Garden Salvage & Outdoor Antiques

Antique Garden Benches

Known as the ‘Rolls Royce of cast iron’, Coalbrookdale are famous for their quality of garden and outdoor benches. One of the most popular patterns was Fern & Blackberry, but they also produced rarer patterns such as the Gothic, Horse Chestnut, Water plant, Nasturtiam.

Coalbrookedale also made tables, boot scrapers, garden urns and a variety of cast iron items.

A soft silver colour, our teak benches work well in bright gardens, contrasting against the backdrop of foliage. There’s also a variety of other different styles of benches for your garden, some with flowing curved designs and others with more angular lines. Matching tables and chairs are also available. Easy to maintain and better with age, shop our antique garden benches online.

We also seek stone benches as these are ideal for complimenting stone urns and adding a classical, formal look to a garden.

Antique Garden Urns & Planters

Discover a large range of antique garden urns, planters and containers in an array of different styles and materials at UKAA. Some of these finishes include: stone, copper, cast iron, reconstituted stone, terracotta, limestone, salt glae and many more. Find antique garden urns from a variety of makers, such as Coalbrookdale, J Stiff & Sons of Lambeth, Compton, Garnkirk, Doulton, Austin & Seeley, Chilstone, Haddonstone.

We buy classical designs as well as modern and contemporary styles, so you can find something to suit your tastes. Wondering how to display an urn in your garden? For a simple yet effective look, urns can be raised on a plinth to give height and a focal point to a garden. Also, a pair of urns can transform an entrance way, giving a grand and opulent look to a garden. Easy to plant up and maintain, pair with seasonal bedding plants or, use a fern or an evergreen plant for a more formal look.

Stone Troughs also make a wonderful planter and they too come in lots of different shapes and sizes. We can also source galvanised troughs and planters as well as cast iron.

Antique Garden Statues

Antique garden statues can be used add interest and character to a garden. Used throughout history, Ancient Roman gardens have been excavated and many examples have been dug up from Pompeii. A little later down the line, the Victorian and Georgian period had some wonderful statues – many gracing stately homes and gardens.

A sign of wealth and prosperity, formal statues and busts of maidens, cherubs, putti and Greek gods were very popular in these times, as well as biblical figures and angels. Often made from lead, stone or reconstituted stone and even terracotta, antique garden statues were life size and often raised on plinths.

Animals were also popular from sporting game to lions and eagles, and many are still used as a focal point in gardens today. Chinese themes add great interest to a garden, from stone temples and lanterns, experience oriental landscaping from your home with the right type of plants.

Antique Fountains And Water Features

If you’re aim is to make your garden more sensory, antique fountains and water features are a great place to start as many people find the sound of water soothing. Not only this, but a central water fountain can be used to make large driveways appear more formal. If this is the look you’d like for your outdoor space, why not consider a central water feature for your garden?

Fountains can be both grand and simple in style. They often depict children with animals, such as a cherub holding a turtle or fish with two or three tier bowls for the water to flow from one down to the other.

Usually made from lead, stone and cast iron, fountains are commonly built inside a circular shaped surround for the water to fall into.

Some of the most important and impressive water fountains can be found around the country at National Trust properties and large country houses. When visiting these gardens, fountains are often one of the most favoured spectacles for visitors.

Antique Bird Baths

Antique bird baths and water features are great for providing sanctuary and water to wildlife – whilst also bringing interest to your garden. Bird baths are made from several materials, including carved natural stone; cast using reconstituted stone, terracotta and even cast iron. Here at UKAA, we’re passionate about sourcing antique bird baths and we’re always on the lookout for something special.

Reclaimed antique bird baths can make wonderful gifts and we have sold many over the years for retirement presents and special birthdays.

Normally around 2ft tall, the most popular are reclaimed stone bird baths which would have been carved out of local stone.

Interestingly, you can identify where a piece originated by the colour of the stone. Cotswolds stone is yellow in colour, Bath stone is a creamy beige whereas red stone would have come from the Midlands.

Staddle Stones

Originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks and game larders - staddle stones were carved from local stone by stone masons. An important job in years gone by, staddle stones were not for ornamental use like they are today.

The stones lifted the granaries above the ground to protect the stored grain from vermin and water seepage. This was an innovative design as the vermin could not get over the lip of the top of the staddle stone. The top was separate from the base and gave a structure with a mushroom appearance.

Today, they are used for decorative pieces in the garden and are effective as a centerpiece. They can often be seen to line a driveway to create an impact at the entrance of a property.