Norwich Lino

Orlebar Brown

£245

The midday sun presses down, heavy and golden. The rooftops stretch below - whitewashed walls, painted shutters, the slow drift of laundry catching the heat. From somewhere beyond the square, the scent of grilled fish and wild herbs curls through the air, carried by the faint murmur of voices below. No rush, no need to move - just the quiet pleasure of being exactly where you are. The Norwich was made for afternoons like this - Italian-woven linen, crisp but unbothered, tailored with just enough precision to belong anywhere without trying. The centre crease holds, the side adjusters keep the f

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UK company
Registered at Companies House as ORLEBAR BROWN LIMITED, number 05502027. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Not yet checked.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
Not established. Many companies file a statement rather than naming a controlling shareholder.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.

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