Antique French Limestone Fire Pit

An antique French stone fire pit made from four massive rough blocks of limestone, held to one another with old iron staples. The stone has gone a deep gray and is covered in thick moss and lichen; the edges are softened, there are natural fractures and pits, and some faces show open erosion. The staples have rusted to a warm orange against the cool gray. It is a low hearth, more a piece of ground than a furnishing.

Overall it measures 60 inches wide, 48 inches deep and 14 inches high; the opening inside the blocks is about 33 by 21 inches. The tops are broad and uneven, wide enough to rest a glass on. The four blocks come apart for transport and are set on gravel or a stone base with a forklift. Check local code for an open wood fire, or run a gas line into the opening.

A stone fire pit of this weight belongs on a gravel terrace below the house, at the far end of a kitchen garden, or beside a pool house where people gather after dark, with weathered timber and old brick around it. It is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask for photographs and a price delivered to your site.