French Antique Granite Stone Mill used as Bench

A French antique granite bench with a gentle curve, cut from an antique millstone and set on two low blocks. The stone is warm tan and gray, smooth along the inner seating channel where the granular texture of the granite shows through, and rough across the thick backrest and front lip. Patches of pale green moss and dark weathering cling to the unfinished outer edges, and small pits and chips mark the surface where the stone was shaped and then worn.

It measures 50 1/2 inches wide, 21 inches deep and 24 1/2 inches high overall; the seat channel is 12 1/2 inches deep, and the height divides into a 17 1/4 inch stone on 7 1/4 inch supports. The curve is gentle enough to seat two people comfortably.

It works around a circular stone fire pit, against a tall hedge where the back gives a little shelter, or along the edge of a gravel courtyard as a boundary and a place to pause. It also looks well in front of a smooth concrete wall or beside dark wood decking, which shows off the chipped edges. This stone garden bench has sold. Antique millstone seats of this kind come through the yard regularly; ask and we will send photographs of what is current.