Fireplaces Around the World

This blog post is something different, I am about to promote a competitor. - Ignite Stoves.

Ignite Stoves Welton Lincoln LN2 3HZ. Specializing in all the major brands of stoves and offering free site survey's, Daniel Gibbs the owner has had several year experience in the fireplace trade. Some of you reading this post might recognise Daniel's name, and yes it is the same Daniel or as we like to call him Dan (when we are being nice) that works at Victorian Fireplaces Lincoln. Dan after a lot of sole searching has decided to leave us and set up on his own he will be leaving us at the end of July when the major work in his showroom will be finished and should be ready for all the hordes of customers that should be going his way hopefully. until then he will be just opening on Saturday and Sunday. I would like to wish Dan and his new venture the very best of look.

Contact details

Danial 07545 246775

contact@ignitestoves.com

Opening times

Sat: 9am - 5pm

Sun: 11am - 4pm

Fireplace at Reigate Priory

I came across this fireplace last night and decided to share it with you, a truly magnificent 16th century fireplace you must agree.  The stone part of the fireplace dates from around 1540 and was put in by William Howard, whose arms are at the top of the fireplace arch. The fireplace surround dates from the early 16th century and was originally installed in Nonsuch Palace in Ewell, having been commissioned by Henry VIII and thought to have been designed by the German artist, Hans Holbein. It was later moved to Bletchingley Place for Anne of Cleves, Henry's divorced wife. Then in 1655 the Countess of Peterborough, had the surround moved to Reigate Priory.

A truly magnificent 16th century fireplace.

We have Just had a Christmas dinner with one of our suppliers at a lovely old Georgian hall just out side Lincoln, Washingborough Hall in the village of Washingborough surprisingly!!.

Washingborough Hall hotel is Owned by Edward and Lucy Herring. its a beautiful grade two listed 300 year old Georgian manor house sitting in it's own grounds.

I just had to share these pictures of the fireplaces the first one with its huge stove just belted out so much heat we were roasted, while we were waiting for our dinner in the hall way brilliant on a cold December afternoon.

This other one was in the dinning room a Lovely Georgian marble fireplace, and what a meal all three coarse were fantastic I had the Turkey cooked to perfection and the red cabbage and assorted vegetables was wonderful. followed by the Christmas pudding and custard, Great. No sixpence though.

Washingborough hall hotel definitely is worth a stay in one of its 12 bedrooms or just book a table for a wonderful meal.

Here at Victorian fireplaces in Lincoln, we or well I actually write, what I think are interesting or some may say daft things on our Fireplace blog, like fireplace poetry and articles about paintings with fireplaces in them, I have even found some ghost stories with fireplaces in. Some time ago I did a little article about Lincoln city and our hugely successful Christmas market, and the where to visit in Lincoln which I thought was quite good.

Well I came across something in Lincoln that I didn't know existed, perhaps its my age, any way. I was walking through town last Saturday(11th September) as you do, with my wife and son shopping.

During our little shopping trip in town we couldn't help but notice some people dressed rather strangely to say the least, well a nice strange, like Victorian or Edwardian clothing with a twist. Some of the people were waring goggles and leather hats like the old racing drivers would have worn, in the early days of car racing. As I went into my local butcher in the bail (part of the historical part of Lincoln is the bail short for Bailgate) and Kenny the proprietor shed some light on it for me, he said "their Steampunks" - "what" I said, Steampunks well what was happening is that for the second year running Lincoln was holding the Lincoln Steampunk festival in the Lawn complex, the organisers called it, The Asylum, it was being held in the Lawn. The Lawn was once a Mental hospital, it crossed my mind that it was very apt and I bet the organisers had planned it that way.

Quite a spectacle to see these people dressed this way promenading through our lovely city.

So when I got home I did a bit of googling to see what its all about and I found it quite interesting, even came across some fireplaces in the steampunk style, which all leads to our kind of fireplaces, at Victorian Fireplaces.

So if you want a steampunk fireplace just give us a call with a picture and we will make it for you.

If your interested in Steampunk check out these sites.

http://steampunk.synthasite.com/

http://steampunkworkshop.com/visit-steampunked-home

http://frocktalk.com/?p=1237

Some marble fireplace lost and forgotten in the attic, are found and go up for sale in an auction organised by Sotheby's and will be held at Chatsworth.

The Duke of Devonshire said " The attics are absolutely choc a block" "we need to make some space and that's why we're having the sale".

With some 20,000 objects made into over 1000 lots which will be viewed in a series of marques in the grounds of  Chatsworth.

Viewing from the 1st October, the house and grounds will still be open to the public during the sale and viewings.

So if you have £200,000 + spare here are some fireplace bargain's from one of the best Country houses in England.

After the auction has taken place (between 5th and 7th October) I will post the selling prices for these three fireplaces, so watch this space.