Osborne Restoration

Category: Victorian Cooking Ranges

Information and restoration about Victorian ‘Closed’ type cooking ranges.

  • New Gold Medal Eagle Range

    New Gold Medal Eagle Range

    We completed the installation of a huge New Gold Medal Eagle Range last week.  It has been fully restored and installed so that it is fully functional.  Such ranges take a huge amount of work to bring back to their former glory but we feel they are worth the effort at the end of the day.  This range has been returned to the original building where it was originally installed circa 1920.  We will be returning to site to oversee the installation of the original glazed brick surround and again at the end of the year to demonstrate to the client how to use this stunning piece of antique domestic technology.

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  • The “Wellstood” range

    The “Wellstood” range

    This fantastic “Wellstood” cooking range arrived at my workshops yesterday evening. The “Wellstood” was the top of the range appliance from the famous ‘Smith & Wellstood’ company at the time and their ranges could be found in many of the larger establihsments around the Bristish Isles and beyond. This one is in pretty reasonable order but will be restored to the high standard that it is deserving of.
    The other image shows an engraving from an original catalogue of the a very similar model.

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  • Cornish range in stock

    Cornish range in stock

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    Here we have a fantastic Cornish Range that came into stock recently. These ranges are some of my favourites so when they come up for sale I always go for them. This one is particularly nice as it has an excess of brass ornamentation. The amount of brass on your range represented your status so this must have come from a fairly well off cottager family.
    These ranges are unique to Cornwall and rarely found elsewhere.
    Do get in touch if you are intertested in this range as I doubt it will be around for long!

  • New (old) stock

    New (old) stock

    Just a quick post to show some new stock. A lovelly little 24″ Beetonette (Carron Co) that may be marinised for use in a narrowboat and a very rare 22″ Norlond Belle (Belle Portable, Jones & Campbell).

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  • Replica 1840s ‘Midland’ range

    Replica 1840s ‘Midland’ range

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    I was recently asked to find a specific example of a ‘Midlands’ range. After much searching we sadly could not find something the correct size for the gentlemans chimney recess. We decided then to make one! Here is a picture from the early stages of the project showing a scale drawing of what we plan to acheive. The sham plates and bars placed around are originals for reference. Next stage is to cut the sham plates from 1/2″ ply to start work on the patterns. The range will eventually measure 43″ across and will comprise of original oven and boiler.
    We suspect it will be the first range of its type to be cast since around 1850!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • New workshop

    Well we have finally begun the move to the new (much larger) workshop so thank you to all those who have been patient during this time. You can expect big changes to the website, services and products over the coming months with some exciting new developments like the manufacture of very high quality replica ‘Nipper’ stoves, ‘Hostess’ ranges and authentic Larbert and Guidwife ‘Back cabin stoves’!

    I will post with more details on this as time goes on.

    All the best.

    Olly

  • Belle Portable nearing completion

    I’ve nearly finished this nice little Belle Portable. There’s still a few small jobs to do but its quite a different story to how it looked just last week! (photo 2)