Fireplaces and fires for Stratford-upon-Avon

Start with the showroom

Stratford-upon-Avon customers can browse the range online, then use the showroom near Solihull to compare marble, fires and samples before asking for a quote.

Stratford has plenty of period cottages and Georgian homes where the fireplace matters, and our made-to-measure approach lets the surround suit the proportions and the character of the room.

Within easy reach of Stratford-upon-Avon at the Earlswood showroom.

The showroom is at Unit 6, Earlswood Garden & Landscape Centre, Forshaw Heath Road, Solihull, B94 5JU. Thursday to Saturday and Monday, 9:30 to 3:30, and Sunday 10 to 2. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Fireplaces and stone in Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon and the villages around it have a lot of period character, from timber-framed and brick cottages to Georgian townhouses and larger county homes. Older rooms often need a carefully proportioned surround that keeps in step with the age of the house, in marble or limestone, while a newer home can carry something cleaner. Because everything is made to measure, we can match the piece to the room rather than the other way round.

It is a pleasant run up to the Earlswood showroom from Stratford, and worth the trip to compare stone in person. Send photos of the room and rough measurements first and we can have the right things ready to look at.

The typical Stratford question is how to respect a characterful room without making the fireplace feel old-fashioned or undersized. A limestone surround can suit warmer, period-style rooms, while marble may work better where the customer wants a cleaner edge.

The nearest published proof is the Henley-in-Arden case study. That Warwickshire project involved two bespoke Antalya Turkish limestone surrounds made to the customer's own design, each tailored to suit the room and the customer's own gas fire.

For Stratford homes with a gas fire already chosen, the surround and fire still need to be planned together. The opening, hearth, fire depth and surround proportions affect whether the finished fireplace feels balanced in the room.

For rooms where a stove is the right answer, the hearth, chamber and beam need the same care as the stove body. The stove setting should look like part of the room, and any practical checks need to happen before the workshop cuts the stone.

There are no Stratford-specific combo pages on the site, so the right route is to start from the main fireplace, gas fire, stove and sample pages. Those ranges show the product direction, while the Stratford area page keeps the local advice broad and honest.

If you are renovating more than one room, bring photos of each wall rather than assuming the same fireplace will work twice. The Henley-in-Arden project shows how related fireplaces can share a material and design idea while still being adjusted to each room.

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