Chatsworth House Fireplace

The Attic Sale

A magnificent George II carved white marble chimneypiece by William Kent, circa 1735, from the Saloon, est. £200,000-300,000. Photo: Sotheby's

A carved, painted, faux-marble and gilt chimneypiece with carving to a design by William Kent, est. £10,000-15,000. Photo: Sotheby's

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.

A magnificent George II carved white marble chimneypiece by William Kent, circa 1735, from the Ballroom, est. £200,000-300,000. Photo: Sotheby's

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.

Large Fireplaces

We had a customer ring up today and asked if we can supply a very large fireplace for his hall, in a Georgian style with a bit of arts and crafts design in it!! well this large fireplace might just fit the bill. Our Large Adam fireplace mantel is the largest fireplace we make at Victorian fireplaces in its standard form it is 60 or 66 inches wide but can be made to suit your own specifications. Truly a stunning very large fireplace all carvings are in solid pine and hand carved, no MDF or veneer here. A real chimney piece.

Large fireplace

Georgian style fireplace

Small Georgian style fireplace

We had a customer ring yesterday with an enquiry for a small Georgian style fireplace, the customer only wanted a very small fireplace she liked the Combination cast iron fireplaces but preferred the fireplace to have a mantel.

The Roundel pine mantel can be made any size but looks best at 44 to 54 inches wide and at these sizes can be put with any arch insert that we have. The Reeded pine mantel can be made any size, and is another good choice for a small Georgian style fireplace.

All the these fireplaces can be used for solid fuel , gas or electric fires.

Large Adam Pine Mantel with Mirror

Large Adam Fireplace

Chimney Piece

Large Adam mantel with Adam mirror and cameo cast iron insert, some thing very different for the lounge or dinning room a magnificent Adam style fireplace. At 60 inches wide, by 8 feet tall but can be made even bigger if required. Most customers have this fireplace between 60 and 66 inches wide. All the carvings and the moulding are all hand carved out of solid pine, and hand waxed, no plastic moulds here, just craftsman made.

The Adam mirror is new to our range and the first one has been sold to a customer in Scotland which is having this as the picture but is putting a stove in the opening instead of a cast iron insert. If you want the mirror to be smaller in size no problem we can make it any size you require.

Buy the Cameo Large Adam online today.

Large Adam pine mantel

Large adam pine mantel inspired by Robert Adam Designs

Adam style fireplaces

The Adam style (or Adamesque) is a style of neoclassical architecture and design as practised by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728- 1792) and his brothers. A book of engraved designs made the “Adam” repertory available throughout Europe. A parallel development of this early phase of neoclassical design is French “Louis XVI style.

Robert Adam’s main rivals were James Wyatt, whose many designs for furniture were less known outside the wide circle of his patrons, because he never published a book of engravings, and Sir William Chambers, who designed fewer furnishings for his interiors, preferring to work with able cabinet-makers like John Linnell, Thomas Chippendale and Ince and Mayhew. So many able designers were working in this style in London from ca. 1770, that the style is currently more usually termed Early Neoclassical.

Georgian fireplaces.