Tasteful Traditional Toilet Ideas to Complete Your Classical Bathroom Design

Traditional bathroom design is all about honouring eras of the past and the styles that governed them. The great thing about traditional interior design is that there are plenty of prevalent eras to choose from, giving you a breadth of style options and design movements to be inspired by.

When designing your traditional bathroom, it’s important to get each element just right to achieve the aesthetic and atmosphere you are after. While it may not seem like a fixture that should be at the top of your list when it comes to design, finding the right traditional toilet can actually go a long way to creating your dream classical aesthetic. Our wide range of traditional toilets covers everything from Victorian to late 19th century design, with options to suit every contemporary traditional design trend. Find the perfect toilet to elevate your design with this guide to traditional toilets…

A Timeless Classic

Early toilet design saw the placement of a squared cistern situated against the wall behind the pan. This is echoed in today’s close-coupled toilet designs, but throughout different eras, the cistern has also been placed at varying heights above the seat. This style has continued through to modern times with close-coupled toilets being the most conventional choice in bathroom design.

For an all-round, classical design, a close-coupled toilet is the way to go. Featuring a rectangular cistern directly connected to the pan, a close-coupled toilet offers a timeless design that fits with any traditional aesthetic. Our close-coupled toilets come in a range of designs, from standard appearances that fit with Victorian and Edwardian styles to detailed designs inspired by Art Deco and Arts and Crafts aesthetics.

If you are wanting to create a more elevated, regal traditional interior, opting for a high-, mid-, or low-level toilet adds instant sophistication to the space. This style of toilet sees the cistern raised above the pan at varying heights, connected via a flush pipe. These toilets also come with an additional level of personalisation through style options for the pan, metallic finish choices for the flush pipe, flush options including button, lever or pull rod, and optional ornate brackets.

Turn your traditional toilet into an eye-catching beauty with our metallic cistern options. Rather than a conventional white cistern, we also offer Chrome, Gold and Brushed Nickel finishes that seamlessly match our brassware, showering and accessory ranges for a truly coordinated traditional interior.

A Modern Twist

If you’re looking to add a modern twist to traditional bathroom aesthetics, a wall-hung or back-to-wall toilet is the way to go. Combining traditional aesthetics with modern design trends, our wall-hung and back-to-wall toilet options bring together the beauty of classical styles with the contemporary luxury that these typographies offer. These two types of toilets present a sleek and minimalist option whereby the cistern is concealed within the wall. Not only does this save space within the bathroom, but it also achieves a more luxurious feel by modern standards. Our back-to-wall and wall-hung toilets offer a selection of styles suitable for all traditional eras of design.

Achieve modern functionality with traditional styling with our traditional flush plate. This flush plate allows you to enjoy the sophistication and luxury of contemporary bathroom features while keeping the beauty of your traditional design intact. The subtle yet eye-catching design of this flush plate allows it to harmonise wonderfully with a range of traditional styles, from Edwardian to Art Deco.

Personalisation and Finishing Touches

Fully integrate your chosen traditional toilet into your design with our personalisation options that add the perfect finishing touches to your toilet. Upgrade your white toilet seat with our wide range of coloured toilet seat options. From bold, dark green to traditional wood finishes, our selection of colours offers something for every design and perfectly match our furniture finishes for a coordinated look throughout your whole bathroom design.

Achieve a unified design down to even the smallest details by upgrading your seat hinges, cistern flush lever and optional seat handles to match your chosen brassware and accessories finish.