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Home fires burning: six homes with fireplaces bound to set hearts alight

Before the advent of central heating (and indeed Netflix’s 60-minute long digital ‘Fireplace for Your Home’), a real fire was the focus of the home. Architectural history can be traced through the stylistic and formal evolution of the fireplace, from open to inglenook to cast iron, surrounded by carved stone or adorned with Delft tiles. As the nights draw in, we celebrate the lighting of autumn’s first fire with six mesmeric examples …

Homes / Interiors

writer: Sophie Sims

Home fires burning: six homes with fireplaces bound to set hearts alight

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