1676 R. Hooke Oct. (1935) 253 I..paid Waters for laying harth places.
1723 II. 375 The Hearth-place is in the middle of the Tent.
1868 July 506 The chief led me to his own hearthplace, and, at a word from him, I was left in peace.
1991 J. Wolf i. i. 9 A fire blazed in the circle of stones that formed the hearthplace of the Mistress's large hut.