On a recent trip to London, I felt like a typical American tourist (and design nerd) each time I came across a kitchen or bath faucet. In particular, it was the pillar taps that got me excited: the super basic, inexpensive hot/cold faucets you might find at an average hardware store in the UK. For those of us stateside, you can source a pair of traditional taps abroad (or online) for around £150 to £300 and beat the price of any English-inspired design in the US. Here are our favorites.
![in a plain english–designed farmhouse kitchen in dorset, england, the co 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Dorset-farmhouse-kitchen-Plain-English-3-733x489.jpg)
![the sagittarius churchmans kitchen bib taps and stand are £\150.76 from ba 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sagittarius-churchmans-kitchen-bib-taps-733x489.jpg)
![from holloways of ludlow, the renaissance bib taps with lever handles are £ 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/renaissance-bib-taps-faucet-733x489.jpg)
![kitchen design company devol paired up with perrin & rowe for the devol age 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/perrin-rowe-mayan-taps-devol-aged-brass-733x489.jpg)
![the lefroy brooks connaught lever kitchen bibcock and pillar tap is £344 a 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lefroy-brooks-connaught-lever-kitchen-bibcock-pillar-taps-733x489.jpg)
![another style from sagittarius with subtle variation, the churchmans pair of bi 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sagittarius-churchmans-pair-bib-taps-stands-ch155-733x489.jpg)
![the perrin & rowe mayan pair of bench mounted bibcock taps with crossheads 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/perrin-rowe-mayan-bench-mounted-bibcock-taps-crossheads-brass-733x489.jpg)
![the crosswater belgravia crosshead bib taps are chrome finished brass taps for 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crosswater-belgraiva-crosshead-bib-taps-733x489.jpg)
![the bristan \190\1 bib taps are priced affordably at £53.\2\2 from qs supp 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bristan-1901-bib-taps-n-bib-c-733x489.jpg)
![and once more, the perrin & rowe mayan deck mounted taps, this time with le 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mayan-deck-mounted-taps-lever-handles-733x489.jpg)
Have a Question or Comment About This Post?
Join the conversation