Here is a stove that is classically recognizable as a Franco-Belge Stove, looking very similar to the smaller Franco-Belge Savoy, Franco-Belge Viceroy, Montfort and the Belfort. But it is not, it is the larger Franco-Belge Camargue, and not a model I have come across before, so there are not many of them around. I come across most of the other Franco-Belge model variants with a high degree of frequency around the area, but this is the only instance I have swept a Franco-Belge Camargue. I also sweep one example of the larger again Franco-Belge Monte Carlo at an address in Great Sampford and which I think has previously appeared in one of my blogs. The Franco-Belge Monte Carlo being the largest stove in the Franco-Belge model range. The Franco-Belge Camargue like many of the other stoves in the Franco-Belge model range, has cast metal firebricks and is relatively easy to dismantle providing you know how the bricks are removed from the appliance.

The Franco-Belge company have been making cast iron stoves for over 90 years, the are based in Mariembourg in Belgium: Franco Belge Europe S.A. 127ieme RIF, 15 Zoning industriel 5660, Mariembourg http://www.fbeurope.be/en/5-contact