Pre-War Fireplaces

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1930s Ceramic Fireplace

A small faience fireplace made from five large blocks and two smaller hearth pieces all glazed in a beige/brown swirling mottle.

The two large hobs form a curving concave recess to the fire opening which is capped by a single large arch piece that continues the concave recess over the fire.

The hearth is made from two large blocks with a raised edge that echoes the concave curvature around the fire as it falls from the edge to the general level of the hearth.

Two small blocks at the base of the fire opening complete the fireplace.

Sizes
Body Width: 60inches
Height: 35 inches

Depth: 9 inches

Opening Width: 16 inches
Opening Height: 22 inches

Hearth Width: 45 inches
Hearth Depth: 18 inches

Condition: VERY GOOD

1930s All Tiled Fireplace

A 1930s all tiled fireplace and kerbed hearth originally made in 2 shades of brown mottled tiles.

The fireplace features stepped shoulders with a lowered central shelf and a recessed opening. There are 2 patches of fine finger tiles detailing at either end of the moulded shelf blocks.

The hearth has a raised edge and echoes the stepped shoulders but with curved corners.

The bottom row of tiles on the fireplace and a
pad in the hearth have been restored using our Victorian Brown tiles.

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size

Body Width: 48 inches
Height: 44 inches
Depth: 4.4 inches
Opening Width: 16 inches
Opening Height: 22 inches

Colourful 1920s Fireplace

One of a pair of striking, colourful and rare 1920s fireplaces made from 3 inch square glazed tiles with decorative finger tiles around the recessed opening and brass fireframe The most interesting features are the rows of lustre glazed tiles around the finger pattern and one row beneath the shelf. Around the finger pattern tiles all the lustre blocks have embossed animal or plant images arranged at random, the lustre tiles under the shelf are all plain except for two support brackets embossed with owls.

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size

Body Width: 59 inches
Height: 47 inches
Depth: 3 inches
Opening Width: 16 inches

1930s Brick Effect Fireplace

A large and impressive tiled, brick effect, fireplace from the late 1930's.

The fire opening is deeply recessed under a flattened arch and flanked by large patterned hobs leaving a small hearth between them which protrudes forward by the thickness of the raised kerb.

The whole arrangement of steps and recesses gives an added sense of perspective to the focal point of the fireplace opening.

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size

Body Width: 60.5 inches (153.5 cm)
Height: 39 inches ( 99 cm)
Depth: 6 inches ( 15.25 cm)

Opening Width: 16 inches ( 40.5 cm)
Opening Height: 22.5 inches ( 57 cm)

Shelf Depth: 8 inches ( 20.5 cm)
Shelf Width: 65.5 inches ( 166.25 cm)

Hearth width (front) 34 inches ( 86.25 cm)
Hearth depth (max) 21 inches ( 53.25 cm)

Hob width 12 inches ( 30.5 cm)
Hob depth 16 inches ( 40.5 cm)
Hob height 8 inches ( 20.25 cm)

1920s Fireplace

A very rare design of fireplace originating from Wilmslow in Cheshire and dating to the late 1920's.

The back panel is made in one piece with a semicircular overmantel panel decorated with two diamond tiles above the pi shaped fireplace opening. The hearth is also a semicircle echoing the overmantel shape.

The semicircles are framed in an orange/brown mottled moulding as is the greek letter pi of the fire opening and shelf. The infill tiles are contrasting beige/brown mottle.

The pad in the hearth has been replaced at some date due to wear and tear with a granite brown tile.

Size
Height 49 inches (125cm)
Width 50 inches (127cm)
Depth 4 inches (10cm)
Opening width 16 inches (41cm)
Opening height 24 inches (61cm)
Hearth width 40 inches (102cm)
Hearth depth 20 inches (51cm)
Overall depth 24 inches (61cm)

Condition: EXCELLENT

1930s Tiled Bedroom Fireplace

A 1930's all tiled bedroom fireplace in beige/brown mottled tiles.

The fireplace is of the single dropped shoulder design with slightly recessed ribbed opening blocks in a darker mottle.

The hearth has a raised edge with the lowered pad in darker mottle matched by two feature tiles above the fire opening.

Price includes fret, grate and fireback

Size

Width 24inches (61cm)
height 32.5 inches (82cm)
Depth 4.5 inches (11cm)
Opening width 12 inches (30cm)
Opening height 20 inches (51cm)
Hearth width 23 inches (58cm)
Hearth depth 12 inches (30cm)
Overall depth 16.5 inches (42cm)

Condition: VERY GOOD

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1930's Bedroom Fireplace

A 1930's bedroom fireplace in a beige speckled tile with a kerbed hearth. The fire opening is framed all round with golden brown moulded relief blocks.

This is complemented by the darker brown mottled finger tiles in the three vertical stripes which incorporate a square of lustre tiles as decoration.

The raised kerb of the hearth is a slightly darker shade of the beige speckle

Size

Height 36 inches (92cm)
Body width 28.5 inches (72cm)
Opening width 12 inches (30cm)
Opening height 22 inches (56cm)
Hearth width 28 inches (71cm)
Hearth depth 14 inches (36cm) in front of legs
Overall depth 18.5 inches (47cm)

Condition: GOOD

1930s Tudor Arched Fireplace

An imposing faience block fireplace with Tudor arch from the 1930s. It is glazed in a light beige brown mottle with contrasting 6 inch x 2 inch tiles in a darker brown forming the hearth and stepped block feature around the fire opening.

The Tudor arch panel has faux columns with acanthus leaf capitals. The spandrels are decorated with a Tudor rose and intertwined foliage.

This central panel is framed by two sturdy bolection columns with block feet and capped by a large 4 piece bolection header.

The hearth with the darker,
cross-bonded tiles has canted corners framed within a raised, profiled kerb in the lighter mottled faience mouldings.

Condition: VERY GOOD

Height 36 inches (92cm)
Shelf width 61 inches (155cm)
Body width 58 inches (147cm)

Opening width 16 inches (40cm)
Opening height 23 inches (58cm)

Hearth width 56.5 inches (143cm)
Hearth depth 16.5 inches (42cm) in front of legs
Overall depth 24.5 inches (62cm)

1930s Tiled Fireplace

An all tiled fireplace from the 1930's with a recessed fire opening made from 8 inch by 4 inch blocks.

It has a single step to the shoulders, the shape of which is followed by the use of two different shades of mottled tiles ( orange / brown and straw / purple-brown.)

The original hearth was damaged beyond repair butsome of hearth tiles have been salvaged and a small hearth or hearth feature could be made from these.

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size

Width 44 inches (112cm)
height 40 inches (102cm)
Depth 4 inches (10cm)
Hearth size to be confirmed

1930s Tiled Fireplace

A large and finely detailed fireplace from the 1930's with an angled corner hearth and wide steps for the feet of the fireback. The intermediate step is curved and formed from half inch wide fingers.

The fire opening is formed from large moulded blocks and recessed, the recess being framed with narrowly ribbed, embossed tiles that echo the thin sticks of the curved sides.

The whole design is executed in a beige/brown mottled tile with two horizontal bands and the kerb of the hearth in a darker, almost purple/brown mottle.

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size
Body width 66 inches (168cm)
Height 38 inches (97cm)
Hearth width 65 inches (165cm)
Hearth depth 15.5 inches (39cm)
Overall depth 22 inches (56cm)

1920s bedroom fireplace

A 1920s faience moulded bedroom fireplace
glazed with a beige base and orange and blue
mottling. It resembles an arched castle
gatehouse with flanking turrets. The small hearth
has grooves radiating from the fireplace opening.

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size
29 " body width
39" high
14" opening
12 " overall depth

Bedroom Fireplace Fireplace

This medium sized bedroom fireplace
dating from the 1930s was removed
from a semi-detached house in Mile
End, Stockport. The main body of the
fireplace is in a brown/cream mottled
tile, with darker brown and irridescent
bergundy detail.It features some very
attractive Celtic rope detail around
the fireplace opening.

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size

30" body width
36" high
4.5" body depth

Fire opening
14" wide,
20" high

Hearth
14" depth,
28" width

1920s Bedroom Fireplace with a shelf

A bedroom fireplace from the 1920's
finely mottled in shade of green
splashed with yellow and brown.
It has vivid polychrome pictorial tiles
depicting sailing ships. Unusually for
a fireplace from this period it has a
shelf incorporated into it. It comes
with its original deep hearth.

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size
30" wide x 38" high
12" opening

15" overall depth

Prewar Stonite Fireplace

A plain "Stonite" ceramic Fireplace with drop shoulder design complete with kerbed hearth. It has a cream glaze with brown specked decoration

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size 26" wide x 36" high
12" opening 12" hearth depth

All Tiled Bedroom Fireplace

A 1940s tiled bedroom Fireplace in mottled beige
with paler opening tiles.

It requires slight repairs to the original hearth

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size 24 " wide x 36 " high
12 " opening
16 " hearth depth

Large Tiled Fireplace

An extremely large mottled brown tiled Fireplace from a 1927
house in Oldham that was specially commissioned by the builder.

It has a stepped sided arch and a recessed opening with
large block opening tiles.
The opening is surrounded by red iridescent detail

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size 90 " wide x 50 " high
18 " opening

Devon Fireplace

A brown mottled All Tiled Fireplace made by
the Devon Fireplace Company and taken from a
house in Lytham St. Annes. It is made from large
faience blocks and has ribbed opening detail
and a large fender hearth.

Condition: EXCELLENT

Size 57" wide x 37" high
16" opening
18" Deep with Hearth

Original polished limestone Fireplace

Highly unusual polished limestone Fireplace in
Queen Anne style c 1926
Nicely moulded around the top and edges

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size 44" wide x 54" high
16" opening

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