Oriel is the design centre at Lion House in Abergavenny, run by Stephen Huw Griffiths on the back of more than fifteen years in the kitchen trade. One curated showroom, four ranges of Omega Plc cabinetry, and a vetted Monmouthshire fitting team. From the first consultation to the snagging visit, you have the same person on the other side of the desk.
Summer offer Ask about our current showroom promotion when you book your visit. One per kitchen.
Design with Stephen, supply from Omega Plc, install with our vetted Monmouthshire team, after-care with the same person who drew the room. No handovers between strangers.
Every Oriel kitchen begins in the studio at Lion House, at the dark Calacatta desk with Stephen across from you. Plans, paint swatches and door samples drawn against the room you brought in on your phone. Free first consultation, by appointment or walk-in, with no pressure to commit.
We supply Omega Plc’s catalogue across all four ranges. Omega has built cabinets in Yorkshire since 1980, and a single trade-supply relationship means one set of door specs, one set of paint codes, one Blum hinge standard, one warranty. Independent showroom, professional supply chain.
Once the design is signed off, the fit is handled by our vetted Monmouthshire fitting team. Cabinets in first, worktops template-cut on site, electrics and plumbing co-ordinated with Stephen as your single point of contact. Snagging visit at handover, with him on the day.
A courtesy check at six months. Spare paint kept on file in Stephen’s name so re-touches match the original batch. Appliance specification handled by Oriel as a fully Elica-authorised dealer, with cooker hoods, hobs and integrated cooling all spec’d to the cabinet plan rather than retrofitted at the last minute.
A single curated showroom at Lion House on King Street, ten minutes’ walk from Abergavenny Market Hall. These are the corners most clients photograph on the first visit.
Photographs in this section are Omega supplier images of the door styles we install, so you can see the finish honestly before you visit. Real samples for each are on the door rack at Lion House.
Supplier image · Omega Plc Each door sits inside a visible hardwood frame, glued and dowelled with walnut or oak internal carcases. Twenty-six painted shades. Twenty-year cabinet guarantee, ten years on the painted door. The longest-living option we install.
Supplier image · Omega Plc Square-framed door with a flat central panel, in painted or stained finishes. Stocked door styles include Nouveau (indigo, limestone, painted black), Minster, Sovereign and Signature. Choose knob, cup pull, brushed brass or polished chrome.
Supplier image · Omega Plc Flat slab doors and clean lines, with true-handleless rail systems or integrated J-pull options. Stocked door styles include Arctic, New England Oak, Autograph, Linear, Integral and Super-matt. Quartz worktops and Blum hinges across the range.
Supplier image · Omega Plc Raised-and-fielded panel doors, intricate carvings, decorative cornicing and trim. Stocked door styles include Edwardian, Manor House, Harmony and Sculptured. Pairs with glass-fronted cabinets, open shelving and statement light fittings.
Stephen Huw Griffiths spent more than fifteen years in the kitchen trade, in design and trade-supply roles across South Wales, before opening Oriel. The company was incorporated on 10 July 2023, with the showroom on King Street in Abergavenny opening the same year. The name is the Welsh word for gallery, a place where work is shown, which is what we built the room to be.
We chose Omega Plc as the cabinetry partner from day one, across all four ranges, plus Blum hinges, local South Wales granite and quartz fabricators, and a vetted Monmouthshire fitting team. The model is deliberately small: one designer, one supply chain, one room. Reviews name Stephen by first name because he is the only designer; the team referenced is the installation crew.
“From the outset Steve brought his knowledge, experience and design flair to the fore and was able to guide us through the many options that were available. We favoured a local company rather than a national one, and in Steve and Oriel it proved to be a great choice.” A. Gittens, on the homepage testimonials
Most modular kitchens build a melamine carcass and screw a door on top. Faster to make, easier to ship, and the door sits proud of the cabinet face. The Heritage Collection we stock is different.
Each door is set inside a solid hardwood frame that is glued and dowelled to the cabinet front. Walnut or oak internal carcase. Blum soft-close hinges as standard. The finish reads as fitted furniture rather than as a row of joined boxes. Twenty-six painted shades are exposed for selection, including Sienna Limestone, Fern Glade Cashmere, Powder Parchment, Le Mans and Cobalt. We can show every one of them against the actual cabinet front in the showroom before you commit.
Reviews on our current site name him personally because he is the only designer. Edited lightly for length.
“From the outset Steve brought his knowledge, experience and design flair to the fore and was able to guide us through the many options that were available. This made the process less daunting and confusing and as a result we have ended up with a kitchen we love. We favoured a local company rather than a national one and in Steve and Oriel it proved to be a great choice.”
A. Gittens · Abergavenny
“From start to finish there was no pressure sales like other kitchen designers. Consultation with Steve was made easy due to his very experienced background and easy manner to deal with. Expert team for installation making the finished product excellent. Would thoroughly recommend this company.”
B. Williams · Monmouthshire
“Oriel kitchens have looked after me from start to finish. From first contact through the design process and right through to the fit and final finish. Steve and the team have communicated with me throughout. I now have a kitchen that is perfect and fits my needs exactly. I would not go anywhere else.”
C. Larsen · South Wales
The first consultation is free, and Stephen leads every one. If you send a few photographs and rough dimensions ahead, we will have the relevant door samples and paint swatches laid out on the consultation desk when you arrive. Most first visits run sixty to ninety minutes.
Lion House
King Street
Abergavenny NP7 5SE
Phone · 01873 379111
Email · hello@orielkitchens.co.uk
Park · on King Street directly, or the Market Hall car park, five minutes’ walk.
From the country · 30 minutes from Newport, 45 from Bristol over the Severn, 50 from Cardiff.
Full Saturday opening, plus Sunday by arrangement. Most bespoke kitchen showrooms in South Wales close on Saturday afternoon or take Saturday by appointment only. We plan the showroom around the weekends most kitchen-buying couples actually have free.
Yes. The first consultation is free, in the Lion House showroom or by arranged video call, and Stephen leads it personally. Bring measurements, photographs of the room and any inspiration you have collected. We will lay door samples and paint swatches against your photographs while you are there. No pressure to commit.
Cabinetry across every range comes from Omega Plc, a British manufacturer based in Yorkshire since 1980. We are an independent design-and-installation specialist; Omega builds the cabinets to our specification, and we design, supply, install and stand behind every kitchen we sell. The Heritage Collection is true solid-hardwood in-frame, glued and dowelled, with walnut or oak interior carcases.
The Heritage Collection carries a twenty-year cabinet guarantee and a ten-year guarantee on the painted door. The Modern, Shaker and Classic ranges carry Omega Plc’s standard manufacturer warranty. Our installation work is covered for two years from handover, with a courtesy snagging check at six months as standard.
We project-manage the full fit using our own vetted installation team. Stephen is your single point of contact from first call to handover. Reviews on our homepage name him by first name because he is the only designer; the team he refers to is the fitting crew, not other designers.
We design and install from Abergavenny across Monmouth, Usk, Newport and Hereford. That is a comfortable single-day-trip radius from Lion House, which is what keeps the bench manageable and the design quality consistent.
Yes. We are an authorised Elica appliance dealer, and we specify cooker hoods, hobs and integrated cooling against the cabinet plan as part of the design, not as a retrofit afterthought. Other appliance brands handled on request.