We finished the restoration of a nice little Larbert Portable Range this week. When it arrived it was in an absolute mess and has been fully rebuilt including stainless steel oven and ashpan, several new castings, new fire stones and a fully ‘black lead’ polished finish. It is now back at its home in London and will be earning its keep again once more this winter.
I was up at Coalbrookdale again recently to see some of the sites that I didn’t have time for on my last visit. First on the list was the Darby houses. Abraham Darby I’s house wasn’t open to due to a lack of volunteers but his sons house was. In the kitchen was this fantastic perpetual oven, roasting grate and hotplate.
Here we have a nice little “Nipper” stove ready to head back home. Due to their compact size these stoves were used in all sorts of place from caravans, boats, cabins and offices. At 21″ wide they can fit almost anywhere
We recently acquired this fantastic Crittall Cooker from the kitchen of Glynde Place in Sussex. It dates from the 1930s and is in beautiful original condition. It is of a European design, possible manufactured by the famous Briffault company and badge engineered over here by Richard Crittall & Co. The mouldings are nickel plated iron and brass the the body is vitreous enameled sheet steel.
This range is available in its original condition or fully restored back to working order.
They might be a lot of work but these brilliant little Hostess range really are a thing to behold. These ranges would have been fitted to the vast majority of travelling wagons and van for both the showmen and gypsies of the late 19th/ early 20th century. This examples dates from circa 1920 and now restoration is complete it will be returned to its original van
We have just completed the restoration and installation of this fantastic New Gold Medal Eagle Range. It is original to the building, dating from circa 1920 and removed by our team two years ago when the work at Hinton House formally began. We successfully lit a fire in the grate for the first time in probably in excess of 70 years and it drew perfectly. Very pleased with this one.
Here is a picture our client at Gressenhall Museum and Workhouse sent us after they had put back all the period decorations on the kitchen range we restored for them a short while ago. This range is used regularly when the museum is open and I’m told they even teach visiting schools how to cook on it!
And here’s another beautiful Hostess No35 from a 1930s showman’s van. You can’t get much posher than this! We completed a full restoration on this including new casting, vitroeus enamel and nickel plating. A picture speaks a thousand words comes to mind.
This is one of our largest restorations to date. It is a fantastic examples of a 1920s kitchen range and was one of the most extensive and impressive models available at the time. With art deco styling, extensive polishing, nickel plating, tiles and even walnut oven knobs there is nothing quite like the ‘Wellstood sidelight’. This range has been restored back to fully operational condition and will be in regular use.
