Review of Little Thurlow stove
You pay for what you get
Again Like others I purchased the Little Thurlow on the reviews made on this site. At close on £900 and a price rise on the way it’s an expensive little box for burning fuel.
Replacing a small multi fuel Villager stove which performed well on smokeless coal but the small size of the fire box meant I was forever filling it up when burning wood. I wanted a steel stove after experiencing problems with cast stoves cracking, joint's and bolts loosening. Surfing the web for days I finally narrowed it down to 2 stoves that met my priorities. Enter Town & Country Little Thurlow and Clearview Pioneer 400. I looked at a Pioneer at a local stockist and nearly chose it until reading this website and found the Little Thurlow was a good equal, not so expensive and in my opinion better designed and looks. I found another local stockists selling Town & Country who had the next stove up The Barnsdale lit in their showroom and was very impressed by its simple but very precise controls…totally shutting down to a smoulder in seconds of the controls being shut down and then bursting back into flames when opened up. The Little Thurlow is a very similar stove but smaller and has more control, .a third adjustable air vent running along the back of the stove in the form of a square 1” Stainless Steel pipe with a series of holes which introduce an adjustable air flow to give even more control and set fire to any un-burnt gases. I only need a wood burner as a secondary form of heating to oil fired central heating but now will be using less oil thanks to installing Little Thurlow. It's a picture to look at with its large glass loading door giving a great view of the flames. There are some very good stoves on the market; this one suits my needs adequately. Remember to get the best results from a stove use well seasoned dry timber.Stove expert replied: Good detailed review of a small but good stove.