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: 16244
A simple and elegant bolection fireplace in a soft beige fossiliferous limestone. The perfect addition to a contemporary or period interior.
Awaiting further photographs and restoration.
English, c.1930.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
58 1⁄8"
147.5 cms |
48 3⁄16"
122.5 cms |
3 1⁄2"
9 cms |
| internal |
44 1⁄2"
113 cms |
41 1⁄2"
105.5 cms |
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Stock: 6615
A very large and grand Gothic Revival fireplace in a warm hued Caen limestone, the wide frieze carved with quatrefoil panels above a Tudor arch opening with foliate spandrels incorporating the date 1843. The jambs are decorated with more Gothic tracery.
English, 1843.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
87"
221 cms |
60 5⁄8"
154 cms |
12"
30.4 cms |
| Internal |
51"
129.6 cms |
43 1⁄2"
110.5 cms |
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Stock: 16647
A wonderful Louis XIV fireplace in a beautifully worn limestone. This fireplace is a rare survival from the reign of the Sun King, and conforms to the drama of the Baroque, with a beautifully carved cushion moulding, centred by a cartouche.
French, c.1700.
Please note that the back has been left rough as it was originally set inside a wall, but we can cut this flat for a more modern installation if desired. It would look absolutely wonderful with a Delft tiled interior, or with a boldly cast fireback.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
44 1⁄4"
112.4 cms |
38 5⁄8"
98 cms |
11 5⁄8"
29.5 cms |
| Internal |
31 1⁄2"
80 cms |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
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Stock: 6600
A beautifully simple warm hued stone fireplace. The wide shelf rests over the plain frieze and jambs, which are simply chamfered around the opening.
This fireplace would be perfect in a traditional country interior, but would also suit the simplicity of a more contemporary home too.
English, late 19th century.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
57 1⁄2"
146 cms |
48 3⁄8"
123 cms |
8 1⁄8"
20.7 cms |
| Internal |
29 7⁄8"
76 cms |
37"
94 cms |
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Stock: 15840
A large and rare neoclassical chimneypiece in a soft, honey toned sandstone. Very much in the manner of William Kent, and therefore Palladian in style, this grand chimneypiece bears a thick shelf carved with a bold egg and dart moulding and a delicately carved foliate undershelf. Both rest on a beautifully carved half-barrel frieze, with acanthus paterae carved in a cross-hatch arrangement, centred by a blank tablet. The half pilaster jambs with ionic capitals are carved with bead and reel details and enclose the flat crossette cornered ingrounds, with further egg and dart and leaf and dart mouldings.
English, mid-20th century.
Notes: William Kent was the preeminent architect of the early Georgian period and the father of Palladianism. His style was informed both by antiquity and the bold style of the Italian Baroque, which was introduced to him on his tour of Italy. He was the first British architect to consider the interior as part of the whole decorative scheme, and designed furniture and other the small details necessary to complete a room.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
75 1⁄2"
191.7 cms |
59 13⁄16"
152 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| Internal |
41 1⁄4"
105 cms |
46 3⁄16"
117.3 cms |
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Stock: 9197
A late 20th Century carved Portland Stone Fireplace by sculptor, Jonathan Sells of Corfe castle, Dorset. Intricately carved with scenes of the evolution of man, the lower sections showing monkeys and gorillas ascending to carved naked figures. Signed to the reverse J. Sells.
English, late 20th century.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
65"
165 cms |
49 3⁄16"
125 cms |
6"
15.2 cms |
| Internal |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
40 3⁄16"
102 cms |
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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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
39 5⁄8"
100.6 cms |
5 3⁄16"
13.1 cms |
| Internal |
43 3⁄16"
109.8 cms |
33 13⁄16"
85.9 cms |
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Stock: 16228
A grand and monumental early Victorian trumeau chimneypiece in the Renaissance Revival style. The blockwork trumeau is centred by an armorial and rests on a large freize carved with floral spandrels in the Tudor Revival style, over cantilevered, moulded jambs. A fine fireplace best suited to a grand interior.
English, c.1860.
Provenance: Hinton Old Hall, Shropshire.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External, inc. hearth |
68 1⁄2"
174 cms |
86"
218.5 cms |
11 1⁄2"
29.3 cms |
| Internal |
48"
122 cms |
35 3⁄16"
89.5 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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
55 3⁄8"
140.7 cms |
58 11⁄16"
149 cms |
8"
20.3 cms |
| Internal |
33 11⁄16"
85.5 cms |
40 5⁄8"
103 cms |
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Stock: 16022
A Tudor revival fireplace in warm honey coloured Bath stone. The gently pointed Tudor arch with foliate spandrels is flanked by a pair of deeply carved Tudor roses, beneath a deeply moulded shelf. All supported on plain stop chamfered jambs which are finished off with small scrolls to their bases.
English, circa 1920.
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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
63 7⁄8"
162.2 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
6"
15.2 cms |
| internal |
35 13⁄16"
91 cms |
31 1⁄8"
79 cms |
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Stock: 15842
An antique Louis XIV fireplace in soft, honey coloured limestone. The moulded shelf rests on a carved frieze centred by a shell and foliate cartouche. The stop fluted console jambs rest on plain footblocks.
French, mid 19th century with restorations.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
58 1⁄8"
147.5 cms |
39 13⁄16"
101 cms |
10 1⁄2"
26.7 cms |
| Internal |
45 3⁄8"
115.3 cms |
33 1⁄8"
84 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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Height |
Depth |
| External |
66 1⁄8"
167.8 cms |
45 11⁄16"
116 cms |
5"
12.7 cms |
| Internal |
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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Height |
Depth |
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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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 7⁄8"
157.3 cms |
44 7⁄8"
114.1 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Internal |
36 13⁄16"
93.5 cms |
35 5⁄8"
90.5 cms |
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Stock: 6593
The Dalquharran Castle Chimneypiece.
A very rare, gently concave Portland Stone fireplace designed by Robert Adam and carved by the renowned Dutch stonemason Pieter Mathias van Gelder.
A moulded shelf rests above a simple frieze centred by a panel carved in relief with a floor standing globe flanked by opposing sphinxes. The endblocks, with carved lyres and husk swags, sit above fern frond corbels terminating in festooned bucrane on fielded panel jambs raised on stepped footblocks.
English, circa 1790.
Dalquharran Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, is regarded as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s Castle Style. His castles were unique in the respect that whilst the outside embodied the robustness associated with a castle, the inside was the embodiment of his restrained and delicate classical style. Dalquharran Castle was created for Thomas Kennedy of Dunure but is sadly now a ruin after the roof was removed in 1967 to avoid paying rates.
The chimneypiece was originally installed in the round tower library of the Castle and epitomised Adam's classical elegance. The last image below shows it in situ in the ruins of the library. It is exceptionally rare to find such a piece and made even more remarkable as it survived virtually undamaged. There is a similarly fine chimneypiece at Seton Castle, Adam’s final project in Scotland.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
78"
198.2 cms |
58 13⁄16"
149.3 cms |
12 5⁄8"
32 cms |
| Internal |
47 13⁄16"
121.5 cms |
42 1⁄2"
108 cms |
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Stock: 7444
A fine limestone Baroque style chimneypiece with a boldly carved central cartouche on the panelled frieze flanked by acanthus style detail on the endblocks above tapering panelled jambs.
French, circa 1880.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61"
154.9 cms |
43 1⁄4"
109.9 cms |
11"
27.9 cms |
| Internal |
42 13⁄16"
108.6 cms |
33"
83.8 cms |
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Stock: 15291
A Hopton Wood Stone arched Victorian chimneypiece togther with its original arched insert. The fireplace is very simply carved with a wide moulded shelf above a large keystone and two bold panels on the spandrels. Hopton Wood Stone is a type of limestone. It is very fine, almost like marble and is quarried west of Middleton-by-Wirksworth in Derbyshire.
English, circa 1860.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
67 1⁄4"
171 cms |
44 3⁄16"
112.3 cms |
11 13⁄16"
30 cms |
| Internal |
33 7⁄8"
86 cms |
32 1⁄2"
82.5 cms |
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Stock: 14164
A large Yorkstone Aesthetic Movement antique fireplace surround. The high moulded and generous shelf is decorated with fans alternating with stylised floral detail set above a frieze with eight rosettes centred with Cornish Serpentine marble, the whole is supported on columned jambs flanking its original Minton tiled insert register grate and is shown with integral fireplace kerb. English, circa 1870.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
64"
162.5 cms |
57 11⁄16"
146.5 cms |
13"
33 cms |
| Internal |
36"
91.5 cms |
36"
91.5 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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width |
height |
depth |
| External |
53 1⁄8"
135 cms |
45 7⁄8"
116.5 cms |
11"
28 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
51 3⁄16"
130 cms |
39 3⁄8"
100 cms |
6 11⁄16"
17 cms |
| Internal |
37 3⁄8"
95 cms |
32 1⁄4"
82 cms |
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Stock: 15165
A beautifully carved Louis XV limestone Rococo chimneypiece. The moulded shelf is integral to the frieze which is carved from the solid and bears a central shell cartouche above the shaped opening. The C scrolled tapering panelled jambs are surmounted by carved shell detail. French, circa 1780.
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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
62 13⁄16"
159.5 cms |
44 1⁄8"
112 cms |
12"
30.5 cms |
| Internal |
49 5⁄8"
126 cms |
37 3⁄8"
95 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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
56 1⁄4"
143 cms |
50 3⁄8"
128 cms |
18 7⁄8"
48 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61 1⁄4"
155.6 cms |
49"
124.5 cms |
6"
15.2 cms |
| Internal |
48"
122 cms |
41 1⁄4"
105 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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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
76 3⁄16"
193.5 cms |
47 13⁄16"
121.5 cms |
15"
38 cms |
| internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
96 1⁄8"
244 cms |
61 13⁄16"
157 cms |
18 1⁄8"
46 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
95 1⁄4"
242 cms |
71 1⁄8"
180.5 cms |
15 7⁄8"
40.5 cms |
| Internal |
52 3⁄16"
132.7 cms |
52 3⁄16"
132.5 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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width |
height |
depth |
| external |
53 7⁄8"
137 cms |
48"
122 cms |
6 1⁄8"
15.5 cms |
| internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
58 11⁄16"
149 cms |
45 5⁄8"
115.7 cms |
7 3⁄16"
18.2 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
81 1⁄2"
207 cms |
47 13⁄16"
121.5 cms |
4 1⁄8"
10.5 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
129"
327.7 cms |
125"
317.5 cms |
32"
81.3 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
61"
155 cms |
43 11⁄16"
111 cms |
13 3⁄8"
34 cms |
| Internal |
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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Width |
Height |
Depth |
| External |
51"
129.5 cms |
46 7⁄8"
119 cms |
5 5⁄8"
14.2 cms |
| Internal |
24"
61 cms |
22 1⁄2"
57.2 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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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: 8980
A rare Italian Renaissance highly carved antique stone chimneypiece. The frieze with running acanthus and dentil decoration. The scrolled jambs, resting on paw feet are centred by lion masks holding ribboned festoons in their mouths.
Italian early 17th century. ( Photo before restoration and paint removal )
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width |
height |
depth |
| exterior |
76"
193 cms |
74"
188 cms |
21 1⁄8"
53.5 cms |
| interior |
61 3⁄16"
155.5 cms |
57 1⁄2"
146 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.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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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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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.
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