Antique Granite Bench

An antique granite bench whose top slab sweeps in a gentle crescent, a shape that came from the stone rather than from a plan. The upper face is a mix of warm tan and pale gray minerals, and around the whole perimeter the lip is jagged and fractured, left exactly as it broke. The crescent rests on two squared granite blocks of a cooler, heavily speckled gray, so the seat and its supports read as two different stones.

Overall it measures 79 1/2 inches wide, 22 1/2 inches deep and 20 inches high. The listing also notes a 14 1/4 inch measurement across the width and an 11 inch depth, along with 10 1/2 and 9 1/2 inch heights for the slab and the blocks. Nothing has been ground smooth beyond the seat itself; the edges still bite.

The bow in the profile lets a long span follow the radius of a round fire pit or the curve of a gravel path, and the depth is generous enough to stack towels beside a pool or to sit at the foot of a bed in a room with a stone floor. This stone garden bench has sold. We usually have similar granite benches in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.