A Hob grate has hobs on either side of the grate for heating and cooking. A "register grate" has a register plate on the back of the grate which controls the air flow and emissions. (It is called a register grate because the design was registered or copyrighted). The first Hob Grates appeared in Georgian times and we have a full range from early styles to Victorian.

Early Georgian Hob Grates are simple in design with hobs connected by a grate and small fire back. The front of the Hobs were often covered in Adam style decoration. They were built into the brickwork and would usually have a separate mantel around the fireplace opening.

Later Georgian Hob Grates were framed with a fascia that could be be highly decorated and fitted snugly into a mantel. They suit plain mantels in either wood, marble or cast iron.

In the Early Victorian Period Hob Grates became plainer and more angular but were often surrounded by very ornate mantels in either cast iron, timber or stone.

By the end of the Victorian Era Hob Grates became much more decorated and incorporated tilesets for the first time. The surrounding mantels however were much plainer.