This range was found boarded up in a room that had been used as a dentists surgery in Batley. When we arrived the range was evidently in very poor order with parts missing, damaged or simply corroded so badly that they were as thin as paper. We removed the range, took it back to our workshops and after a lot of work were able to reinstate it in the same fireplace. Much to the delight of our client we lit a fire before leaving to test the range and demonstrate how it works. It was the first fire lit in its grate for over 80 years.
Category: Antique cooking range
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1870s Carron Company ‘Open Range’
This is an interesting ‘open range’ that we restored for a client in Scotland. It dates from the 1870s and was most likely manufactured by Carron Company, Stirlingshire. It was in a terrible state when it arrived with several missing parts and many original parts beyond repair. We carried out the full restoration here at our workshops in Bristol and brought it back to life again before shipping it back to Scotland to be installed.
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Hostess No 34 Stove range, Columbian Stove & Iron Works
Here we have the very rare Hostess No.34. This one has been made entirely by ourselves here in Bristol from our own patterns. This has been manufactured as an exact replicas of the originals except all sheet metal has been replaced with Stainless Steel and the high finish electroplating is now triple plated copper, nickel, nickle. The green colour is Vitreous Enamel (fused galss) and is available in 5 different original colours. These little ranges can be made to order.
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DUX Kitchen range, William Green & Co Ltd of Ecclesfield
This is a DUX manufactured by William Green & Co Ltd of Ecclesfield. It was installed in a property in High Wycombe and was removed and restored by Osborne Restoration back to working order. The original stone surround was damaged beyond repair so we source and restored an original of the same design. This range originally dates from circa 1890 and was in a terrible state when we first surveyed the job. A lot of hard work has gone into bringing this one back from the brink not to mention the rebuilding of half the chimney breast to save it from collapse!
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Beeston Boiler Robinhood Junior
This is a Robin Hood Junior boiler that we have restored for the newly restored gardens of Hadspen House, Somerset. It was first installed in 1926 in the Co-op Warehouse, Hayling Island and provided heating for the entire facility. Osborne Restoration source this extremely rare appliances and have brought it back to working condition to power the glass house at the historic gardens.
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Gold Medal Eagle Range
Here we have another Gold Medal Eagle Range. This model is one of the first to have the ventilating canopy though it sports a different design to the later New Gold Medal Eagle range. This range was installed into the kitchen of Triley Court, Abergavenny when the kitchens were extended circa 1900-1910.
Extensive work was carried out in order to bring this range back into working order though the client stopped short in not requiring the ovens to be functional. Huge efforts were made in clearing the chimney by out team and a total of thirty bags of soot, dust, dead birds and other filth were removed before repairs could begin. Patterns and replacement castings were produced as well as countless repaired parts using mechanical, brazing and electric welding techniques.
