Contura Stoves

Why Choose a Contura Stove?

Designed and manufactured in Sweden, Contura wood burning stoves combine clean Scandinavian styling, high-quality construction and efficient heating performance. The collection includes compact log burners for existing fireplace openings, contemporary cylindrical stoves, wall-mounted designs, heat-retaining soapstone models and built-in inset fireplaces.

Contura is particularly well known for its generous viewing glass and carefully proportioned designs. Many models feature side windows, elevated fireboxes or glass-fronted doors that provide an excellent view of the flames, making them particularly suited to modern extensions, open-plan living spaces and renovated period properties.

Current Contura wood burning stoves meet Ecodesign requirements and are DEFRA exempt for use in UK Smoke Control Areas, subject to the individual appliance being installed and operated in accordance with its approval and the manufacturer’s instructions.

Explore the Contura Stove Ranges

Contura offers one of the widest selections of Scandinavian wood-burning stoves, with several ranges designed around different room sizes, fireplace openings and interior styles.

• Contura 100 Series – compact appliances for smaller spaces and fireplace renovations.
• Contura 200 Series – practical wood burners suited to existing fireplaces and new fireplace features.
• Contura 300 Series – wider stoves with a generous landscape flame view.
• Contura 500 Series – contemporary cylindrical stoves with different doors, side glass, bases and finishes.
• Contura 600 Series – taller statement stoves designed to create greater visual impact.
• Contura 800 Series – compact modern stoves available in steel, glass, soapstone and wall-mounted formats.
• Contura 900 Series – taller architectural stoves with generous glass areas and contemporary finishes.
• Contura Inset Fireplaces – built-in wood-burning fires for clean, integrated fireplace designs.

For a more detailed comparison of the different collections, read our Contura Stoves Buying Guide.

Popular Contura Stoves at a Glance

These suggestions are a starting point. The correct stove should be selected according to the room’s heat requirement, available space, required clearances and proposed chimney or flue arrangement.

Which Contura Stove Is Right for Your Home?

A compact model such as the Contura 210 can work particularly well within a traditional chimney breast or smaller living room, while wider models from the 300 Series provide a more substantial landscape flame picture.

Cylindrical stoves from the 500 and 600 Series are popular in contemporary extensions and open-plan rooms, particularly where the stove and exposed flue form part of the interior design. Compact 800 Series models such as the Contura 810 Style provide a modern alternative where floor space is more restricted.

Room dimensions alone should not determine heat output. Insulation, glazing, ceiling height, external walls, air leakage and adjoining spaces can all affect the actual heating requirement. An oversized stove can make a room uncomfortably warm and may encourage the appliance to be operated below its intended output.

Steel or Soapstone Contura Stove?

Steel-bodied Contura stoves generally warm up quickly, making them a good choice where responsive room heating is important.

Soapstone models absorb heat while the stove is burning and release some of that stored warmth more gradually afterwards. Soapstone also gives the appliance a distinctive natural finish, with variations in colour and pattern between individual pieces of stone.

Installing a Contura Wood Burning Stove

A Contura stove can be installed into a suitable existing masonry chimney or connected to a professionally designed insulated flue system.

An existing chimney may require sweeping, inspection and a flexible chimney liner before installation. Properties without a suitable chimney can often accommodate a stove using a twin-wall insulated flue system, making Contura wood burners suitable for modern homes, extensions, barn conversions and other spaces without a traditional chimney.

Bonfire provides a complete fireplace and stove installation service, including:

• Professional home surveys
• Stove and heat-output specification
• Hearth supply and installation
• Fireplace and chamber preparation
• Chimney assessment and flexible liners
• Twin-wall flue systems where required
• Installation, testing and commissioning
• HETAS notification where applicable

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Why Buy a Contura Stove from Bonfire?

Bonfire has been an official Contura dealer for over 20 years. We help customers compare appliances according to their room, fireplace dimensions, preferred design and proposed installation rather than relying solely on photographs or headline specifications.

• Over 20 years’ experience supplying Contura
• Expert advice from fireplace and flue specialists
• Supply-only or complete survey and installation options
• In-house HETAS-registered installation capability
• Competitive pricing and price match promise
• UK delivery and collection options
• Technical support and dependable aftercare

See Contura Stoves at Our Reading Showroom

Selected Contura models can be viewed at our 4,000 sq. ft. fireplace and stove showroom near Reading, Berkshire, which includes more than 60 displays across our wider range.

Seeing a Contura stove in person makes it easier to compare height, proportions, door style, side glass, finishes and flame visibility before ordering.

Contura Stoves FAQs

Are Contura stoves worth the money?

Contura is positioned as a premium Scandinavian stove manufacturer, with an emphasis on Swedish manufacture, design quality, flame visibility and a wide choice of configurations. The best value comes from choosing the model that correctly suits your room and installation.

Which Contura stove is the most popular?

Popular choices include the Contura 210, 310, 556 Style, 690 Style, 810 Style and 820T Style. The right model depends on your required output, fireplace dimensions, preferred design and flue arrangement.

Can a Contura stove be installed without a chimney?

Yes, in many properties. A professionally designed twin-wall insulated flue system can often provide the required chimney where no suitable masonry chimney exists.

Are Contura stoves DEFRA exempt?

Current Contura wood-burning stoves are suitable for use in UK Smoke Control Areas when installed and operated in accordance with the appliance’s approval and manufacturer’s instructions.

What is the difference between steel and soapstone Contura stoves?

Steel-bodied stoves generally heat up more quickly, while soapstone absorbs heat during the burn and releases some of that warmth more gradually afterwards. Soapstone also provides a distinctive natural finish.

Can Bonfire install my Contura stove?

Yes. Bonfire provides professional Contura stove installation including surveys, hearths, chimney liners, twin-wall flue systems, testing and HETAS notification where applicable.

Can I see Contura stoves before buying?

Yes. Selected Contura models can be viewed at our Reading, Berkshire showroom. Contact us before travelling if you want to see a particular model.