Stone fireplace

A large stone fireplace that fills an entire wall. The firebox opening is a stone four-centered flat arch, over two meters wide, topped by a massive rough oak or stone lintel, and above that, a stone surface carved with a coat of arms extending to the ceiling. The interior of the firebox is deep and dark, with cast iron log holders and a grill. Avoid: shrinking the fireplace to modern dimensions, making the firebox opening square or semicircular, removing the lintel and coat of arms above, or using marble and delicate classical moldings.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座佔滿整面牆的壁爐。爐口是石造的四心扁拱,寬度超過兩公尺,上方是一整塊粗大的橡木或石造楣樑,再往上是雕著紋章的石面直達天花。爐內深而黑,有鑄鐵的柴架與烤架。避免:把壁爐縮小成現代尺寸、爐口做成方形或半圓、拿掉上方的楣樑與紋章、使用大理石與細緻的古典線腳。