EARLY GEORGIAN STONE FIREPLACE SURROUND

English, c.1710

A large and dignified early eighteenth-century Queen Anne or George I stone frame fireplace surround, the shallow shelf above shallow arched frieze and jambs with carved fielded panels, centred by tapered and fluted keystone, the aperture framed with bead moulding.

£12,500

AW015

  • This fireplace typifies the simple flat-slab surrounds that were common in England in the eighteenth century around the time George I ascended the throne. Throughout the 1720s and 30s, Georgian Palladianism became the dominant architectural style and fireplace surrounds became increasingly elaborate with more decoration, relief and depth, in stark contrast to the restrained designs of the preceding decades.

    For similar examples see Neil Burton & Lucy Potten, Georgian Chimneypieces (The Georgian Group, 2000), p.18

  • Width 61⅜” / 156cm  

    Height 54⅜” / 138cm  

    Depth 6¼” / 16cm  

    Opening height 38” / 96.5cm 

    Opening width 40½” / 103cm  

    Width at base   61⅜” / 156cm