Stone Fireplaces

Now that the nights are drawing in our thoughts turn to enjoying the comforts of a stylish yet cosy room with a glorious real fire blazing in the hearth, to help keep winter at bay.

Haddonstone’s range of cast stone fire surrounds and fireplaces includes
contemporary, classical and traditional styles –a perfect place for a roaring
fire in any home!

Haddoncraft Forge produces a selection of wrought iron fire baskets and
fireplace accessories to complete the scene.

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A Chesney’s fireplace always creates a grand focal point in any room and in the winter months this can be a feature, which looks great while also being a source of warmth and light.
However in the summer, how can you draw attention to the striking architectural presence of a Chesney’s fireplace in a different way?
Dressing the fireplace with seasonal blooms and foliage will show it in a fresh light:     Try using catkins and willows to drape on and around the fireplace to maintain its focus in the room.     Cascading foliage, flowers trailing to the floor from the mantel, a grate crammed full – and tumbling over delightfully with honeysuckle and jasmine, can be bright and romantic.    Change the static and characterless vase of dried flowers, often stuck in the hearth when the fireplace is not in use, to make your Chesney’s fireplace a    joyful and colourful centrepiece for the summer!

Featured here is the Marseilles fire surround from Chesney’s Stone Collection:

An 18th century provincial French design in bathstone, of warm colour and rugged texture, with console jambs, plain frieze and a generous mantel shelf. This design can be seen in chateaux and manor houses throughout France.

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Haddonstone the leading UK manufacturer of superb architectural features, have expanded their range of fireplaces, mantels and chimney pieces to provide a choice of seventeen standard surrounds from the simple and stylish to the ornate and elegant.

Illustrated here is The Adam Chimney Piece HF110, which is an elegant design in the style of Robert Adam (1728-92), the prolific XVIII century architect.

This chimney piece incorporates legs in the form of Ionic half columns, supporting a mantel featuring swags and medallions surmounted by a dentilled cornice.

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For those who want to create a talking point as well as a focal point, it’s hard to beat a real stone fireplace. This Lutyens fire surround from Templestone will certainly do the job, with its massive stone blocks and clean stylish lines.

All Templestone’s natural stone fire surrounds are produced by hand, in Somerset. Templestone’s masons learned their trade renovating Cathedrals and historic buildings, so you’re guaranteed the best in traditional craftsmanship.

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Templestone produce fine stone fireplaces in either natural or reconstituted stone.

This Georgian Fire Surround is from their reconstituted stone range, so it’s kinder to the wallet than the hand-carved natural stone alternative, yet it still looks fantastic.

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Templestone create some of the UK’s finest real stone and reconstituted fire surrounds. Their stonemasons use traditional carving techniques, and can create a custom fire surround to your exact design and specification.

They also have a range of standard designs to choose from. Pictured is the Scottish Gothic fire surround in natural stone. Reproduced from an example found in a Victorian Scottish “Castle” – this huge fireplace would make a magnificent addition to the grandest of rooms.

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