We are now closed for the festive season and will re-open on January 6th 2025 at 10.00am. Should you wish to purchase a stove during this period, please get in touch. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers, past, present and future, a Very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

"Probably the largest and most beautiful selection of sympathetically restored French, antique stoves in England."

Have you pondered on getting a wood burner but been put off by all the regulations, the cost of having your chimney lined and wanted something more environmentally friendly? Well look no further, we hunt down, restore (we only restore our own stoves, we simply do not have time to restore third party stoves) and convert antique French stoves so they are capable of burning Bio Ethanol. The prefect solution, no mess, no fuss, no fumes. Check out our Bio Ethanol page here.

We, at Stove Hunters, search out the best French cast iron stoves all over France for your perusal so you don’t have to settle for a horrid ‘black box'. We endeavour to stock a good variety of designs, colours, periods and styles to give you the maximum choice to complement your home and lifestyle. Also bear in mind that environmentally, our stoves are a great choice as they are essentially being saved from the landfill and given a new lease of life in your home. So much better than a Chinese new stove with their horrific carbon footprint. Choose one of our stoves and the environment all in one go.

Bio ethanol fires

When we first started this business back in 2012, we mainly sold Wood Burning Stoves, this progressed to include solid fuel. Then we had a bit of a lightbulb moment and discovered Bio Ethanol fuel. We now have Bio Ethanol boxes specially made for fit our stoves so we can be environmentally friendly and not use any sort of fossil fuel at all. We like to think that we are environmentally aware (after all our stoves themselves are a triumph as we are saving them for use instead of manufacturing a new stove) so Bio Ethanol seemed a natural progression. Now with new legislation which came to pass in 2022, we are very pleased we made the move years ago. Bio Ethanol; no fumes, no mess, no chimney. Further information can be found at this page.

Our stoves

Fancy snuggling up on a cold winter's evening in front of a beautiful stove with the flames flickering away? Look no further. We only select the best stoves when we are in France. If they are an exceptional stove but the enamel is badly damaged we will have them stripped.  All our stoves undergo full body off restoration and are ready to be placed to give your room that extra special touch, and best of all they look gorgeous even when they're not lit. Why settle for the ordinary when you can stand out from the crowd with an original French Stove.

French antiques

France has a distinct style to it and people often have a particular image in their head when they think of French homes (which is not always as it is in real life I have to say). So when we are over in France we search out interesting French items for you, including side tables, lights, advertising items, door furniture, small furniture etc so that you may be able to recreate that style and look. A lot of our furniture is painted in shabby chic style to give that Parisian chic and is very neutral, greys, creams etc to blend in with many interiors. We find our clients are often styling their house to reflect their love of France and we try to facilitate that and find those hard to find things which make the difference.

Ever wondered how it's done? Watch Tom dismantle a Godin Radiolette in a time lapse video.