French Antique Granite Stone Mill Bench

A French antique granite bench made from an antique millstone, a single curved block with the seat following the inner arc. The seating channel still carries the deep radial grooves cut for grinding grain, and it has been worn smooth where people have sat. The thick outer rim stands up as a backrest, broken and rough along its outer face and coated in patches of bright green moss and dark weathered mineral.

It measures 103 inches wide across the arc, 25 inches deep and 35 inches high overall; the seat channel is 14 inches deep, and the listing notes seat and back measurements of 16 and 15 inches. It is one continuous piece of granite, so it does not shift once set, and the tall rear edge works as a windbreak for anyone sitting inside the curve.

The half circle faces inward, so it wraps around a fire pit or a round table. An antique millstone bench of this size also sits well at the edge of a gravel courtyard, marking the line between paving and planting without blocking the view. This stone garden bench has sold. Millstone benches come to us from France each year and there are usually a few in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.