Antique Stone Mantels & Chimneypieces - Stone Fireplaces from Westland London
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: 16360
A simple and elegant bolection fireplace in a soft beige composition stone, resembling a polished limestone. The perfect addition to a contemporary or period interior.
English, c.1930.
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53 7⁄8" 137 cms |
39 5⁄8" 100.6 cms |
5 3⁄16" 13.1 cms |
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43 3⁄16" 109.8 cms |
33 13⁄16" 85.9 cms |
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Stock: 16337
An exceptional Gothic Revival stone chimneypiece from Woodchester Mansion. Carved from soft buff coloured Bath stone, this chimneypiece is a celebration of nature, with a floral undershelf beautifully carved in high relief. This rests on a frieze carved with five foliate panels. One panel is carved with a vine, the other a flowering lily, the central panel depicts two birds devouring grapes from a vine, the next, a British oak laden with acorns, and the final panel, a fruiting ivy.
This beautiful carving is surpassed only on the spandrels, where on one side it is carved with a grapevine, and on the other a serpent is shown within a fruiting tree, evoking the story of Eve. The jambs are deftly carved with floral paterae and grapevines over moulded footblocks.
This piece is an extraordinary survival from the unfinished Woodchester Mansion in Gloucestershire. By repute it was designed and made for the mansion but was never installed as the building project was left unfinished. AWN Pugin drew up early plans for this house, but the project was later taken on by Benjamin Bucknall. It is uncertain whether this chimneypiece was designed by Pugin, or was in fact designed by Bucknall, but it does share many stylistic similarities to the stonework throughout the rest of the house. Sadly after the patron of the project died, his Gothic vision was never realised in full.
English, c.1860
Provenance: Woodchester Mansion, Gloucestershire.
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55 3⁄8" 140.7 cms |
58 11⁄16" 149 cms |
8" 20.3 cms |
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33 11⁄16" 85.5 cms |
40 5⁄8" 103 cms |
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Stock: 15474
A simply carved Tudor Revival Horton Stone Chimneypiece hewn from five blocks of stone. The only decoration is the elegant spandrels featuring a carved decoration of Tudor Roses to the corners from which emanate trailing leaves. This frames the softly rounded opening. English, circa 1930.
Notes: Horton stone is a limestone named after quarries at Hornton in north-west Oxfordshire. It is typically a rich tawny brown in colour, with natural
variations.
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66 1⁄8" 167.8 cms |
45 11⁄16" 116 cms |
5" 12.7 cms |
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42 1⁄8" 107 cms |
33 13⁄16" 85.8 cms |
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Stock: 15324
A simple and elegant bolection fireplace carved from a dove grey limestone. The polished and undulating surface reveals the subtle veining and mottling, which would be just as well suited to a contemporary interior as a period one. English, c.1930.
Provenance: Removed from a property on Eaton Square, London.
The Queen Anne style of the late 17th century saw the emergence of the simple bolection fireplace, often situated within a panelled room. It was far more simple in design that what had preceded it, and it was this striking simplicity that secured its enduring popularity.
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61" 155 cms |
47" 119.5 cms |
3" 7.6 cms |
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Stock: 15440
A Victorian black slate fireplace with corbels beneath a wide shelf. An abundant festoon of painted summer flowers adorns the frieze and more trail down each jamb. As with fireplace SNo 15441 the symbolism of flowers was a popular theme in Victorian Britain, with flowers adopted as symbols across the decorative arts. The art of floriography as it was called, was used to convey messages through the language of flowers.
English, circa 1870.
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61 7⁄8" 157.3 cms |
44 7⁄8" 114.1 cms |
11" 28 cms |
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36 13⁄16" 93.5 cms |
35 5⁄8" 90.5 cms |
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Stock: 15244
A rare Edward Pugin Gothic Revival fireplace, carved from Caen stone and marble.
The fine rose red breccia marble shelf and carved undershelf are flanked by projecting faceted endblocks. Beneath the shelf are a pair of high relief spandrels, carved with ivy leaves and perhaps aspen leaves on the other side, flanking the pointed arch opening. The wide jambs are fronted by cippolino marble columns, with foliate capitals and statuary marble bases typical of E Pugin's work. The whole fireplace is raised on large faceted footblocks. English, circa 1860.
Notes: Edward Pugin was the son of A.W.N Pugin, and an eminent architect in his own right. He was a leading proponent of the Gothic Revival style, and designed many ecclesiastical and domestic buildings. After his father's death, he was tasked with finishing many of his commissions, which led him to build his own successful portfolio. This particular fireplaces is almost identical to one found in Pugin's family house The Grange, in Ramsgate. The fireplace still in situ was designed by Edward as part of his remodelling of the family home designed by his father, and our fireplace is very likely to have been designed by him for the house too. It is probably the case, that as this house fell into a poor state of repair, the fireplace was removed and sold on.
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55 1⁄2" 141 cms |
50 3⁄16" 127.5 cms |
12 3⁄16" 31 cms |
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28 11⁄16" 73 cms |
37 13⁄16" 96 cms |
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Stock: 12172
A boldly carved Gothic Revival composition stone chimneypiece. The frieze, set beneath a generous moulded shelf with deeply carved Gothic tracery echoed on the jambs, is flanked by stylised turret endblocks above further turret styled corbels on the jambs which rest on simple moulded foot blocks. Once a pair with SNo 12171 now sold.
English mid 19th century.
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61 5⁄8" 156.5 cms |
50 3⁄8" 128 cms |
10 3⁄16" 26 cms |
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35" 89 cms |
38 3⁄16" 97 cms |
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Stock: 10848
A Tudor Revival limestone fireplace surround with a moulded, stepped shelf above a Tudor arched opening and with oak leaf and acorn carved detail on the spandrels.
English 19th century.
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53 1⁄8" 135 cms |
45 7⁄8" 116.5 cms |
11" 28 cms |
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31 1⁄2" 80 cms |
32 1⁄2" 82.5 cms |
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Stock: 8626
A substantial Bolection chimneypiece carved from beautiful soft grey, salmon brown and taupe Derbyshire Fossil Limestone with a large central keystone. This stone is quite hard and will take a polish. English, circa 1860.
Notes: Derbyshire Fossil Limestone was laid down during the Carboniferous Period some 355 million years ago and contains numerous brachiopods, corals and crinoids. The county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands has many outcrops of this stone which dominate the landscape and contribute to its dramatic vistas.
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51 3⁄16" 130 cms |
39 3⁄8" 100 cms |
6 11⁄16" 17 cms |
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37 3⁄8" 95 cms |
32 1⁄4" 82 cms |
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Stock: 14994
A small limestone fireplace surround in the French rustic manner. French, possibly 18th century.
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56 1⁄4" 143 cms |
50 3⁄8" 128 cms |
18 7⁄8" 48 cms |
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46 1⁄8" 117 cms |
45 1⁄8" 114.5 cms |
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Stock: 12734
A large Victorian limestone fireplace surround in the Elizabethan style with carved shields and highly stylised mythical beasts carved on the spandrels. Image before restoration. English, early 19th century.
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61 1⁄4" 155.6 cms |
49" 124.5 cms |
6" 15.2 cms |
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48" 122 cms |
41 1⁄4" 105 cms |
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Stock: 14633
A highly ornate and rare antique stone fireplace surround in the Louis XV Rococo style exuberantly carved throughout with abundant floral and foliate detail. The moulded shelf with bead and reel edging rests above an embellished serpentine frieze centred by a stylised rocaille cartouche with floral trails flanked by scrolled acanthus corners. Small shell cartouche top tapering panels on the jambs which rest on sturdy footblocks.
Photos before restoration. French mid to late 18th century.
Shown here with replica fire grate SNo 10920 not included in the price.
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62 3⁄8" 158.5 cms |
46 7⁄8" 119 cms |
17" 43.3 cms |
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50 1⁄8" 127.3 cms |
34 5⁄8" 88 cms |
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Stock: 13353
A monumental French Renaissance style antique chimneypiece highly carved in creamy Caen Stone. The massive entablature, with its breakfront shelf centred by a podium above fruit and a grotesque mask, has a boldly carved frieze of mythical dragons and serpents amidst scrolling foliage. There are two large humorous figural carvings on the endblocks. To the left is the figure of a furtive peasant and to the right that of a lounging court jester. The whole is supported on a pair of free standing columns, with elaborate capitals, fronting the jambs.
French, mid 19th century.
Shown here with fire basket SNo 14374 not included.
Notes: Caen Stone is a light and creamy yellow Jurassic limestone formed approximately 167 million years ago and quarried near the City of Caen in north western France. It was used in the building of many historic French churches and abbeys and was also partially used in the construction of Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London in England.
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79 7⁄8" 203 cms |
61 13⁄16" 157 cms |
23" 58.5 cms |
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45 11⁄16" 116 cms |
46 1⁄2" 118 cms |
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Stock: 14223
A large Victorian Gothic style antique chimneypiece boldly carved in English Yorkstone. The wide moulded shelf, resting above the gently arched opening with carved stylised foliate detail on the spandrels, is supported by twin carved pillars fronting the jambs which sit on large sturdy footblocks.
English, circa 1870.
(Shown with fire grate SNo 14551 not yet on the web)
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76 3⁄16" 193.5 cms |
47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms |
15" 38 cms |
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42 3⁄16" 107.2 cms |
35 7⁄8" 91.2 cms |
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Stock: 14727
A fine Gothic Revival Caen stone chimneypiece, attributed to John Middleton (1820–1885). This grand chimneypiece has double columned jambs in a garnet coloured Serpentine marble which support a Languedoc marble shelf. The fireplace bears attributes of Norman ecclesiastical architecture, with zigzag mouldings framing both the frieze and the arched opening due not only to Middleton’s passion for church architecture but also reflecting the great religious revival of the nineteenth century; the Oxford movement perhaps being the most famous.
It is likely to have come from a grand Gothic Revival House in Cheltenham or its environs. It would have no doubt come from a room of grand proportions and it certainly would have made a magnificent centrepiece.
English, circa 1870.
Notes: Orphaned from a young age, Middleton was left only a modest allowance which he used to train as an architect in the North of England. He did however manage to travel to Europe, which influenced his style a great deal. Middleton went on to design a number of churches, residences and even railway stations in the favoured Gothic style of the period. Some of the most beautiful residences and public buildings he designed were in Cheltenham, including the Cheltenham Ladies College. Nearly every private residence he designed had a grand chimneypiece. These Gothic creations were hewn from both stone and marble, with grand columns and bold carving, not so different in design from gothic sedilia.
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96 1⁄8" 244 cms |
61 13⁄16" 157 cms |
18 1⁄8" 46 cms |
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48" 122 cms |
42 7⁄8" 109 cms |
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Stock: 9137
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
An imposing Italian Renaissance style richly carved stone chimneypiece. Its shelf above a bold egg and dart undershel beneath which is the grandly carved frieze centred by a family crest, flanked by large palmette motifs. The crest bears the motto, “Honi soit qui mal y pense " ('Evil be to him who evil thinks). The jambs with classically styled panels of ribboned stemma nobiliare and eagles rest over pairs of mythical winged creatures on claw fee, very much in the Florentine manner. Italian, early 19th century.
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95 1⁄4" 242 cms |
71 1⁄8" 180.5 cms |
15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms |
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52 3⁄16" 132.7 cms |
52 3⁄16" 132.5 cms |
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Stock: 12675
A Tudor Gothic Revival antique stone fireplace surround with a gentle arched opening and deeply carved recumbent stylised sea dragons on the spandrels.
English, mid to late 19th century.
Shown here with andirons SNo 12531 not included.
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58 1⁄8" 147.5 cms |
46 7⁄8" 119 cms |
6 1⁄4" 16 cms |
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40 3⁄8" 102.5 cms |
37" 94 cms |
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Stock: 14531
A 19th century polished Portland Stone Tudor/Gothic Revival fireplace surround with the typical slow pointed arched opening beneath finely carved rosette and panelled detail the plain jambs terminating with unusual turret finial carvings.
English, circa 1910.
Shown here with fire basket SNo 14198 not included in the price.
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53 7⁄8" 137 cms |
48" 122 cms |
6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms |
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41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms |
41 7⁄8" 106.5 cms |
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Stock: 13796
An early 20th century large Tudor style carved warm coloured stone fireplace surround,
with fine Tudor Rose and foliate carving recessed into the spandrels and with a slow
pointed arched opening typical of the Tudor period.
English circa 1910.
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58 11⁄16" 149 cms |
45 5⁄8" 115.7 cms |
7 3⁄16" 18.2 cms |
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35 13⁄16" 91 cms |
34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms |
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Stock: 13810
A wide Victorian fossil limestone Tudor style antique fireplace surround the spandrels inset with carved alabaster acorn and oak leaf detail.
English, circa 1900.
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81 1⁄2" 207 cms |
47 13⁄16" 121.5 cms |
4 1⁄8" 10.5 cms |
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59 3⁄8" 151 cms |
36 3⁄8" 92.5 cms |
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Stock: 9169
This replica chimneypiece is on a spectacularly large scale and is carved in glorious limestone in the richest Italian Renaissance manner. The form and features showing direct inspiration from Pagan Ancient Rome in the double lions heads, under the four finely carved scrolled brackets supporting the double breakfronted shelf, which supports the fabulously detailed undercarved overmantel, and can also be seen in the massive lion paw feet above the footblocks. The other motif decoration includes egg and dart, Vitruvian scrolling and palmettes.
A 20th century exact replica of our earlier chimneypiece now sold - Stock No 8559.
The limestone can be patinated if desired.
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129" 327.7 cms |
125" 317.5 cms |
32" 81.3 cms |
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63" 160 cms |
65" 165.1 cms |
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Stock: 13787
A carved limestone Louis XV, Rococo style antique fireplace mantel with an unusual central winged cartouche and a gently arched opening. French, mid 19th century.
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61" 155 cms |
43 11⁄16" 111 cms |
13 3⁄8" 34 cms |
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48 3⁄8" 123 cms |
35 3⁄8" 90 cms |
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Stock: 14327
A Victorian Tudor Revival antique limestone fireplace surround. The arched opening, typical of the period, is beneath a band of well carved foliate detail and representations of the Tudor Rose.
English late 19th century.
Shown here with fire grate SNo 14076 not included in the price.
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51" 129.5 cms |
46 7⁄8" 119 cms |
5 5⁄8" 14.2 cms |
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24" 61 cms |
22 1⁄2" 57.2 cms |
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Stock: 14186
A Gothic Revival limestone antique fireplace surround with a small central keystone linking the frieze to the gentle arched opening. The shelf is supported on six small brackets to the sides. A pair with SNo 14185 not yet on the website.
English, mid 19th century.
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61 3⁄8" 156 cms |
53 11⁄16" 136.5 cms |
10 3⁄8" 26.5 cms |
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35" 89 cms |
41 1⁄2" 105.5 cms |
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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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72" 183 cms |
58 11⁄16" 149 cms |
10" 25.5 cms |
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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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75 3⁄16" 191 cms |
54 1⁄4" 138 cms |
12" 30.5 cms |
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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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78 11⁄16" 200 cms |
56 1⁄2" 143.5 cms |
8 1⁄2" 21.5 cms |
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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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59 1⁄4" 150.5 cms |
43 1⁄4" 110 cms |
11 13⁄16" 30 cms |
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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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63" 160 cms |
48 3⁄8" 123 cms |
12" 30.5 cms |
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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.
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64" 162.5 cms |
50" 127 cms |
5 1⁄2" 14 cms |
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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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58 11⁄16" 149 cms |
41 1⁄4" 105 cms |
11 13⁄16" 30 cms |
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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.
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72" 183 cms |
57 1⁄2" 146 cms |
35 3⁄8" 90 cms |
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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.
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56 1⁄2" 143.5 cms |
40" 101.6 cms |
3 3⁄16" 8.2 cms |
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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.
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90" 228.5 cms |
72" 182.9 cms |
12 5⁄8" 32 cms |
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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.
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69 1⁄8" 175.5 cms |
51" 129.5 cms |
6 1⁄4" 16 cms |
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59 3⁄8" 151 cms |
38 5⁄8" 98 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.