stone hearth

Masonry fire platform

A stone hearth is a fireplace floor or surround made of stone, traditionally the center of a home's warmth and gathering.

The term evokes rustic or traditional architecture: They sat around the stone hearth on winter evenings.

Hearth already implies a fireplace's floor, so stone hearth specifies the material—often flagstone, slate, or fieldstone.

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warmth · warm glow · embers · ash · crackling · wood · soot · wood burning · iron · brick · mortar · cooking · fire pit · cauldron · inglenook · grate · poker · bellows

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material composition

stone hearthcast iron stove

Heavy metal cooking apparatus

heating technology

stone hearthcentral heating

Building-wide temperature system

baseboard heater · HVAC system · heat pump · space heater · smart thermostat

domestic atmosphere

stone hearthbare walls

Unadorned vertical surfaces

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G