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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 Fireplace

An unusually proportioned 1930s fireplace made from large moulded blocks glazed with a beige/brown mottle.

A darker brown mottled glaze has been used for the fire opening and the raised section of hearth immediately in front of the fire.

The sides of the fireplace opening are highlighted with purple lustre glaze tiles typical of the manufacturers, Thynne of Hereford.

Given the large dimensions of the fireplace opening (24 inches) and the thickness of the hearth, the fireplace was most likely intended to have been wood burning only using a Devon fireback. It can be adapted to suit any fuel or be used as a surround for a small firebasket

Size

Height 38 inches (97cm)
Width 55 inches (140cm)
Depth 6 inches (15cm)

Opening width 24 inches (61cm)
Opening height 20 inches (51cm)

Hearth width 54 inches (137cm)
Hearth depth 15 inches (38cm)

Overall depth 21 inches (53cm)

Condition: EXCELLENT

1930s All Tiled Fireplace

A 1930's all tiled fireplace in beige and straw coloured mottled tiles contrasting with feature tiles in a rich Midnight Blue background colour mottled with greens and orange browns.

The stepped opening blocks and cheeks are also in the darker blue colour as is the recessed section of the hearth behing a 4 inch wide raised kerb.

The fireplace is of the single dropped shoulder design with a central lowered shelf and faience support in the darker tiles. The fireplace opening is recessed under an arch formed of curved stepped blocks that start from small hobs.

Price includes fret

Size

Width 48inches (122cm)
height 36 inches (91cm)
Depth 6.5 inches (16cm)
Opening width 16 inches (41cm)
Opening height 22.5 inches (57cm)
Hearth width 40.5 inches (103cm)
Hearth depth 16 inches (41cm)
Overall depth 22.5 inches (57cm)

Condition: GOOD

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

1930s All Tiled Fireplace

An all tiled drop shoulder fireplace from the 1930s.

It uses two types of tile - a beige background tile with a fine orange speckle and a purple / brown mottle detail tile The opening tiles are all 4 inches square with three parallel grooves framing the fireplace opening.

The hearth is also made from the same two shades of tiles with the beige/orange tile used to form a raised edge all round.

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size

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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 Marble Fireplace

A very fine bolection fireplace in white and
purple veined Arabescato marble from
Callara in Italy and green Connemara marble
from Ireland. The moulding is very sharp
although a little worn on the front face of the
hearth. The top three sections have a
wonderful patina and are only slightly
chipped (this damage is repairable). The
three piece hearth is not in as good condition
but can be cleaned up. The ribbed cast panel
is original and still has bronze patination.
The hearth has an 18" cutout compatible
with an 18" Baxi system or an 18" heatplate
for solid fuel use

Condition: VERY GOOD

Size
50" wide x 43 " high
18" opening

19" overall depth

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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