Antique stone fireplaces and limestone mantels & chimneypieces in a wide range of different period styles, including Victorian, Georgian and Neo-Classical, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo examples.
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Stock: 14268
A Victorian, Aesthetic Movement Yorkstone antique fireplace surround with a wide moulded shelf. The deeply carved frieze, set with five huge roundels centred by floral motifs above anthemion motif detail, is supported on sturdy split columned jambs. English, circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
58 11⁄16"
149 cms |
10"
25.5 cms |
| Internal |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 13763
ECHOES OF PUGIN
A carved limestone Victorian Gothic Revival chimneypiece in the manner of AWN Pugin. The generous concave moulded and rope twist shelf above stylised flowers rests over the deeply moulded arched opening carved with a pair of quatrefoil set with inlaid geometric decoration.
English mid 19th century.
Notes: AWN Pugin(1812-1852) was an English architect, artist & designer who pioneered the Gothic Revival style in England and was responsible for the design of the interiors of Sir Charles Barry's Palace of Westminster.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
75 3⁄16"
191 cms |
54 1⁄4"
138 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| Internal |
36 1⁄8"
91.7 cms |
40 13⁄16"
103.6 cms |
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Stock: 13818
A large carved Yorkstone Baroque style Bolection Chimneypiece
with a generously moulded shelf.
English 20th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78 11⁄16"
200 cms |
56 1⁄2"
143.5 cms |
8 1⁄2"
21.5 cms |
| Internal |
54 11⁄16"
139 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
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Stock: 13727
A Louis XV stone fireplace surround in the early Rococo manner. The serpentine shelf sits on a clean frieze centred by a floral cartouche, supported on fluted jambs.
French 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
59 1⁄4"
150.5 cms |
43 1⁄4"
110 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
46 1⁄8"
117 cms |
34 5⁄8"
88 cms |
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Stock: 13792
One of a pair of arched warm coloured limestone Gothic Revival antique fireplaces, inlaid with polychrome encaustic tiles by the famous Minton tile works of Stoke on Trent. English, circa 1860.
A pair with Stock No 13791 not yet on the web.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
63"
160 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| Internal |
34 1⁄4"
87 cms |
35"
89 cms |
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Stock: 13530
A Tudor style arched limestone fireplace of beautiful proportion with an unusual stepped rectangular mantel, cavetto moulding, starpoint spandrels and bosses to the aperture.
English late 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
64"
162.5 cms |
50"
127 cms |
5 1⁄2"
14 cms |
| Internal |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
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Stock: 13554
A wide French limestone chimneypiece in the typical Louis XV Rococo
manner with a carved floral central cartouche on a simple panelled frieze
and with tapering stop fluted jambs.
French, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
58 11⁄16"
149 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
33 7⁄8"
86 cms |
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Stock: 10013
A large Yorkstone Chimneypiece in the Jacobean Revival manner with twin shields on the spandrels carved with mythical hounds bearing olive branches similar to those found on the City of Hull Coat of Arms.
Provenance: From The Royal Infirmary in Hull, Yorkshire, built in 1842 and demolished in the 1970s. The architect was H F Lockwood who later became the chief architect of Victorian Bradford and of Saltaire a Victorian model village within the City of Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
English late 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
72"
183 cms |
57 1⁄2"
146 cms |
35 3⁄8"
90 cms |
| Internal |
47 3⁄16"
120 cms |
46 1⁄2"
118 cms |
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Stock: 11650
A low and wide carved limestone English Gothic style antique fireplace with a deeply moulded opening and substantial footblocks.
English early 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
56 1⁄2"
143.5 cms |
40"
101.6 cms |
3 3⁄16"
8.2 cms |
| Internal |
37 11⁄16"
95.8 cms |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
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Stock: 9807
A RARE, PERIOD VENETIAN RENAISSANCE CHIMNEYPIECE richly carved in Istrian stone. The carved detail on the frieze centered by a 'stemma nobilare' or family crest as yet not identified, flanked by a profusion of sharply defined scrolled foliage, urns of fruit and winged birds symbolising Peace and Abundance. The upper part sits on two typical scrolled Venetian capitals and the supporting jambs are carved with flaming urns over ears of wheat on their leaved stalks in tall planters below.
Italian 16th to 17th century. Photo before restoration.
COMMENTS : Renaissance Venice, The Lion City, The Floating Republic, imperial Venice where commerce ruled, which challenged the Pope and Islam but absorbed qualities from both. The city of Titian and Palladio.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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Height |
Depth |
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90"
228.5 cms |
72"
182.9 cms |
12 5⁄8"
32 cms |
| Internal |
63 3⁄8"
161 cms |
56"
142.2 cms |
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Stock: 12570
A substantial Tudor Revival style Derbyshire Fossil Limestone chimneypiece. The spandrels carved with trailing rosette and shield motifs, the left jamb carved with the initials FPVC, the right jamb with the date 1916.
English early 20th century.
Provenance: The initials on the left jamb may refer to a Frederick Daniel Parslow VC (14 January 1856 – 4 July 1915) who was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Parslow was a Master in the Mercantile Marine, and the first from that Service to be awarded a Victoria Cross. He was the oldest person to receive the VC for actions in World War I.
Notes:The Clipsham fossil stone is dense & hard and will take a polish.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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height |
Depth |
| External |
69 1⁄8"
175.5 cms |
51"
129.5 cms |
6 1⁄4"
16 cms |
| Internal |
59 3⁄8"
151 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
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Stock: 12687
An imposing carved Bath Stone antique Victorian fireplace surround and overmantel in the English Neo Baroque manner. The frieze beneath the breakfront shelf centred by a scrolled Heraldic cartouche depicting a plumed knights helmet, surmounted by an mythical beast, above a crown and a shield enscribed with the date 1860.
English mid 19th century.
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Height |
Depth |
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99 5⁄8"
253 cms |
74"
188 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
70 1⁄8"
178 cms |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
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Stock: 12828
A substantial Art Deco Fireplace in honey coloured English Horton Stone with it’s original insert and hearthstone. The central under-shelf carved with a stylised rosette echoed on the spandrels.
Shown with fire basket SNo 12474.
English late 1920s.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
60"
152.5 cms |
44 1⁄4"
112.5 cms |
6 3⁄16"
15.7 cms |
| Internal |
40 7⁄8"
104 cms |
37 3⁄16"
94.5 cms |
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Stock: 11035
A sturdy mid Victorian Bolection Limestone Fireplace Surround.
Circa 1850.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
49"
124.5 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
3 7⁄8"
10 cms |
| Internal |
34 1⁄8"
86.5 cms |
35"
89 cms |
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Stock: 12447
A Derbyshire Fossil Bolection style Chimneypiece in the Art Deco manner. English, circa 1930.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
42 1⁄4"
107.5 cms |
6 1⁄2"
16.5 cms |
| Internal |
40"
101.5 cms |
32"
81.4 cms |
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Stock: 8175
A LARGE AND STRIKING FLEMISH DARK FOSSIL STONE BAROQUE MANNERIST CHIMNEYPIECE, with double contra scrolling tapering jambs terminating in lion paw feet, supporting a later barrelled integral frieze and shelf centered with a magnificent lion's mask. Flemish part 16th century and later.
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height |
depth |
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99 3⁄16"
252 cms |
78"
198.1 cms |
22"
55.9 cms |
| internal |
67"
170.2 cms |
65"
165.1 cms |
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Stock: 12006
A large period Italian Renaissance Chimneypiece in Istrian marble. The frieze carved in high relief with scrolling foliage interspersed with winged cherubs on stylised seahorses either side of a central circular medallion with Hercules slaying an opponent, flanked by figures of putti and winged figures on the corners. The jambs also profusely carved with typical arabesque designs. Venetian, 17th-18th century.
Provenance: By repute from Warwick Castle, a partly medieval castle built in 1068 by William the Conqueror, altered and added to during all the succeeding centuries.
NOTE : Istrian marble from the Istrian peninsular, which borders Italy, Croatia and Slovenia on the Adriatic sea, is sometimes referred to as Istrian stone and was much used in Renaissance Veneto, Venice etc.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
85 3⁄8"
217 cms |
72 5⁄8"
184.5 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
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Stock: 11339
A wide limestone Louis XVI chimneypiece with a carved fielded frieze centred by a stylised rosette echoed on the end blocks above stop fluted jambs.
French, 18th century.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
71 1⁄2"
181.5 cms |
41 7⁄8"
106.5 cms |
13 1⁄8"
33.4 cms |
| Internal |
61"
155 cms |
34 13⁄16"
88.5 cms |
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Stock: 11188
A French carved limestone fireplace in the Rococo manner of Louis XV. The serpentine shelf sits on a panelled frieze centred by a small neat floral shell cartouche with attracive scrolling either side.
Early 19th century.
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height |
depth |
| External |
62 3⁄16"
158 cms |
45 1⁄4"
115 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
37 5⁄8"
95.5 cms |
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Stock: 11267
A large period Louis XVI French stone chimneypiece carved hard limestone.The integral breakfronted shelf and frieze with carved arrow in a quiver crossed with a flaming torch against olive branch background on the central plaque symbolising Victory and Peace, flanked by raised panels and circular floral paterae.This is supported on panelled and fluted jambs. Image before restoration, in progress.
French late 18th century.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄8"
168 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
54 11⁄16"
139 cms |
37 13⁄16"
96 cms |
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Stock: 9905
A plain Victorian Bath Stone fireplace mantle with faceted slow arch and jambs.19th century
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 11⁄16"
156.7 cms |
46"
116.8 cms |
10 3⁄16"
26 cms |
| Internal |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
39"
99 cms |
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Stock: 10189
A RARE AND REMARKABLE ornate 19th century Renaissance-Mannerist Revival chimneypiece in reconstituted stone with four sentinel amorini supporting the shelf either side of a florally decorated frieze centered by a massive cartouche, flanked by Florentine male and female masks over panelled jambs inset with descending floral decoration with pairs of griffins either side. Italian/English, 19th century. The composition material used is being researched but is similar to the exotic mixtures used by the 19th century manufacturers of garden ornaments such as Blashfield, & Austin Seely.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
81 1⁄8"
206 cms |
57 1⁄4"
145.5 cms |
14"
35.5 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
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Stock: 10527
A richly carved antique limestone chimneypiece in the Arts & Crafts Neo Gothic manner, with moulded shelf above a carved Shakesperian quotation: "Here we will sit and let the sound of music creep in our ears" from The Merchant of Venice; centred by scrolling floral motifs with further related high relief detail on the spandrels. All carved from the solid stone, the broad arch below supported on straight moulded jambs . English late 19th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
63"
160 cms |
62 5⁄8"
159 cms |
11 3⁄16"
28.5 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
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Stock: 10441
A Louis XV stone fireplace surround in the early Rococo manner.The serpentine shelf sits on a clean frieze centered by a floral cartouche , supported on panelled jambs. French 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
60 13⁄16"
154.5 cms |
41 1⁄8"
104.5 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
36 3⁄8"
92.5 cms |
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Stock: 10014
A very large Tudor Gothic Revival chimneypiece in Painswick Limestone, possibly by T. H. Wyatt 1807-1880, a contemporary of Pugin. The frieze and canted ends are carved with nine Quatrefeuille under a concave moulded shelf with likewise nine carved floral motifs in the Pugin style of Oak leaves, over a Gothic arch with oakleaf carved spandrels.Shown in the last frame below with 10015, the original fire grate.
Provenance: Wyke House, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, home of the Hammond Family19th century cloth mill owners in Trowbridge, demolished in the 1950s.
English, mid 19th century.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
90 7⁄8"
230.9 cms |
70 7⁄8"
180 cms |
15 11⁄16"
40 cms |
| Internal |
55 1⁄8"
140 cms |
43 7⁄8"
111.4 cms |
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Stock: 9232
A fine example of an Arts and Crafts chimneypiece in Derbyshire Fossil Limestone made in the English Baroque, Queen Anne Revival manner. Provenance: A large mansion in Roehampton, Surrey see the in situ image below.
English late 19 century.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
72 5⁄8"
184.5 cms |
53 1⁄8"
135 cms |
9"
22.9 cms |
| Internal |
42 1⁄8"
107 cms |
36 3⁄16"
92 cms |
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Stock: 7807
LONGSTAFF FAMILY CHIMNEYPIECE: A finely carved small but tall Jacobean Renaissance Revival chimneypiece & overmantel in Derbyshire fossil stone with the coat of arms of the Longstaff Family, who financed the
Sir Ernest Shackleton and Scott's Antarctic Expeditions in 1914. The family motto "VIGILATE" carved along the frieze. With restorations.
English, dated 1892.
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
61"
154.9 cms |
85"
216 cms |
14 3⁄16"
36 cms |
| Internal |
29 1⁄2"
75 cms |
42 11⁄16"
108.5 cms |
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Stock: 8970
A large Arts and Crafts stone chimneypiece in the Tudor manner, with very fine carved detail on the frieze depicting wood nymphs playing instruments with cornucopia, scrolled floral and mask decoration. Carving also low down on the faceted jambs depicting further mythical creatures.
English, circa 1890, ( photo before restoration ).
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
72 13⁄16"
185 cms |
53 1⁄4"
135.3 cms |
9 1⁄8"
23 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
36 5⁄8"
93 cms |
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Stock: 8282
The Chateau au Maquis de la Valette Cheminee. This superb massive antique fireplace mantel, superbly carved in Pierre de Brume, a fine, hard & dense ivory coloured stone from the Tours region of France, is a very large Louis XV Rococo antique fireplace mantel. The styling is particularly grand and noble as befits the location of the original, destroyed by fire during the revolution, this being a 19th century replica made for the rebuilt Chateau. The style and scale of the piece, very fine, sharp carving and the attractive stone combine to make a most elegant and imposing chimneypiece in the best Louis XV tradition. Provenance: The original Medieval chateau and domaine of the Marquis de Valette at Pont St. Maxence, 50 miles north of Paris was severley damaged during the Revolution. It was rebuilt in the same style in the mid 19th century – see present day image attached. The chimneypieces were removed early during World War II when the German Wehrmacht garrisoned troops in the Chateau, they were never reinstalled. The Marquis de Valette accompanied La Fayette on his American adventures during the War of Independence.
French, circa 1850 (photo before restoration ).
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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
98"
248.9 cms |
61"
154.9 cms |
20"
50.8 cms |
| internal |
67"
170.2 cms |
46 1⁄2"
118.1 cms |
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Stock: 7338
A finely moulded Portland Stone Bolection antique fireplace in the manner of Lutyens.
Scottish, circa 1890, (photo before restoration).
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
83 1⁄2"
212.1 cms |
63"
160 cms |
3 1⁄2"
8.9 cms |
| Internal |
48"
121.9 cms |
45"
114.3 cms |
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Stock: 7218
A superb, finely carved English Gothic Revival limestone, antique fireplace by A.W.N. Pugin, well proportioned with a castellated shelf, a tracery three center frieze, angled carved jambs & quatre - feuille spandrels.
Provenance: Horstead Place, Sussex.
Circa 1850, (photo before restoration).
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Height |
Depth |
| External |
79"
200.7 cms |
71"
180.3 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| Internal |
48"
121.9 cms |
37 1⁄2"
95.2 cms |
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Stock: 4755
A rare and imposing limestone finely sculpted English Renaissance Mannerist antique mantle, the carved frieze centred by a cartouche flanked by elaborate acanthus foliage with male and female tritons, the jambs in the form of caryatids decorated with a lions head with drapery and strap-work on a mounted plinth foot block.
Provenance: Croydon Hall in the Parish of Timberscombe, West Somerset.
Early 17th century, circa 1620.
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width |
height |
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| external |
72"
182.9 cms |
54 1⁄4"
137.8 cms |
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| internal |
48"
121.9 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102.2 cms |
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Stone Fireplaces
Our range of striking stone fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces spans a variety of different period styles, including Victorian, Georgian and Neo-Classical, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo examples.
A Brief Introduction to Stone Fireplaces
Stone can be an imposing material. It has been used to erect fortresses, cathedrals and pyramids. Five of the seven Wonders of the Ancient World were made from stone, so prized are the qualities and diversity of the material.
Nowadays, stone is perceived as rustic, the preserve of ancient farmhouses, châteaus and highland castles.
The properties of stone also vary enormously, ranging from the softest of limestones to the most durable of granite, and so the design varies to utilise the diverse qualities of the stone.
As such, unlike those made from many other materials such as marble, stone fireplaces are often architectural features rather than purely decorative. Sometimes set in to walls, the earliest stone fireplaces were constructed out of large blocks of stone forming rudimentary lintels and jambs.
Stone Arts and Crafts fireplaces were often used by architects such as Lutyens when creating interiors modest in appearance, with hand carved fireplaces and other details recalling the traditional form of earlier period styles.
Antique Stone Fireplaces
Stone fireplaces remain hugely popular, due to their ability to transform a room with an expressive echo of the past.
From the simple stone frame designed to capture and enhance the warm glow of fire, to a centrepiece etched with unique timestamps of bygone eras, a stunning antique stone fireplace can enhance any room - be it traditional or modern.
Our range of antique stone fireplaces is one of the country's largest and most varied. We endeavour to stock a fine collection to suit many projects and budgets.