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Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

Gothic Revival Style

The Gothic Revival movement (also called Victorian Gothic or Neo-Gothic) emerged in Britain in the 1740s, and reached its height in the late-19th century. Gothic Revival furniture's characteristics include such decorative flourishes as pointed arches, floral details, finials, heraldic motifs and linenfold carving.

The movement was rooted in religious and social conservatism. Gothic Revival's proponents, who included Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, the architects of London’s Houses of Parliament (designed in 1840), believed that the art and architecture of the Middle Ages were authentically spiritual and inherently moral.

In the United States, the Gothic Revival movement shaped both public buildings and private houses. Numerous American schools were built in the early-19th century in a style now called Collegiate Gothic. Many builders and craftsmen were inspired by Andrew Jackson Downing’s widely read 1850 book Architecture for Country Houses, which posited that a family’s home should exemplify their values — and that the Gothic Revival style was particularly well-suited to scholars and clergymen. Furniture with detailing that mirrored that of Gothic Revival buildings appeared in the same period. Such pieces typically feature dark, intricately carved wood, and upholstery in velvet or leather.

Much like the castles or cathedrals that inspired them, Gothic Revival chairs, bookcases and beds make a bold design statement. And while you probably don’t have to cross a moat or raise a portcullis to get through your front door, a Gothic Revival piece will declare that your home is indeed your castle.

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Style: Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival Fireplace with its Hood and Carved Salamander, Witch and Ermine
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Exceptional oak neo-Gothic fireplace and hood. The uprights sides of the fireplace are composed of two columns with capitals foliage patterns, all surmounted by a reserve on which is carved an ermine (heraldic symbol). The lintot of the hearth features a mascaron representing a witch's face carved in high relief with on each side a pattern of parchments. The sculpture on the panelled hood represents a salamander. The salamander is a mythical animal capable of living in fire and extinguishing it. It is a symbol used especially in alchemy and heraldry, it is also the emblem of the King of France François 1er...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Oak

Amazing Pair of Gothic Revival Handforged Dragon Flying Sculptures Wall Sconces
Located in Lisse, NL
Gothic Revival pair of sculptural and highly decorative, wrought iron torchiere holders wall lamps. If you appreciate decorative antiques in general and you are looking for a pair of large Medieval style wall fixtures in particular then this rare and all hand-crafted pair in the Gothic style could be yours to own and enjoy soon. Finding a pair is always great, because that makes them ideal for mounting on either side of a fireplace, a hall bench and in larger homes we have seen antique lights on either side of a stairwell also. This artistic set of winged dragons with their fierce facial expressions is strong and firm and ready for you to use and enjoy. It has taken a skilled blacksmith in the early 1900s lots of focus, energy and dedication to hand forge these great dragon...
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Early 20th Century European Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Wrought Iron

A magnificent antique English 19th century Gothic Revival carved oak mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A magnificent antique English 19th century Gothic Revival carved oak fire surround This beautifully designed fireplace is both grand and stunning, it features outstanding quality of ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Oak

Turquin marble fireplace in neo-Gothic style
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Turquin marble fireplace in neo-Gothic styleThis Turquin Blue marble fireplace in neo-Gothic style was executed in the first half of the 19th cen...
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1840s French Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

Hand forged Victorian gothic revival fire screen/spark guard late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Discover the exquisite craftsmanship of our late 19th-century hand-forged and fire-welded Victorian Gothic Revival fire screen. This stunning piece features intricate scrollwork and ...
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1890s English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Metal, Steel

A Large Antique Gothic Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive Gothic Revival fire grate in wrought iron with brick fire back. The front supports swept out on splayed feet with curved elongated uprights with dragons heads ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Wrought Iron

Gothic Revival Antique Cast Iron Fire Grate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Dating from the Mid-19th Century, this English antique cast iron fire grate or brazier is over 170 years old. It is highly decorative, cast in iro...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Metal, Iron

Early Victorian Gothic Revival Fireplace
Located in London, GB
Early Victorian Gothic revival fireplace, in Devonian marble, the stop-chamfered jambs with shield corner-blocks. Opening width 92 cm x 96.5 cm, Outside jamb to jamb 134 cm wide. R...
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19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

Large Gothic Revival Oak Fire Mantel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A deep, large scale English solid oak antique fireplace dating from the 1880s. Re-finished, this spectacular fireplace has a rich patina throughout that looks impressive in a variety...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Wood, Oak

Large Antique Neo-Gothic Style Fireplace Made Out of Walnut Wood
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This large Neo-Gothic style fireplace with hood was made at the end of the 19th century out of beautiful walnut wood. The jambs with semi-detached columns support a wide entablature. The carved decoration of the entablature is typical of the Neo-Gothic style: the wood is decorated with finials and pinnacles. The center of the entablature is decorated with a medallion that shows the letter "S". On the entablature there is a frieze of Gothic finials...
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19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Walnut

Antique Gothic Style Bronze Firescreen with Dragon Sculptures and Mint Wire Mesh
Located in Lisse, NL
This Gothic Style screen comes with a pair of fire spitting dragon sculptures. If this beautifully handcrafted, early 20th century firescreen is the right style to fit your firepl...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Bronze, Metal, Wire

Gothic Renaissance Revival Brass Fireplace Fender with Dragon Serpents, C. 1860
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous period of Gothic revival brass fireplace fender with dragon serpents and finials. Great for the seaside home where it most likely sat for decad...
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1860s American Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Brass

AWN Pugin Gothic Revival Oak, Leaded & Painted Glass Three-Fold Fire Screen
Located in London, GB
A super quality Gothic Revival oak, leaded and painted high fired glass three-fold fire screen, in the style of AWN Pugin, with roundel and mistletoe decorat...
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1860s English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Stained Glass, Oak

19th Century Victorian Gothic Fire Dogs or Andirons in the Shape of Griffins
Located in London, GB
A mid 19th century pair of zoomorphic Griffin Fire Dogs or Andirons. Made from cast Iron and with copper stomach inserts, these unusual and rare pieces are indicative of the Victoria...
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1860s English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron, Copper

Grand Victorian Neo Gothic Register Grate, Circa 1850
Located in London, GB
A Grand Victorian Neo Gothic fireplace register grate insert, with beautifully decorated grate and a peaked arch and gothic decoration around the op...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

Grand Cast Iron Victorian Gothic Revival Hob Grate Fireplace, English, C.1860
Located in London, GB
A Grand Cast Iron Victorian Gothic Revival Hob Grate Fireplace, English, C.1860. Size: Depth: 14 ½” – 37cm External Height: 35” – 89cm External Width: 35 ½ – 90cm.
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Wrought Iron

19th Century English Gothic Revival Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A large 19th century (circa 1840) English Gothic Revival firegrate. The steel firedogs of fluted bulbous form, with brass enbellishments. Decorative cast iron shaped fireback behind....
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19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Steel

Magnificent Antique Limestone Mantel
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Each jamb of the fireplace has a brown bear standing on a plinth holding a heraldic shield. Above the bears are carved capitals supporting a substantial breakfront cornice shelf. The...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

Impressive Victorian Gothic Limestone Surround
Located in Manchester, GB
A substantial reclaimed early Victorian limestone fire surround carved beautifully in the Gothic manner, circa 1870 with later restorations. This fireplaces is still awaiting our own restoration, these photos are before restoration.
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19th Century Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

A.W.N Pugin Style of a Gothic Revival Oak Coal Purdonium with Linen Fold Carving
Located in London, GB
A.W.N Pugin style of a Gothic Revival oak coal purdonium with seed carving to the edge of the top and linen fold carvings to the front and to the sides with blind fret details to the...
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1880s English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Oak

Dr C Dresser, Benham & Froud. Aesthetic Movement Coal Box with Floral Metal Work
Located in London, GB
Dr C Dresser made by Benham and Froud. An Aesthetic Movement walnut coal box with stylized floral brass metalwork, retaining its original shovel.  
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1870s English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Brass

Antique Black Kilkenny and Connemara Marble Gothic Revival Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A large and imposing Gothic Revival fireplace in Irish black Kilkenny fossil marble with green Connemara marble columns. A plain frieze with simple ta...
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19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

Huge Majestic 19th Century Victorian Cast Iron Gothic Revival Fire Grate-Basket
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A very large and Majestic ornately detailed antique 19th century Victorian cast iron fire grate in the Gothic-Revival manner. The large Doric arched backplate centred with an Heraldic Plaque...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

Gothic Revival Carved Oak Fireplace
Located in London, GB
A tall and unique Gothic Revival oak fireplace mantel together with the original Kilkenny black marble curved fender. The high stepped shelf has a central podium flanked by two demilune podium undercarved with foliate detail beneath which is a castellated border centred by a keystone with a plain shield. The deeply carved foliate spandrels frame...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Oak

William Burges by Francis Skidmore, A Rare Gothic Revival Cast Iron Fire Insert
By William Burges
Located in London, GB
William Burges Made by Francis Skidmore. A rare and important Gothic Revival cast iron fire place insert.
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1860s English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

19th Century Ornate English Gothic Revival Cast Iron Fireplace Basket Grate
Located in London, GB
The finest example of Gothic Revival. This English cast iron fireplace basket - grate is ornately detailed with arched back-plate centred with pair of proudly standing polished andirons showing fine brass detailing. A very rare and important piece of its period. English made, mid-19th century, circa 1830-1850. Measures: Front width 37 3/4" 96 cm Back width 20 1/4" 51.5 cm Back height 28" 71 cm Andiron dogs...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Hand Forged Arts & Crafts Era Wrought Iron Fireplace with Dragon Sculpture & Ash
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare, decorative and practical 'slide-in' fireplace with dragonheads. Most of the 19th century and early 20th century mansions in Europe had fireplaces both in the living rooms downstairs and in the (larger) bedrooms upstairs. Most of the mantle pieces survived, but the actual wrought iron fire places that were in them have disappeared, because over the decades they got replaced by new kinds of heating. This hand-crafted and stylish fireplace from the Arts and Crafts era was adjusted slightly, because it was used as a gas heater...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Wrought Iron

19th Century Black Gothic Antique Griffin Fire Basket
Located in London, GB
A very powerful antique cast iron Victorian black Gothic fire basket. With Very Unique Andirons as stylized griffins with rings through their noses an...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

Fine Gothic Revival Statuary Marble Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
A fine quality Gothic Revival fireplace carved in statuary marble. The spandrels with finely carved holly and berries. Octagonal suspended capitals under moulded shelf. The centre wi...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Statuary Marble

Pair of Tall 19th Century English Antique Brass Armorial Andirons
Located in London, GB
A pair of brass armorial andirons, with knights helmets above shields depicting a cross and fleur-de-lys, linked by an elaborate scrolled and barley twist bar...
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Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

Very Impressive Gothic Revival Brass and Polished Steel Firegrate
Located in London, GB
A rare and impressive 19th century (circa 1870) cast iron and gunmetal Neo Gothic fire grate. The dogs ornately cast with gunmetal enrichments, scrolls and round finial tops. Decorat...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

Cast Iron and Brass-Mounted Gothic Revival Antique Log Basket
Located in London, GB
An attractive cast iron and brass Gothic Revival antique log basket with a shaped back plate. The basket supported on spirally turned columns with pier...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Brass, Iron

Pair of Tall English Gothic Style Wrought Iron Antique Andirons
Located in London, GB
A pair of tall Gothic style wrought iron andirons. The florally etched standards, topped by a pair of wolf heads holding rings in their mouths above stylized shields, are supported on foliate decorated scrolled and splayed feet. Swan's nest baskets...
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Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Wrought Iron

19th Century Stone Gothic Revival Fireplace Mantel
Located in London, GB
An antique Gothic Revival Hopton Wood stone fireplace of grand proportions. The wide shelf is supported by a carved fleur de lys keystone, which is flanked by trefoil spandrels over a Tudor arch...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Limestone

French Gothic Style 'Allegory of Casting Iron' Fireback / Backsplash, 19th C.
Located in Amerongen, NL
19th century French fireback with an allegory on casting iron. The style of the fireback is Gothic Revival. The fireback is made of cast iron and has a natural brown patina. Upon ...
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19th Century French Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

19th Century Georgian Cast Iron Hob Grate in the Gothic Manner
Located in Manchester, GB
Rare, large and imposing antique Georgian cast iron hob grate in the Gothic manner produced by the Coalbrookdale Foundry, circa 1820. Measures: Overall 38" wide x 30" high x 14" deep.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Gothic Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

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Iron

Gothic Revival fireplaces and mantels for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Gothic Revival fireplaces and mantels for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage fireplaces and mantels created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include building and garden elements, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, iron and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gothic Revival fireplaces and mantels made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original fireplaces and mantels, popular names associated with this style include Benham & Froud, Christopher Dresser, Coalbrookdale Foundry, and William Burges. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for fireplaces and mantels differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $430 and tops out at $189,810 while the average work can sell for $5,309.

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