An early 17th century English Jacobean period Bath-stone mantel

An antique English Jacobean revival oak mantlepiece with original dark finish. This tall and well proportioned wooden fireplace with original bevelled glass mirror is profusely carve...

An antique Early Victorian period Gothic revival, black marble and portoro marble fireplace The half octagonal Nero Portoro marble columns are sat on pure black marble pilasters and ...

A large antique profusely carved oak fireplace surround in the Jacobean style Made during the Victorian period in England, incorporating 17th century and 18th century carved elements...

A compact and fine quality Regency Neo-classical Italian Statuary marble fireplace. This superbly carved, pure white statuary marble fireplace was produced in Rome, Italy, approximat...

A rustic 17th century English country style oak fireplace, reclaimed from an old farmhouse in Ludlow, Herefordshire. Dating from around 1690, this antique fireplace is more than 330 ...

This monumental mantel was made of stone in the 17th century. Its moulded entablature, adorned with a crest in a Gothic inspired decor, comes in proj...

A tall antique Jacobean style carved oak fireplace with overmantel reclaimed from a manor house in Suffolk. Impressive in style and stature, this fireplace dates from the late 19th century but encompasses earlier Tudor and Jacobean styles. Today, it makes a prestigious feature in the main room of a large period property, its solid oak construction and rich wood colour complimenting traditional styles. To the top is a spectacularly carved panel detailed with scrolling fruits and foliage with masks above a larger panel carved with grand columns and arches...

This spectacular, monumental 17th century English carved limestone fireplace, circa 1650, was reclaimed from Cobtree Manor House, England (demolished 1968). Standing at 2 m tall (6’ 5”) and over 2.7 m wide (9’), this exceptional English fire surround is a very rare find. It is not often you find a chimneypiece like this outside of a listed heritage property, making this a rare opportunity to purchase a fireplace of such size and grandeur. Highly elaborate, the surround is intricately hand-carved throughout, the frieze of which is most extravagant, carved with a mythical beast to the central tablet among birds, stylised lions holding crowns, parakeets and scrolling foliage. The jambs are carved in a column-like style with fruits and flowers below corbels to the end blocks, completed with a carved egg and dart trim beneath the shelf. This fireplace truly is a magnificent work of art, designed for an interior of prestige and fine grandeur. It is in the manner of late 16th / early 17th century English architect and designer, Inigo Jones (1573 – 1652), who was known for introducing the classical style architecture of the Italian Renaissance to Britain. His famous works include the Banqueting House at Whitehall, The Queen’s House, Greenwich and the Queen’s Chapel at St. James’ Palace. Provenance Removed from a wing of Cobtree Manor in Kent, UK. Though demolished in 1968, the house’s parklands remain to this day and were once the site of Maidstone Zoo. The occupation of the land itself dates back as far as the neolithic times (4300 BC – 2000 BC). However, the first known record can be found in the title estate deeds of English poet and politician, Sir Thomas Wyatt, in 1596. Cobtree is linked to the famous 19th century novelist, Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870). It is believed that during the 1830s, a young Dickens had fallen into a pond while out walking near Cobtree farm. He knocked on the door of the tenant farmer at the time – Mr William Spong – who took Dickens in. It is said that Dickens later took inspiration from Mr Spong in his 1837 novel ‘The Pickwick Papers’, in which he immortalised him as Mr Wardle of Manor Farm near Dingley Dell. 17th Century Heritage Having stood the test of time for more than 370 years, this antique fireplace offers a glimpse into England in the 1600s. This century saw the Stuarts rise to the English throne: first James I of England and VI of Scotland following the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, followed by Charles I in 1625. Other notable events of this century included the English Civil War (1642 – 1651) and Guy Fawkes...