Stone staircase
What more impressive thing is there than a sweeping stone staircase? Imagine an ancient castle, and it will no doubt have a massive flight of stone stairs sweeping up to the (freezing cold) chambers above, or worse, sweeping down to the dungeons below. In either case a stone staircase, or flight of stone stairs is built to last forever! Of course, not all stone stairs do last forever, as wars and the like saw to it that some were demolished.
Castles normally have a few stone fireplaces too. Not least, as mentioned above, because they were normally incredibly cold. It must have been murder in a bad winter to be in those draughty old places, and it was a live saver to have some serf stacking up a never ending pile of logs onto a roaring fire, round which the laird and his family would be huddled.
Stone has history, and so do stone fireplaces. If you put a stone fireplace in your house, you will be adding something that could last forever. It will age well, and is not a ‘fashion’ item. It is traditional and functional, and you will not tire of it. It is versatile, and can house various types of heat source.
Above all it is a thing of beauty. You’re not going to tire of sitting in front of your stone fireplaces with a big fire roaring away, and a whisky in your hand.
What better thought could there be!