Antique Granite Bench

An antique granite bench that catches the light with a quiet mineral sparkle, so the surface reads clean and bright even after years outdoors. The color sits between silvery gray and charcoal, warmed by blushes of iron and faint rust freckles along the edges. The top is a flatter, time-smoothed plane; the sides keep a split-stone texture you can read with your fingertips.

It measures 49 1/2 inches wide, 14 3/4 inches deep and 22 3/4 inches high. That is a higher perch than most garden seats, which makes it practical for slipping shoes on and off, and the narrow depth lets it sit under a window or along a wall without taking the room. The piece is solid granite throughout and will not mind rain, frost or sun.

Indoors, this granite bench gives a hall or dressing room something hard and old to set against plaster and oak. Outdoors it suits a terrace wall, the side of a pool house, or a spot by the back door where boots come off. The bench is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see it by appointment, or ask us for more photographs and a quote to your address.