Products - Cast Iron & Timber Benches

A particularly comfortable bench features chamfered wooden slats in a curved shape on rustic style cast iron supports, characteristic of the early period of Victorian garden bench design. The supports are sufficiently substantial that the seat may be installed in either private or public grounds. Examples of this bench can be found in parks throughout the UK and in private collections. It has even appeared onstage in a West End Show!

Dimensions
Height: 703mm
Width: 688mm
Base: 594mm
Floor to Seating: 335mm

This design can be offered in a variety of lengths, according to customer requirements. Longer lengths of benches can be created with the addition of central supports.

Striking figurative cast iron ends with hand chamfered oak slats.

The bench can be produced as a single or two-seat version and finished to customer requirements.

As an additional service, Lost Art Limited can commission our decorative artist to finish the Dragon castings in a naturalistic style according to your preferences. Examples are available on request.

Dimensions
Height: 930mm
Width: 640mm
Base: 560mm
Floor to Seating: 400mm

A particularly decorative casting, originating from the famous Carron Company of Falkirk. This design was first registered in 1885. Suitable for installation in a private garden, or in a public space as part of a restoration or regeneration project, this is a wonderful example of Victorian design, which properly appreciated will last into the 22nd Century & beyond. This bench is available as a 2 support version, or with the addition of central supports can be produced in lengths beyond 2 metres.

Dimensions
Height: 815mm
Width: 870mm
Base: 730mm
Floor to Armrest: 640mm
Floor to Seating: 400mm

This design can be offered in a variety of lengths, according to customer requirements. Longer lengths of benches can be created with the addition of central supports.

Graceful, flowing curves make up the cast iron ends of the Bowness. With a central support, along with well seasoned and hand chamfered timber slats, this bench can be constructed as a comfortable three-seater, equally suited to private or public spaces.

For benches up to 6ft in length, a 2 support version is also available.

Dimensions
Height: 860mm
Width: 730mm
Base: 600mm
Floor to Armrest: 630mm
Floor to Seating: 420mm

This design can be offered in a variety of lengths, according to customer requirements. Longer lengths of benches can be created with the addition of central supports.

An historic design of bench, first registered in January 1871. Examples of this bench can be seen at the Ascot Racecourse and have been supplied by Lost Art Limited to a variety of prestigious locations. Featuring stylised floral and acanthus leaf decoration in the cast iron ends, the bench is deceptively substantial, with timbers set into recessed channels within the casting.

Dimensions
Height: 760mm
Base: 610mm
Floor to Armrest: 530mm
Floor to Seating: 405mm

Constructed in cast iron with timber slats. The bench supports feature a well-detailed naturalistic design incorporating branches, leaves and fruit. Available in one, two or three seater versions, a matching table complements this design. The Blackberry seat provides a good example of how Lost Art can produce bespoke items based on historical designs. The use of shaped slats allows us to construct a circular tree seat and other configurations are also possible.

Dimensions
Height: 845mm
Width: 620mm
Base: 580mm
Floor to Armrest: 630mm
Floor to Seating: 400mm

This design can be further adapted to specific customer requirements, for example the special commission bench included in the images below, or this design can be used as the basis of a tree seat which is variable in terms of diameter and need not describe a full circle in situ.

Reproduced by Lost Art to match an original Coalbrookdale Foundry design. An excellent example of the Victorian tradition of decorative and figurative art with symbolic aspects. The castings feature both stylised elements along with the features of a dog’s head, a coiled serpent and a bunch of grapes. Produced and installed by Lost Art in a number of heritage locations, the bench can be produced to virtually any length and we offer the inclusion of seating and back slats in either timber or cast iron to match the 19th century versions.

A particularly historic design from the Coalbrookdale , as it was the second oldest design that they registered – on 6th of April 1844. The design of the cast iron supports incorporates hound head terminals to the arms and an entwined serpent within the stylised elements of the frame, which contains further naturalistic representations, including a bunch of grapes.

The bench is available from Lost Art with either timber slats to the bench or cast iron and we have supplied both styles to a number of heritage restoration projects as well as private gardens. The nature of the bench supports means that the bench can be extended to virtually any length required or could be included in the design of a circular or hexagonal tree seat.

Dimensions
Height: 760mm
Width: 750mm
Base: 620mm
Floor to Armrest: 550mm
Floor to Seating: 385mm

Recrafted by Lost Art from a 19th Century Coalbrookdale design, our version is virtually (if not definately) indistinguishable from the Victorian original. The cast iron ends feature detailed naturalistic decoration and the fitted oak slats are placed into a cast seat frame. The illustrations cannot do full justice to the quality of this bench, which requires two strong people to move any distance.This design is available as a single seat or as a 4’6” or 6’6” bench. Colour and finish are according to customer requirements.

Dimensions
Height: 965mm
Width: 750mm
Base: 620mm
Floor to Armrest: 625mm
Floor to Seating: 400mm

Features a traditional Victorian rustic design to the cast iron bench ends plus hand chamfered slats in well seasoned hardwood.

Lost Art offer this bench as either a single or two-seat version. Specifications can be varied according to intended location.

Dimensions
Height: 800mm
Width: 540mm
Base: 525mm
Floor to Armrest: 630mm
Floor to Seating: 390mm

This design can be further adapted to specific customer requirements, for example the special commission bench included in the images below, or this design can be used as the basis of a tree seat which is variable in terms of diameter and need not describe a full circle in situ.

Originally one of the most popular designs from the catalogue of the famous Coalbrookdale Foundry. The design was first registered in 1875 and features attractive, detailed leaf patterned cast iron ends. This version of the bench is produced with timber slats to both the seat and the back.

The bench can be produced as a single, two or three-seat version.

Dimensions
Height: 840mm
Width: 700mm
Base: 520mm
Floor to Armrest: 580mm
Floor to Seating: 400mm

A substantial bench featuring a number of national symbols within the interesting decoration to the cast iron bench ends. The timber slats are arranged in a curved shape making this a particularly comfortable bench. It is suitable for both public and private gardens.

A rarely seen bench whose origins are currently unknown. Lost Art Limited have an original bench within our collection and can only attribute it to one of the smaller foundries operating between the middle and end of the 19th Century, only to be amalgamated with other companies or to disappear entirely.

Timbers are also offered in a natural oiled finished as with all Lost Art benches

Dimensions
Height: 775mm
Width: 670mm
Base: 600mm
Floor to Armrest: 570mm
Floor to Seating: 400mm