Antique Wood Fireplaces
Browse our large collection of antique wooden fireplaces, mantels and chimneypieces in a selection of mahogany, oak, walnut and pine. Styles range from Jacobean and Renaissance to Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
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Stock: 13661
A tall and boldly carved walnut trumeau fireplace surround in the Renaissance style. The high simple panelled trumeau has a large moulded cornice.The upper frieze, with a central cartouche flanked by floral scrolls, is set above the main frieze upon which is carved, in high relief, a fire breathing salamander the heraldic beast of Francois I of France and the symbol of survival. The jambs are fronted by a pair of stop fluted columns with ornate scrolled acanthus capitals.
French Mid 19th century. (Photo before final cleaning and polishing.)
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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62 5⁄8" 159 cms |
114 5⁄8" 291 cms |
22" 56 cms |
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37" 94 cms |
39" 99 cms |
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Stock: 13606
A tall carved French Baroque style oak fireplace and overmantle. The stepped
shelf above egg & dart detail is set above the frieze, carved with scrolling foliate decoration and centred by a cushioned cartouche, flanked by a pair of similar cartouche on the endblocks. The jambs topped by a pair of carved lion masks, the mirror framed by twin fluted pilasters topped with Corinthian capitals and with egg and dart edging. French circa 1880.
French circa 1880.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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68 1⁄8" 173 cms |
70 1⁄2" 179 cms |
36 5⁄8" 93 cms |
Internal |
37 3⁄8" 95 cms |
52 3⁄8" 133 cms |
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Listed Price: £24,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 13865
A carved oak antique fireplace mantel in the Renaissance manner. The frieze, below the generously moulded shelf, with a delicately carved foliate and floral panel is flanked by end blocks with bunches of fruit tied with ribbons. The tall free standing columns fronting the jambs, with carved spiral beaded detail beneath Corinthian capitals, terminate with swags of flowers, foliage and beads above large foot blocks. French, late 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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59 1⁄4" 150.5 cms |
65 3⁄16" 165.5 cms |
27" 68.5 cms |
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41 1⁄4" 105 cms |
53 7⁄8" 137 cms |
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Stock: 12673
A very fine, beautifully and elaborately carved pine English Rococo Fireplace Surround in the manner of Thomas Chippendale. The frieze centred by a very large floral cartouche intrinsic to the frieze, the delicate foliate decoration continuing onto the top of the jambs beneath finely carved scrolled endblocks.
English circa 1750.
Link to: Antique Rococo Chimneypieces inc Louis XV English Scottish Chippendale Rococo fireplace mantels.
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72" 183 cms |
45 1⁄2" 115.5 cms |
7 7⁄8" 20 cms |
Internal |
63" 160 cms |
38 3⁄8" 97.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11594
A very attractive English Regency carved pine, mahogany and composition giltwood chimneypiece. The mahogany breakfront shelf above richly carved lambs tongue motif, the reeded frieze with acanthus endstops, the columned jambs topped with the same. Please note that the shelf has not been glued.
English, early 19th century.
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68 1⁄2" 174 cms |
53 1⁄2" 136 cms |
7 1⁄2" 19 cms |
Internal |
50 13⁄16" 129 cms |
43 11⁄16" 111 cms |
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Listed Price: £12,500 Excluding marble(+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12794
A small decoratively carved oak fireplace in the Jacobean Revival manner with a substantial castellated shelf above a boldly carved leaf adornment on the frieze. A pair of bearded caryatid fronting the jambs, supported on swagged plinths, terminating in simple shaped footblocks. With restorations.
English, early 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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56 11⁄16" 144 cms |
48 13⁄16" 124 cms |
8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms |
Internal |
37 3⁄16" 94.5 cms |
34 13⁄16" 88.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,500 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12713
A tall carved pine chimneypiece in the style of William Kent, with a prominent shelf above a frieze profusely carved with scrolling acanthus centred by a female mask. Late 19th century.
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73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms |
73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms |
9 3⁄8" 24 cms |
Internal |
54 1⁄4" 138 cms |
50 3⁄8" 128 cms |
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Listed Price: £4,400 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11616
A large carved polished pine fireplace mantel in the English Baroque manner. The breakfront shelf set over dentilled, castellated detail above an inset frieze panel centred with a clamshell carved in high relief over scrolled cartouche. The opening is flanked by descending bellflower decoration and set with black veined and figured original pale Sienna marble ingrounds. Shown is a dark marble hearth and fender.
English, circa 1930, with known London Provenance.
Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.
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86 7⁄8" 220.6 cms |
75 1⁄4" 191.3 cms |
18 1⁄4" 46.5 cms |
Internal |
48 5⁄8" 123.5 cms |
46 3⁄8" 117.8 cms |
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Listed Price: £7,800 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12493
A tall 19th century walnut chimneypiece and overmantel in the French Renaissance Revival manner. The panelled overmantel shown without a painting or tapestry in the space provided. The upper frieze fluted at the front and the sides, with rich acanthus floral carving on the corners, above the lower panelled frieze supported on large full round, tapering, stop fluted columns. Image before restoration and revival of polish. Photos before restoration.
French, mid 19th century.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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57 7⁄8" 147 cms |
115 11⁄16" 294 cms |
15 11⁄16" 40 cms |
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30 1⁄4" 77 cms |
38" 96.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £7,300 restored(+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11466
A large period late Georgian pine Fireplace Surround well carved with egg and dart under the plain moulded shelf and around the opening. The frieze centred by a tablet carved with a ribboned fruit swag. Shown fitted with large marble footblocks and grey veined and figured marble ingrounds.
English 1880s.
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81 7⁄8" 208 cms |
63 3⁄8" 161 cms |
8 11⁄16" 22 cms |
Internal |
66 7⁄8" 170 cms |
50" 127 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,500 Excluding marble ingrounds.(+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 12221
A substantial and impressive late 19th century profusely carved pine and limewood chimneypiece in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The frieze, with its exquisitely carved limewood detail, has a central plaque of a classical urn draped with bellflower festoons flanked by further bellflower swags and there are two smaller delicately carved urns on the endblocks set above finely fluted tapering columns surmounted with scrolled Ionic capitals.
English, late 19th century.
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80 11⁄16" 205 cms |
61 13⁄16" 157 cms |
11 3⁄16" 28.5 cms |
Internal |
51 13⁄16" 131.5 cms |
45 1⁄4" 115 cms |
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Listed Price: £15,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 11707
One of a near pair. A well carved walnut chimneypiece in the Louis XVI manner,
The moulded shelf over a bow fronted Guilloche carved frieze with outward canted scrolled and reeded jambs with centre rope twist motif and topped by generously carved floral paterae on the endblocks. See also 9391.
French, late 19th century.
Link to: Antique French chimneypieces inc. Louis XVI, French Empire fireplace mantels.
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62 3⁄16" 158 cms |
44 1⁄8" 112 cms |
10 3⁄16" 26 cms |
Internal |
44 1⁄2" 113 cms |
34 5⁄8" 87.8 cms |
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Stock: 10051
A Georgian style carved mahogany chimneypiece in the Adam revival manner,the breakfront shelf over a classical urn carved central tablet flanked by a panelled frieze and endblocks supported on fluted columns with scrolled Ionic columns.Image before revival of polish. English, late19th century.
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78 1⁄4" 199 cms |
59 1⁄4" 150.5 cms |
14" 35.6 cms |
Internal |
44 7⁄8" 114 cms |
39 7⁄8" 101.3 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,000 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10520
A richly carved pine mid Georgian style fireplace mantel. The plain moulded shelf over a central plaque carved with a woven reed basket of flowers, flanked by scrolled acanthus pattern on the side panels and leaf end brackets over lion heads holding descending rings on the jambs.
English late 19th century.
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82 1⁄8" 208.5 cms |
53 1⁄8" 135 cms |
11 13⁄16" 30 cms |
Internal |
48 3⁄8" 123 cms |
40 5⁄8" 103 cms |
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Listed Price: £6,300 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 10978
A carved walnut Edwardian fireplace in the Palladian manner with large carved Vitruvian scrolls on the frieze flanking a central floral plaque supported on shaped acanthus carved jambs above large foorblocks.
English, circa 1900.
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61" 155 cms |
51 5⁄8" 131 cms |
11 3⁄8" 29 cms |
Internal |
42 1⁄8" 107 cms |
40 3⁄16" 102 cms |
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Stock: 7100
A French carved oak antique mantelpiece in the Renaissance manner. The moulded rectangular shelf above a carved frieze with corbels and acorns. The jambs with half round fluted Corinthian columns decorated at the base with foliate carving and resting on plinth foot blocks centred by lion mask paterae to the front and small Romayne panels to the sides.
French, circa 1840.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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91 1⁄4" 232 cms |
73 3⁄8" 186.5 cms |
20 1⁄4" 51.5 cms |
Internal |
64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms |
64" 162.5 cms |
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Listed Price: £14,900 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 9529
A tall antique pine fireplace surround and overmantel in the Gothic Revival manner. The overmantel with three pairs of tapering columns with Corinthian capitals alternating with two pairs of arched and recessed niches. The surround with fluted pilaster jambs raised on simple panelled foot blocks.
English, circa 1880.
Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600
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75" 190.5 cms |
102" 259 cms |
8 1⁄2" 21.5 cms |
Internal w/out stone |
48" 122 cms |
48" 122 cms |
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Listed Price: £8,600 (+VAT where applicable)
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Stock: 9111
An elegant, quite large chimneypiece in the Georgian manner in richly toned Mahogany. The frieze with Acanthus leaf carved sidepanels either side of the simple centre tablet, dentil undershelf detail, over dog leg opening to receive original pencil statuary marble slips, not shown.
English, late 19th century.
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Depth |
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67 1⁄8" 170.5 cms |
58 1⁄4" 148 cms |
9 3⁄16" 23.3 cms |
Internal |
55 1⁄2" 141 cms |
46 1⁄4" 117.5 cms |
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Stock: 7682
A Georgian, Adam style fireplace with pine & gesso decoration in the Neoclassical manner.
English, late 18th early 19th century.
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64 13⁄16" 164.5 cms |
55 1⁄2" 141 cms |
8" 20.3 cms |
Internal |
50" 127 cms |
46 13⁄16" 118.8 cms |
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Antique Wooden Mantels
Antique wooden fireplaces have been enjoyed for centuries. From the earliest examples, heavily carved and worn with time, to strikingly simple Arts and Crafts fireplaces, we try to stock a variety of styles and sizes. Antique wooden mantels are a fabulous way of injecting character into a property, or just making a statement. The appeal of wooden mantels is perhaps their diversity. Wood is a fantastic material to carve, capable of being hewn into numerous forms and being used on projects that vary in scale enormously. These Antique wood fireplace mantels encapsulate a moment in history and a period style.
Antique Oak Fireplaces
Antique oak fireplaces conjure images of inviting country houses with a crackling open fire, a place to welcome guests and family members. Antique oak fireplace mantels bring to mind a rustic country interior, with a substantial focal point and an inviting open fire. They have been a focus of domestic life for centuries. Oak fireplaces mantels range from the earliest of inglenooks to the rustic charm of the arts and crafts movement.
Antique Pine Mantels
Pine fireplace mantels were used widely in the 18th century, and perhaps most famously by the renowned Architect Robert Adam. The most highly sought after of antique pine mantels are almost certainly those that can be attributed to Adam, or those which closely resemble his iconic neoclassical designs with gesso decoration. These antique pine fireplaces were often painted so as to resemble their more expensive marble counterparts or to suit the colour scheme of the room. Antique pine mantels are very rarely found in their original paint, so can be left bare, or painted to a desired finish.
Antique Wood Fireplaces
Wooden fire surrounds are easy to look after, as they can be treated much like antique wooden furniture. We often buy chimneypieces that have been worn and damaged with time, and in our workshops we can restore them to their former glory. Antique wood fireplaces are often carved from rare and beautiful woods that are hard to source today. To buy antique is a more environmentally friendly way to source pieces for the home as buying an antique means that new trees don’t need to be felled and you avoid the risk of purchasing unethically sourced wood.
If you would like any advice on what wooden fireplace to select for your home, do not hesitate to contact us.