Can anyone date this fireplace

[melanie.rushton5]

 

[Cubist]

Bluntly it's nigh on impossible based on this image alone. However, the frontispiece, which appears to be all that's survived, is likely Welsh Slate quarried locally and applied in tile form to the chimney breast. As a consequence it may be reasonable to date it to that of when the house was built. Equally though it could have been installed just a few years ago. Given the scale of the fireplace opening it would probably housed a small cast iron range of the kind commonly used in that part of the world.

 

[Kearn]

Looks like someone already is…

I’ll get my coat

 

[Cubist]

Looks like someone already is…

I’ll get my coat

Its chucking to down here again. My coat can stay where it is and I'm staying here next to my own warm fire. Well......warmer than that one right now anyway.

 

[melanie.rushton5]

Bluntly it's nigh on impossible based on this image alone. However, the frontispiece, which appears to be all that's survived, is likely Welsh Slate quarried locally and applied in tile form to the chimney breast. As a consequence it may be reasonable to date it to that of when the house was built. Equally though it could have been installed just a few years ago. Given the scale of the fireplace opening it would probably housed a small cast iron range of the kind commonly used in that part of the world.

Thank you, we think the house is dated early 1800 it’s on a census map in 1841. Could be before, cant find any land registry as it’s part of an estate and never been sold. Would be nice to find something similar to work off.

 

[Kearn]

Its chucking to down here again. My coat can stay where it is and I'm staying here next to my own warm fire. Well......warmer than that one right now anyway.

Oh I’m so looking forward to that day… we’ve got so Many piles of oak offcuts here just taunting us, but getting any of the burners in means restoring fireplaces and hearths first. Hopefully if we get back in before Christmas, we’ll have some rads at least…

 

[Itchinfilth]

Hello.

I'd date the shape combined with the central keystone to be a design which featured in houses between 1740 - 1800. Earlier in larger cities or wealthier houses and to the later end in provincial areas.

 

[melanie.rushton5]

Hello.

Thank you

 

[Stevers]

Looking at the construction it's likely to be original to the house. Is it stone painted black, or is that the natural colour?

 

[melanie.rushton5]

Looking at the construction it's likely to be original to the house. Is it stone painted black, or is that the natural colour?

It’s slate around there fire, once cleaned it’ll look lighter. The stone inside the fireplace has just had a light layer of sand and cement to strengthen it.