I know it's Georgian - but which one?

[noj]

We just started cleaning up the fireplace in the main bedroom.

Google tells me it's called a hob grate. It's pretty obviously Georgian (somewhere between I and IV) - but which George?

Bearing in mind it's in a modest cottage it may not have been the most fashionable thing available at the time (and no way of knowing if it was installed originally either) it could still give a dating clue?



And I really can't understand how the fire didn't fall out onto the floor either - the hearth is only a single tile deep...

 

[DJH]

Hmm.. Queen Anne I reckon. The handbag that is...

Doug

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Regency I think---my gut feeling is that it is not original to the house/that room ---you say you have a cottage, so it would probably have been a much simpler style.

 

[Penners]

I agree with Joss. Considering the extent to which that fireplace has obviously been modified, I think it's pretty well impossible to tell when the hob grate was installed, or to pin down the date of the unit itself with any degree of accuracy. It's not impossible that it is early Victorian.

By the way, the side plates on a hob grate are better used for warming kettles, dishes, etc. Handbags tend to suffer from the heat.

 

[jocelyn plummer]

I agree with Joss.

Gosh Penners, that is a real compliment

 

[Nigel Watts]

The style is George III but it could be a later repro.

 

[Penners]

I agree with Joss.

Gosh Penners, that is a real compliment

When would I ever (dare to) disagree with you, Joss?

 

[jocelyn plummer]

:lol: :lol: ---one day---

 

[noj]

Thanks for the thoughts!

And looking at other photos of the interior there's always a handbag or pair of shoes in shot...