Stone fireplaces and Hollywood!
Stone fireplaces are of course regular props in film and TV. There’s not many a period drama that doesn’t have the hero standing broodingly next to a stone fireplace, perhaps drying out from a rained soaked horse ride, or some heroic action! Gothic horrors are also a good place to see the stone fireplace used as a prop. Just think of the all those spooky castles housing the various frankensteins and draculas: They all had their own massive stone fireplaces containing roaring log fires, as their ‘victims’ were welcomed in from the cold night! I’m sure there must be plenty of more contemporary examples too? Surely Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, or Naomi Watts, have stood in front of a piece of carved stone at some time in one of their roles!
There are many more examples in tv of course Whether it’s a stone fireplace in a Dickens or Bronte dramatisation, or maybe even something more humble like Emerdale or Heartbeat!
So when you’re next glued to the telly on a cold wintry sunday afternoon, and wishing you were in front of a real roaring fire, you may just see a wonderful stone fireplace featured in the programme you’re watching it may inspire you to commission one of your own.