Wall lighting is a fantastic way to add another layer to a lighting scheme and modern wall lights add ambient lighting in commercial spaces to practical lighting in domestic homes, explore our collection of wall lights.
Wall lights are the most underused layer in home lighting. They do what no ceiling fitting can: put warm light at eye level, flatter the room and everyone in it, and turn corridors, corners and bedsides from afterthoughts into places with atmosphere.
Our wall lighting is designed and handmade in our Herefordshire workshop, as we have done since 1982, in solid brass, bronze and proper glass, from adjustable wall lighting like the Moccas spotlight and Hay swing arm for reading and task light, to large wall lights that carry a hallway and small wall lights for softer moments. Every fitting is made to order, so finishes and sizes can match the rest of your scheme.
The question we hear most is where to put them: as a rule, wall lights sit around 1.6 to 1.8 metres from the floor, and in pairs or rhythm along a wall rather than alone. Tell us about your room and we will help you place them honestly, including where one well-chosen fitting is enough.
Wall lights put warm light at eye level: flattering rooms and faces, lighting corridors and stairwells, framing bedsides and mirrors, and adding the layer that makes a room feel finished. They complement ceiling lights rather than replace them. Fritz Fryer makes each of ours to order in Herefordshire.
As a rule, mount wall lights 1.6 to 1.8 metres from the floor, roughly at or just above eye level, so the light flatters rather than glares. Beside a bed, drop lower to around shoulder height when sitting up. Along a hallway, keep heights consistent and space fittings evenly down the run.
Wall lights work best in pairs or rhythm: flanking a fireplace, bed or mirror, or repeated down a hallway. A single wall light can look stranded; two or more look intentional. For a hallway, allow one roughly every 2.5 to 3 metres. Tell us your room and we will suggest a layout.
In some rooms, yes. A hallway, snug or bedroom can run beautifully on wall lights and lamps alone, which keeps the light low and warm. In kitchens and bathrooms you will still want ceiling or task light. The most comfortable rooms usually use both, layered and dimmed.
Yes. All our wall lights take LED bulbs and dim normally with dimmable LEDs on a compatible dimmer, and dimmed wall light is one of the most flattering things a room can have in the evening. We can recommend bulb and dimmer pairings for each fitting.
Yes, they are the best answer. An adjustable or swing-arm wall light puts light exactly on the page without taking bedside table space, mounted around shoulder height when sitting up. Our Moccas spotlight and Hay swing arm are made to order for exactly this job.
Yes. Every Fritz Fryer wall light is made to order in our Herefordshire workshop, so finishes and sizes can be matched to your ceiling lights, pendants and lamps. Many customers build a coordinated scheme across a room or whole house in one finish.
Our made-to-order wall lights are priced comparably with premium retail brands, rising with size and complexity. What the extra buys is solid brass and proper glass, handmaking in Herefordshire, finishes matched to your scheme, and fittings built to last decades rather than seasons.
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