In a room, the fireplace is the place where a fire can be lit and the area on the wall and floor surrounding this place. Opening made in the base of a chimney to hold an open fire. The opening is framed, usually ornamentally, by a mantel (or mantelpiece). A medieval development that replaced the open central hearth for heating and cooking, the fireplace was sometimes large enough to accommodate a sitting space called an inglenook. Early fireplaces were made of stone; later, brick came into use. In 1624 Louis Savot developed a fireplace in which air was drawn through passages under the hearth and discharged into the room through a grill, a design adapted in the 20th century
A hearth and fire chamber or similar prepared place in which a fire may be made and which is built in conjunction with a chimney (UBC)
A place for a fire, especially an open place, built in a wall, at the base of a chimney
{i} section of a chimney which opens into a room in which a fire can be lit; outdoor structure in which a fire can be lit
an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
This identifies the number of fireplace openings Any additional fireplaces would be found under FEATURES
The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built