Remember me
Glasses brand Cubitts was founded in King’s Cross back in 2013 and now in 2026, it’s opened a new headquarters and optical manufactory in the very same neighbourhood – an area that was historically home to many of Britain’s spectacle makers.
The Yard is a 13,000 sq ft site in a former Victorian stables that brings together the design, production, repair, training and customer experience elements of Cubitts together under one roof. The space is home to a frame workshop, lens lab, design studio, archive, training academy, and bespoke consultation room, making it the only spectacle-making workshop in central London. The Yard is also designed to act as a cultural space, with a commercial kitchen and communal dining area allowing Cubitts to host talks, suppers, exhibitions and industry events.
And there’s something special on the outside of the building too as British artist David Shrigley, known for his deadpan and absurdist pieces, has created a mural for the exterior – a giant blue and red cockerel alongside the phrase “It was me that was crowing at dawn. Now you know”.
Speaking about The Yard, Cubitts’ founder Tom Broughton said: “Cubitts has always been rooted in King’s Cross. We began on my kitchen table in Cubitt Street, and have moved through a series of increasingly unlikely spaces — offices, arches, borrowed corners — but never quite found our home. The Yard at Blundell Street is that home. Just off the Cally, in the shadow of Pentonville Prison, it feels very King’s Cross: a working building for a working part of London.
“We’ve stripped away the paint and the lipstick, and let the building speak for itself. The London stock brick, the Victorian stable fabric, the original cobbled floor, the pine boards, even the 1980s post-modern concrete and purple ducting — all of it is part of the story. We didn’t want to turn it into something pristine. We wanted to show it for what it is.”
Key InformationAddress | The Yard, 6 Blundell Street, London N7 9BH
For more information | cubitts.com