traditional (Le Creuset) through to the ultra-modern (Black & Blum). If something sparkly is in order, a trip to the exquisitely-fitted Gordon Marks jewellers is just the ticket - the interior design warmly cossets and cocoons. It also has a Royal appointment, so if it’s good enough for the Queen……And if that something sparkly is of the liquid variety, I’ll nip into The Cobham Larder for gin and tonic supplies, purchased together with some wonderful cheeses and charcuterie.  

Love to eat

I always make a beeline for the Coppa Club in Cobham Village, where high end interior design meets a biophilic backdrop and a mouth-watering menu. Another aesthetic crowd pleaser is The Ivy on Cobham High Street as it has a remarkable Art Deco luxury interior design. The very distinctive orange banquettes are the perfect place to sip the house speciality – a peach negroni. If you’re all about the coffee and not the cocktails, head to Coppers Coffee Roasters. Although this store specialises in wholesale coffee beans and barista equipment, it serves the finest brews to the public between 8am and 12 noon, Monday to Saturday.