Nestled in the brick arches of Bagley Walk, our Cubitts store is a modern reinterpretation of Coal Drops Yard’s industrial heritage.

The Coal Drops buildings were part of Lewis Cubitt’s King’s Cross station development, built to transfer coal from rail wagons to road carts. Above our humble arch, wagons once dropped coal into storage hoppers, and then to horse-drawn carts. Up the hill in Granary Square, the Lewis Cubitt-designed wrought iron girders that inspired the butterfly rivet can be found punctuating the ground.

Bespoke brass and wood fittings are tailored to architectural niches and unique curving walls, against exposed Victorian brickwork.

A specially made spectacle repairs station is constructed in the spirit of rebirth, with reclaimed wood from the yard held together with custom butterfly rivet clamps. A waiting area is serviced by a pair of 1960s Ercol ‘cow horn’ chairs, and an adjustable table from neighbour Tom Dixon.

At the rear of the store, a testing room including an optical coherence tomography machine for enhanced eye examinations. Coal Drops Yard is Cubitts’ only fully wheelchair accessible eye examination site. The store also offers  frame repairs, adjustments, lens changes and bespoke services.