Country Franklin stoves

This stove was originally conceived by Benjamin Franklin and the design has been with us for over 200 years. While it is not the most efficient stove around today, it is perfect for the situation where the feel of an open fire is wanted, but coupled with the greater ease, efficiency, cleanliness and safety of a stove. Franklin stoves fit the bill perfectly for those large inglenook fireplaces that either won't work properly or just serve to suck the heat from the room and send it up the chimney. The medium and small Franklins will fit more normal sized fireplaces and all three models look good freestanding.

It's generous sized firebox allows you burn large chunks of wood, but the grate and ashpan that now come with it let you burn coal and anthracite as well.

The great joy of the Franklin is that, with its doors folded right back, you have a large open fire and yet close the doors, and you have an efficient slow burning stove.

This stove has been copied all of its life (we have another good version on the site made by Stovax), but be aware that there are a number of rather poor copies around today (made in China) that fall a long way short of the quality one would want in a stove.

Country Franklin stover come in three different sizes.