Wall Lights

Start with the Location: Indoor or Outdoor

The first decision is where the light will go, because it rules out more options than any question of style. Many fittings on this page carry an IP20 rating, which suits dry indoor rooms: hallways, living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms. IP20 offers no protection against rain or splashing water, so it has no place on an exposed exterior wall.

If you are lighting a porch, doorway or garden wall, head to our outdoor wall lights instead, which is where the weather-rated fittings live. Bathrooms need care too, as the zones around a bath or shower call for a higher IP rating, so check your zone requirements before drilling. For every other indoor wall in the house, the designs here are ready to go.

Sconce Styles at a Glance

Once the location is settled, the choice comes down to shape and how visible you want the fitting itself to be. The range covers a handful of recognisable sconce families:

• Vertical sconces: slim upright columns, most of them alabaster, that sit flat to the wall and suit narrow stretches such as chimney breasts and hallway runs.
• Oval and disc sconces: rounded alabaster forms, including twin-disc and split designs, that read as soft glowing shapes rather than obvious fittings.
• Carved and sculptural pieces: layered panels, curved profiles and loop-frame designs where the fitting is as much an object as a light source.
• Multi-light sconces: two, four and six light metal fittings in brass and black, for rooms that want more spread and a bolder outline.
• Glass sconces: crystal glass two-light designs in gold, opal glass shades, frosted globes and clusters of amber or clear spheres.
• Convertible designs: a few opal glass pieces work as either a wall light or a semi-flush ceiling light, which is handy while a scheme is still taking shape.

If your taste runs to clean-lined current shapes, our modern wall lights page gathers those designs in one place.

The Alabaster Range

We stock a wide choice of alabaster designs. It is a natural stone, cut thin enough for light to pass through, and its mineral veining means no two shades glow with quite the same pattern. Most of our alabaster sconces place an integrated LED behind the stone, producing a warm white light that suits rooms used mainly in the evening.

Shapes run from small vertical bars through ovals and curved profiles to carved, layered and split designs. One design is made as a left and right handed pair, so you can mirror the two either side of a bed, a chimney breast or a mirror, and doubles and two-light versions are there for wider walls. The metalwork is often brushed brass, matt black, bronze or soft white, so the stone does the talking while the frame ties into your other hardware. Our alabaster wall lights page brings the full set together if you already know this is the direction you want.

Finishes and How to Pair Them

The palette across the range is kept tight on purpose. Brushed brass and gold finishes bring warmth and sit happily with wooden floors and warm neutrals. Matt black gives a sharper, graphic edge and anchors a monochrome scheme. White and soft white fittings all but disappear against pale walls, leaving the glow as the only thing you notice, while grey and brushed bronze offer a quieter middle ground.

A simple rule that rarely fails: match the metal of the wall light to the finishes already in the room, such as door handles, cabinet pulls or a table frame, and keep to one or two metals per room. Neutral colour families dominate this range, so most designs will slot into an existing scheme without a repaint.

Sizing and Placement Room by Room

Many fittings here sit in the small band, roughly 30cm to 50cm wide, with medium and large designs where a wall needs more presence. As a starting point, mount wall lights 150cm to 170cm from the floor to the centre of the fitting, and drop bedside sconces lower so the light lands where you need it.

• Hallways: space fittings every two to three metres along the run so the pools of light overlap rather than spotlight the floor.
• Living rooms: flank a chimney breast or sofa with a matched pair to add a soft ambient layer behind the main ceiling light.
• Bedrooms: a sconce on each side of the bed frees up the bedside tables and keeps cables off the surfaces.
• Dining rooms: warm white wall lighting fills in the shadows a single pendant leaves at the edges of the room.

Built-In LED or Bulb-Based Wall Lights

Much of the range uses an integrated LED, which keeps profiles slim, hides the light source completely and means there is no bulb to buy or change. Many of these designs give a warm white output that works as ambient lighting rather than task lighting. If you would rather choose your own bulb, plenty of designs take standard E27 or E14 fittings, which lets you set the brightness and colour temperature yourself and swap bulbs as your scheme changes.

Delivery, Returns and Ordering

UK delivery costs £14.99, and all orders over £99 qualify for free worldwide delivery. If a wall light is not right once you see it at home, you can return it within 14 days of delivery; return postage is paid by you and refunds are made in line with our returns policy.