About 50 years ago talented master stonemason Barry Humphries set up his workshop in Hungerford, Berkshire, crafting all sorts of beautiful items out of Bath Stone quarried at Corsham, and other types of Wiltshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire natural stone from the Mendip Hills, the island of Portland and the Forest of Dean.
One of the firm’s most popular products proved to be luxurious hand-carved fireplace surrounds. A stock was built up as well as bespoke orders undertaken – everyone for miles around knew where to go for a distinctive, designer fireplace.
It was a natural evolution for the Humphries family to diversify and add woodburning stoves to their offering, so they could add function to the form of their decorative stone fireplace surrounds.
Today Humphries is a name synonymous with stoves in Hungerford and the wider area. The team – including clever Cocker Spaniel, team mascot Ozzie – have made it their business to know everything there is to know about wood burners – from installation to servicing, cleaning, and maintenance.
Today Humphries is a name synonymous with stoves in Hungerford and the wider area.
Humphries Stoves & Fireplaces can boast first class credentials and a reputation for excellence. Proud of their heritage, the family business still makes stone fireplaces, employing experienced stone masons as well as knowledgeable woodburning stove engineers, who have all worked at the firm for a decade or more.
All the Humphries stove installers, engineers and chimney sweeps are HETAS (Heating Equipment Testing and Approval Scheme) registered, which means they have passed a rigorous assessment and qualifications review by this Government-approved industry regulating body.
The company is also endorsed as a Which? Trusted Trader – the online consumer champion scheme which recognises reliable, reputable traders in various industries, including the installation and servicing of woodburning stoves.
This means Humphries Stoves customers can be assured that their wood burner and attendant requirements like chimney lining, flues and fireplace surround is being fitted, cleaned, maintained, repaired or serviced safely and efficiently to the highest standard.
Homeowners and landlords across the area of operation of Humphries Stoves depend on the company for all the services they need pertaining to the health and well-being of the woodburning stoves on their properties – right down to the supply of suitable logs.
The firm covers a wide area across Berkshire, Hampshire, South Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, including Andover, Basingstoke, Didcot, Newbury, Salisbury, Swindon, Tidworth, Winchester, Marlborough, Wantage and Faringdon.
Humphries Stoves & Fireplaces is a friendly, caring and supportive one-stop shop for all things wood burner. If you’re looking to install a new woodburning stove you can discuss your choice with experts at Humphries who can supply and fit a wide range of traditional and contemporary stove styles from top UK manufacturers like Arada, Burley, Town and Country fires Chesneys, Di Lusso and Parkray.
You can schedule regular cleaning and servicing (frequency depends on the fuel used and how often your stove burns) as well as chimney/flue pipe cleaning.
The helpful Humphries team are always happy to answer questions and share advice if you experience stove struggles.
Humphries Stoves & Fireplaces is a friendly, caring and supportive one-stop shop for all things wood burner.
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4-5 Downview, Park Street, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0EF
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