On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:09:52 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:37:13 UTC+1, T i m wrote:
We had cast iron fires / surrounds in the Victorian cottage when I
bought it and have since pulled all but one out. A builder doing some
other work here saw them and suggested they were 'worth a bit'.

It's the Adam marble that's expensive,

Yeah. A mate used to make 'mock' Adams surrounds in plaster?

not the grate from the third housemaid's garret.

Well, this was (is) a bit more than just a grate. ;-)

Looking he

https://www.oldfireplaces.co.uk/page...roduct&x=0&y=0

There doesn't seem to be much under £500, most seem to be sold and
many are smaller and less well proportioned than ours (or mantle is
36" wide and about 40" height). ;-)

Time to get the hammer and bolster out? ;-)

Cheers, T i m