Cast iron Radiators: Tradition, Beauty and Timeless Heritage

Cast iron radiators evoke all the elegance of a bygone age, and add a touch of stately home splendour to any room.

Cast iron radiators are, in a sense, a thing of the past. The advent of more modern styles could easily have consigned them to history. But for many interior designers, therein lies their beauty: they bring to mind all the elegance of times gone by.

They radiate - no pun intended - all the splendour of a stately home. They evoke ideals of tradition, timeless ideas of beauty, and all the trappings of a much-cherished heritage.

The Cast Iron Radiators that Forged an Empire

Cast iron radiators suggest all these things perhaps because they've featured so heavily in the history of Britain for more than a century - but always in the background: seen, but not noticed; subliminally associating themselves in our minds with the great periods of history we try to recall in the decoration of our homes.

While the Victorians forged an empire on which the sun never set, back in drizzly, chilly England the home fires were kept burning to heat radiators: ones cast from the same iron that built the ships with which Britannia ruled the waves.

History Lessons and Cast Iron Radiators

When Edwardian garden parties came to an end, hosts and guests alike would retire to drawing rooms warmed by cast iron radiators.

Art nouveau, Jazz Age and Art Deco; Thirties murder mysteries in revisited Bridesheads; World War, austerity and You've Never Had It So Good. At the back of all of these images, softly glowing against a wall, you'll find cast iron radiators.

Even in our own lives, cast iron radiators have their own movie. When nostalgia trips back to the days of our youths, many of us will conjure up visions of them warming schoolrooms (often, it perversely seemed, only in summer).

Add Heritage to Your Home with Cast Iron Radiators

And now that heritage can be recalled in just as discreet a way with the addition of cast iron radiators to your own home. Simply Radiators has a large range of cast iron radiators in a variety of styles from ornate Victorian radiators to ones with simple, modernist columns and more.

Call the Simply Radiators sales office on 01908 566906 or email info@simplyradiators.co.uk to find out more - and go to www.simplyradiators.co.uk to view the full range of traditional cast iron radiators.