Osborne Restoration

Category: Antique cooking range

  • Belle Portable- Old and new

    Here is a customers Belle Portable in the final stages of the restoration. As you can see the majority of the top plate is new, the right hand side top plate insert, and both smoke box shells. The original parts that were in good condition have been retained. I can supply new castings for most cooking ranges so do get in touch if your range is damaged or has missing parts.

  • Restoration complete on early cooking range

    I got another restoration out last week. This one was a big project. Although it appears to be simply in its construction there was a lot of damage and required several major new castings. Since it is such an early example (circa 1820) the castings are all very thick and large. The boiler and oven are both single castings which is a hell of an acheivement for the period.
    It is now back home and awaiting to be reinstalled in a newly restored scullery.

  • Torwood Dover

    Here is a very nice Torwood Dover complete with brass fiddle rail and polished name plate. I have more of this type and similar in stock so visit the ‘Contact’ page above if you are interested.

  • I’ve been restoring a Carron Dover this week and have just finished making the ash pan and I’m pretty pleased with the results.

  • Belle Portable flue boxes

    I’ve got four Belle Portable ranges on the bench at the moment, here’s their flue boxes in various conditions.

  • A quick Coalbrookdale resto

    I was up in the Evesham area recently to tidy up a Coalbrookdale range installed in a 17th century cottage. The owner could remember her mum cooking on it up until the 1970’s. With the planned work to the chimney it will be ready to work again.
    The firebox cheeks were replaced with firestone to protect the existing iron work. The oven will not practically be used so we decided it better to preserve the range in this way rather than exposed the already damaged oven to more abuse. The brick flue was renewed and the hood was removed. After several hours of cleaning it was polished and came up a treat.