ESSE ignited a legacy in 1854 when James Smith, Stephen Wellstood and George Ure launched a mission to build the cleanest-burning, highest-quality stoves and range cookers. They continue crafting those iconic stoves right in the heart of the UK. The company supplies kitchens from the Savoy to remote Scottish bothys and royal residences.
Status tops ESSE’s priorities. Chefs at River Cottage and the team at Humble by Nature rely on beautifully hand-crafted British models. Florence Nightingale used ESSE cookers in her field hospital. Explorers like Shackleton and Scott depended on these stoves for warmth and nourishment in Antarctica.
The Ironheart cooking-and-heating stove honours the brand’s heritage and stands as the flagship of the wood-fired range. The Bakeheart and Warmheart offer compact versatility while matching Ecodesign efficiency expectations.
The ESSE 175 uses a three-stage combustion system with patent-pending Particulate Reburn™ Technology. This is to maximise energy and slash emissions. Independent tests confirm the 175 surpasses current Ecodesign standards. In 2023, they introduced the 1000 W, the cleanest wood-burning range cooker ever built by the company. Not only featuring catalytic technology that burns smoke particles, it achieves as low as 0.04 % CO emissions and just 20 mg/m³ of combustion dust.
In conclusion, ESSE blends heritage with contemporary innovation in every workshop. Skilled engineers hand-build every stove at the Barnoldswick factory, combining traditional craftsmanship with modern engineering and decades of clean-burning know-how. Barnoldswick’s scenic landscape and close-knit community inspire the brand’s ethos—stoves here endure for generations, becoming focal points for homes, shared stories and lasting warmth.
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