Natural Stone Hearths Made to Order.

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A Natural Stone Hearth is the natural choice when looking for a hearth to compliment your new stove. Machined stone, be it limestone, yorkstone, gritstone or sandstone, provides a durable and flat surface which will take the general abuse involved in burning a real fire.
Contrary to common belief, natural stone is not difficult to keep clean. For light marking, a rub with a damp cloth is usually sufficient, and warm soapy water and a scrubbing brush will see off all but the most stubborn marks. If that fails, the stone can be brought back to "as new" with the application of warm soapy water, a carborundum stone (bought at hardware stores for sharpening knives and chisels) and a generous helping of elbow grease.

Just a Small Selection of Hearths available:

Five Piece Yorkstone Hearth   Five Piece Yorkstone Hearth

Top grade sandstone hearth, angled and bevalled and cut in five pieces to give generous expansion joints for the hottest fires.
     
Two piece Kemple Hearth.   Two piece Brown Sandstone Hearth.

Yorkshire Sandstone hearth with front section in one piece. Ideally, solid fuel would require at least one more expansion joint.
     
 

Shown here in Yorkstone, hearths can be cut to any shape, size or thickness.

Curved or facetted hearths are ideal for stoves fitted in the corner of a room.
     
Three Piece Bathstone.   Three Piece "Bathstone" Hearth.

Square, bevalled Cotswold Limestone hearth. "Bathstone" is an open grained Cotswold limestone, cream in colour with grey fossilled marking.
     
Corner of Gritstone Hearth   Corner of Gritstone Hearth

This picture clearly shows the sharp detailing possible with the fine grain structure of Gritstone and Yorkstone.
     
Corner of Bathstone Hearth.   Corner of Bathstone Hearth.

Unlike Yorkstone and gritstone, Bathstone, or Cotswold limestone, has a much more open grain giving a softer edge to carved details.

In addition to our Natural Stone Hearths, we have a wide selection of Natural Stone Fireplaces:

Traditional Fireplaces   Contemporary Fireplaces   Traditional & Contemporary   Glass Fronted Fireplaces
  Wessex contemporary natural stone fireplace in Spanish limestone    
Yorkshire Stone Fireplaces   Contemporary Limestone   Cotswold Limestone Fireplaces   Choice of Stone Fireplaces

Fireplaces by Type:

Natural Stone Fireplaces Yorkshire Stone Wessex Stone Modern Stone Bespoke stone Adam French Fireplaces
Wood-burning Fireplaces Contemporary Victorian Cast Hole-in-Wall Inglenook Marble Italian Fireplaces
 
Glass Fronted Fireplaces Ultra-Modern Fireplaces Double Sided Fireplaces
 
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