Fireplaces generally require more depth than can be provided in the thickness of the wall, and therefore necessitate a projection to contain the fireplace and flues, called the "chimney breast."
Hanging his hat upon the candle hook on one side of the chimney breast and his cloak on the other, he stood revealed a well-dressed officer, in the uniform of a Continental colonel.
Janice pulled one of the chairs nearer to the chimney breast, and then returned to the quilting-frame, at which she had been working when the interruption came.
The interior of a chimney breast behind the stove should always be filled in solid with concrete or brickwork.
The recessed spaces on each side of the chimney breast hold small semi-circular tables of marquetry, with a pair of long Adam mirrors hanging above them.
These rights are usually attached to the most secure part of the commoners' holding, which is normally the hearth and the chimney breast.
This particular farm house had not been lived in for some time, and there was a hole in the old-fashioned chimney breast which had been built outside.
It retains its marble mantelpiece in the chimney breast.
