Our story

For almost thirty years Stephen Yorke has been telling the story of Rosemary and Sedgewick, bakers who live and work in Crumble Cottage, Upper Crustington, Breadfordshire. At first through intricate pen and ink drawings on Christmas cards, but latterly through the charming tales in his Crumble Cottage books.

Stephen works closely with his wife, Kym, to create the Crumble Cottage range. They are both art-trained. Stephen gained a place at Moseley School of Art at the tender age of eleven and Kym attended Central St Martins in London, gaining a BA Honours Degree in graphic design. They spent 30 years as advertising creatives before they started Crumble Cottage.

Every item is carefully designed and produced in England and they work closely with small manufacturers across the country.

Stephen still creates every image himself and Kym designs the product range and hand crafts many of the items in the range. Her handmade ‘Mischief Mice’ are some of their most popular products.

Love is at the centre of Crumble Cottage. Love of family, community and this wonderful country. It's based on old-fashioned values, often sadly missing in this frenetic world we live in today. So many people love to come into Crumble Cottage as a retreat from the stresses of life today.

In Crumble Cottage there is always the smell of freshly baked bread, the fire crackles in the grate and candles flicker on the mantle shelf. Come in to Crumble Cottage, A little piece of England, you are sure of a warm welcome.