Margot occupies a chocolate-brown storefront on Lewes High Street in an 18th-century Grade II-listed building. The shop offers hand-glazed ceramics, breezy linens, and light fixtures, with sales benefiting Cook School, a non-profit teaching children about healthy food and cooking. Kristan and Amanda Dean founded the operation, combining his background in restoring old French homes and her experience in food writing. Margot extends the couple's antiques, linens, and culinary ventures and features a designed line of homewares. Kristan refurbished the shop himself. The Deans chose the building for its character, south-facing light, and proximity to independent businesses preserving original awnings.
Anyone who enters will realize it's not just another decor store-it's a lovingly refreshed historic space filled with hand-glazed ceramics, breezy linens, and light fixtures, the sales of which benefit Cook School, a non-profit initiative dedicated to teaching children about healthy food and how to prepare it and whose supporters include Sir Paul McCartney and baker-to-the-royals Claire Ptak.
The entire operation is the brainchild of creative husband-wife team Kristan and Amanda Dean. He was raised by a builder father who introduced him to some of London's best architects and designers from a young age, while she grew up with an aesthete mother who would make her own floor-to-ceiling curtains and cushions. These artistic upbringings led Kristian to restoring old French homes and Amanda to food writing before they launched Cook School together in 2019.
Above: Margot is located in Lewes, East Sussex, where Kristian has strong familial ties. His grandfather was one of the craftsmen behind the town's historic flint walls, and his father once ran the local pub. The Deans were drawn to the building itself for its character, south-facing light, and neighboring independent businesses, all of which wear their original awnings. "We loved the idea of being part of that heritage," says Kristian.
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