About Us

Essex Woodcraft was founded in 1989 by Richard Swinton for the purpose of manufacturing specialist joinery.

Essex Woodcraft produces fine joinery for all situations with a range of products extending from high performance windows and doors to quality hardwood and softwood fittings to the more specialised individual joinery items such as counters, panelling, bookcases and staircases.

The Expertise of Essex Woodcraft is ideally suited to tailor-made projects.


We also provide an installation service for specialist items, if required.

At Essex Woodcraft we have a first class team of skilled craftsmen and support specialists who operate from our modern, 2000 square metre factory using the latest computer aided machinery and design technology.

Our team of knowledgeable, friendly staff are trained to recognise and understand customers' requirements, enabling correct standards of workmanship to be applied and technical specifications to be achieved.

Essex Woodcraft works to all appropriate British Standards.

Our Office in Colchester

Offices / Factory

We have modern facilities recently extended and upgraded with upto date IT equipment and computer aided machinery.

Essex Woodcraft are based in Colchester, giving easy access to London and beyond.

Quality

The fully trained experienced and stable workforce, offers constant standards of high craftsmanship and supports steady growth and consistent levels of achievement, very well demonstrated by the company over the past decade.

Our team of knowledgeable staff are trained to recognize and understand customers' requirements, enabling correct standards of workmanship to be applied and technical specifications to be achieved.

Essex Woodcraft works to all appropriate British standards and is a member of the Timber Research And Development Association (TRADA)

The Team

Management Team

Richard Swinton
Managing Director
Ian Wright
General Manager
Valerie Wright
Company Secretary

Estimating/Surveying

Ivan Keer

Paul Kendrick

CNC Design/Operation

Tim Townsend

Accounts

Natasha Lovell
Accounts Manager
Mandy Bloomfield

Administration

Sue Wiltshire

Project Co-Ordinator

Trevor Jay

Matthew Barnett

Sales/Marketing

Fiona Swinton