Every ESSE stove can trace its ancestry all the way back to 1854.
Now as then they represent the very best in stove design and capability. The knowledge acquired over 150 years is used daily and it is our on going quest to develop new products and enhancements that continue to improve the enjoyment, reliability and efficiency which generations of ESSE people have experienced.
“Handmade by people passionate about stoves”
Every ESSE stove is made by people who understand stoves, who understand what it means to rely on a stove in a demanding and remote, rural location. Who know how to work skilfully with metals to produce thoroughbred stoves that perform exceptionally well. Stoves that can stand continual thermal shock year after year. Stoves that are hand built to last a lifetime.
ESSE - the brand tested in the Himalayas
It’s interesting to know that Florence Nightingale was passionate about ESSE and would use no other brand at her hospital in Balaclava. Later famous British explorers Shackleton and Scott, who depended upon the performance of their equipment during expeditions to some of the world’s coldest and most inhospitable places, relied on an ESSE to provide hot food and warmth to their teams.
More recently top British climber Alan Hinkes, who uses a specially adapted ESSE Solo to heat his base camp in the Himalayas and when River Cottage needed a stove, naturally they chose an ESSE.
Choosing the right stove for you
We make solid fuel and wood burning stoves from 3kW/h to over 18kW/h, boiler models for Central Heating, Free Standing and Inset Stoves and Radiation and Convector Stoves (Convector Stoves were pioneered by Esse back in Victorian times). Gas models are also available with Natural Gas / LPG and Remote Control options. Our award winning 2kW/h Electric Stove completes our range.
Born and bred on the edge of the Dales
Our factory on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales is steeped in stove building history and it is here at the Ouzledale Works where every ESSE stove is born. We have an onsite museum that bears testament to our unrivalled heritage.
ESSE stoves are warming homes all over the world from Alaska to New Zealand. They have also provided much needed warmth in the wastes of the Antarctic as well as radiating their trademark welcoming warmth to homes throughout the UK.
