Abstract: A fireplace stove for heating space in a building structure which includes an outer cabinet in which is disposed a combustion enclosure in spaced-apart relationship with the cabinet sidewall and grate means to form a clearance space, together with an ash receptacle being mounted in the lower end of the combustion enclosure for burning a combustible medium, with an air inlet being provided in the cabinet for admitting air to be heated into the clearance space and an air outlet in the cabinet for discharging heated air from the clearance into the surrounding space, the combustion enclosure, together with the cabinet, being mounted in spaced relationship with a supporting surface and having air deflector means for admitting combustion air into the bottom of the combustion enclosure, and a conduit for removing combustion gases from the interior of the combustion enclosure.