Bowman Bathrooms designs and supplies bathrooms from our showroom on the Springwood Industrial Estate in Braintree (Springwood Drive, CM7 2YN), one of two Bowmans showrooms in Essex. Come and see the real thing in person, or simply get in touch. Tell us about your room, we design it in 3D, and your own fitter, or one from our Approved Fitter Network, builds it from a full technical pack. Design service included, no obligation.
Bowman Bathrooms is an independently-owned, design-led bathroom showroom in Braintree, based on the Springwood Industrial Estate (Braintree Enterprise Centre, 46-48 Springwood Drive, Braintree, Essex CM7 2YN). Founded in 2022, we design and supply complete bathrooms for homes across CM7, CM77, CM6 and CO9, rated 4.8 out of 5 from 84 Google reviews.
Our Braintree showroom is at Units 26-27 Block B, Braintree Enterprise Centre, 46-48 Springwood Dr, Braintree CM7 2YN. Every Braintree bathroom we work on is drawn, specified and supplied from here.
At a glance
A note from the studio · 19 August 2026
Drive into Braintree from Cressing on a weekday morning and you pass four different housing eras in about ten minutes. Timber-framed cottages close to the lane. Then the newer cul-de-sacs pushing out toward Rayne. Then the older terraces around Bocking, with their narrow returns and boxed-in stairs. Then, further round, the wide plots of Great Notley and Black Notley, built in the last twenty years. Not many towns we work in fit that much variety into such a short drive.
That variety changes what we like to know about a room before we design it.
The cottages around Cressing and Rayne usually share the same trait: not much depth behind the wall for a modern concealed cistern or a recessed shower valve, and floor joists that were never meant to carry a full-height shower tray. So we ask about it early and design around it, rather than leaving your fitter to meet it the day the wall comes off.
The older terraces around Bocking ask something different again: walls that are rarely square, waste pipes routed to suit a plan nobody wrote down, and landings too narrow for a standard-width vanity without a custom cut.
The postwar semis around Panfield are kinder structurally, but the bathroom is often the smallest room in the house. The pleasure there is finding room for a proper shower and a generous basin in a space that was built for neither.
Great Notley and Black Notley bring the opposite brief. The rooms are bigger and the plumbing is modern, but the finish is builder-grade: the kind of white suite that came with the house rather than the one the owner would have chosen. Most of our newer-build clients are not fixing a fault. They are replacing a bathroom that was never really designed, only fitted.
Every road here asks for a different bathroom. So we start by listening, then we draw, and nothing at all is ordered until you have seen it and told us you love it.
— Jonathon Barclay, Founder
“Around Braintree it is usually one of two rooms: a cottage with no depth in the wall, or a new build with a bathroom somebody else chose.”
Our Showroom
Our Braintree showroom is on the Springwood Industrial Estate, just off the A120. Come and see materials in person, try taps and showers, and talk through your ideas with our design team. Free parking directly outside.
Location
Address
Units 26-27 Block B
Braintree Enterprise Centre, 46-48 Springwood Dr
Braintree, CM7 2YN
Founded in 2022
Opening Hours
Facilities
Meet Your Design Team
Our team lives and works in Essex. They know local properties, the best suppliers, and what works in homes around here.
Investment
£6,000–£15,000+ for a full bathroom · from £3,000 for a cloakroom
A cloakroom starts from around £3,000 in products. A full bathroom in a Braintree home typically runs £6,000 to £15,000 or more, depending on the room, the specification, and what you choose. Both figures cover products only — sanitaryware, brassware, tiles, lighting, heating, furniture, everything we design and supply.
We benchmark every product we sell against the major online retailers. There is no premium for buying through Bowmans. The design service is included: the 3D visuals, the drawings and the fixed-price specification are all paid for by the business, never folded into what you pay for a tap or a tile. A period cottage in Bocking and a new build in Great Notley can specify identical products for identical money. The design work is what changes.
Installation is quoted separately by whoever fits your bathroom — your own tradesperson, or a fitter from our Approved Fitter Network — because it depends on scope, access, and the state of what's already there. We can give you a realistic sense of that cost during the design phase, even though we don't set the fitter's price.
For a room-by-room estimate, use our Price Guide, or book a showroom visit and we'll put real numbers against your actual bathroom.
It usually begins with a room that is not working: a Bocking terrace with walls that never ran square, or a Great Notley new build fitted out to somebody else's taste. So we talk about it first. The showroom is on Springwood Drive, and you are very welcome to come in, run the showers and handle the tiles. A phone call first is just as good. Then tell us how big the room is. If a tape measure is not how you want to spend an afternoon, a measuring service can be arranged. We design the room in 3D and set a fixed price against everything in it, and nothing is ordered until you have seen that design and approved it. The design work costs you nothing: you pay for the products only. From there we order and coordinate every item, and your fitter, whether that is somebody you already use or a name from our Approved Fitter Network, receives a full technical pack covering every installation drawing, the product data and the clearances, so the room is built exactly as drawn. While the work is on site we are close by and easy to reach, and we register your warranties once it is finished.
What we design: master ensuite, family bathroom, wetroom, shower room, guest ensuite and cloakroom.
3D render from an actual Braintree CM7 project — approved by the client before ordering
Bowmans designs your bathroom and supplies every product in it. The fitting is done by your own fitter, or by one from our Approved Fitter Network, whichever you prefer.
Your Own Tradesperson
That works perfectly. We will work with them directly. Our designer can brief them on site, and they get everything they need to build the room exactly as designed.
Our Approved Installers
We can introduce you to our Approved Fitter Network. They are vetted and insured, they already know our product range and our standards, and every installation the network completes carries a workmanship warranty. Either way, we stay involved from start to finish.
For more on how the two routes work day to day, and what the workmanship warranty covers when our network completes the fit, see our installation options.
Featured Project
Braintree, CM7 · Family bathroom · 2024
This family bathroom began as a conversation in our Springwood Drive showroom. We designed the room in 3D first: a J-shape bath under the window, a Roper Rhodes Concierge vanity in matt navy, and a full-height feature wall in Ca' Pietra Nero Magnifique bookmatched marble. Every fitting, from the taps to the towel rail, was specified in brushed brass, with smart WiFi-controlled lighting. Products came to £13,000–£16,000. The fitter had the room finished three weeks after starting on site.
Read the full Braintree family bathroom project
Recent Projects
A selection of completed bathroom design projects for Braintree homeowners.
Braintree CM7 — Family Bathroom Double-fixture layout with walk-in shower and premium finishes.
Braintree CM7 — Luxury Ensuite Wetroom Full wetroom conversion with feature tiling and premium brassware.
Great Notley CM77 — Luxury Shower Room Bath-to-walk-in-shower conversion with brushed bronze and copper slate.
Local Knowledge
We cover Braintree and the villages around it — CM7, CM77, CM6 and CO9 — from our showroom on the Springwood Industrial Estate. Wherever you're based locally, the design process is the same.
Here's what we see most often in a few of the villages we work in most.
Beyond these, we cover CM7, CM77, CM6 and CO9 — including Bocking, Rayne, Cressing, Panfield, Great Notley, Black Notley, Silver End, White Notley, Great Leighs, Gosfield, Felsted and Great Bardfield, plus nearby towns like Witham, Halstead, Great Dunmow and Coggeshall.
We also serve
Client Reviews
“Really happy with our new bathroom — it was great working with Katie to create my dream design.
Although there were a few problems with deliveries, Jamie couldn’t have been more helpful and resolved all issues quickly and effectively. Excellent customer service from Bowmans.”
Sam — Great Notley (CM77)
“Super pleased with the finish of our bathroom, big thanks to Peter and Dean our installers, who worked carefully and paid attention to every detail. Would recommend Bowmans.”
Cliff Leondiou — Braintree (CM7)
“Exceptional service from start to finish, Johnny and verity are on point from the get go! Great communication and great people.”
Charlie Selwyn — Great Notley, Braintree
Common questions from homeowners in Braintree and surrounding villages.
Have a different question? Browse our full FAQs page for more on design, pricing and installation.
“Bowman’s designed and delivered a complete change to my very tired old bathroom. Highly professional and in contact throughout and following installation. Love my transformed bath/shower room.”
Hannah Bishop — Braintree (CM7)
Brands We Design With
Every product in your bathroom is chosen for durability, design integrity, and long-term performance — not because it's on promotion. All available to view in our Braintree showroom.
Next Step
Book a showroom visit and we will design and price your bathroom properly, with no obligation and no pressure. You are just as welcome to call the Braintree showroom on 01376 617001 and talk it through with the team, or download the brochure and look through real Braintree projects at your own pace.
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