About Us

We invite you to visit our two jewellery shops on Branthwate Brow in Kendal, where you can relax & enjoy a professional & friendly experience. Our knowledgeable team are on hand and dedicated to give you the best possible service. Staff training has always been of prime importance as the framed certificates on the wall show. Most members of staff have the Professional Jewellery diploma and others are registered valuers and gemmologists.

Gold Shop

When you visit H. Hogarth's gold shop you will be amazed at the range of quality jewellery of the highest calibre; available in diamond, gold and platinum. We stock an exceptional range of diamond rings available in both white gold and yellow gold, and a fantastic range of wedding and engagement rings available in the most precious metals. You will find our watch department stocks a wide range of premier watch brands, not all of which are available online.

Silver Shop

Just over the brow from the gold shop you can find the recently refurbished silver shop, now on two floors. The ground floor features a wide range of designer silver and a new Pandora shop-in-shop. Make your way up to the first floor to find an extensive range of designer watches, some with matching jewellery. Further collections of silver jewellery as well as a Thomas Sabo charm department can also be found on the first floor.

Our Expertise

Graeme R Hogarth F.G.A, P.J dip, Member of The National Institute of Registered Valuers. Owner, fully qualified since 1981.

Gordon Bramwell F.N.A.G, P.J dip, P.J. Gem dip, P.J. Valuation dip, Member of The National Institute of Registered Valuers. Senior Manager since 1992.

The majority of our staff have a professional jewellery diploma and some are also registered valuers and gemmologists.

Branthwaite Brow

Branthwaite Brow is a steep, narrow and cobbled throughfare, connecting the market place with the bottom of Finkle Street. The buildings now on the West side of Branthwaite Brow were built, and to save space, cast iron plates were used instead of bricks to front the properties. These plates were cast by a local iron founder called John Winder. The plaque on the wall relates to the widening of Branthwaite Brow, and to the date the plates were used in the building of the shops.

H. Hogarth are believed to be the only jeweller's shop in the world with highly distinctive, diamond patterned, cast iron walls. The family owners proudly boast cast iron outside with a superb display of real diamonds inside the shop.

Photos taken of the jewellers at the turn of the last century even show that wrist watches had not been invented as only pocket watches are displayed.

Cyril Robert Hogarth

Cyril Robert Hogarth bought the jewellers in 1923, he also dispensed spectacles, frames and glasses. Cyril died in 1942 aged 40 and his widow Hilda, who had not been involved in the business, was faced with running it as it could not be sold during the war years. In 1955 when the business was about to be sold because of Mrs Hogarth's poor health, her son Alan decided to leave his career in banking to take over. He underwent intensive training and was active in the National Association of Goldsmiths. Later Alan Hogarth became a founder member of the Company of Master Jewellers, staying on the board for 10 years and acting as Chairman for 4 years.

Alan and his wife travelled with jewellers study tours all over the world taking in Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Japan and Hong Kong. They both also studied in Switzerland at different times in the 1970s.

Graeme Hogarth

Graeme, the third generation Hogarth jeweller, won the Rayner award coming top of 38 countries in his Gemmology exams. In 1982 after working in Perth and studying in Switzerland, he joined the family business. In 2002 the third major extension of the business took place doubling the selling space by extending into the next door shop.

In autumn 2009 the Silver shop was doubled in size to create a Pandora shop, Thomas Sabo charm zone, DKNY watches &Jewellery, Virtue stacking rings, Calvin Klein watches &Jewellery, plus many more.

Silver Shop

In 1989 H. Hogarth opened a shop opposite selling gifts, this evolved over the years to a shop selling silver jewellery, selling Jewellery &watches by many leading contemporary &classic brands. Graeme's wife, Helen, joined the business following the birth of Laura in 1993 &Sam in 1996, she runs the silver shop