The Kitchen

The kitchen has a high ceiling to allow heat to escape, and large windows to provide lots of light. The floor is stone-flagged. Along the wall opposite the windows are cooking ranges set in arches: at the centre is the coal-fuelled roasting range. To its right is the main range, a large cast-iron range probably put in in 1882, after the fire. It has three ovens, a charcoal-fuelled stove for boiling vegetables, making sauces and grilling (broiling) meat and fish, and hobs, including a hotplate (used to keep dishes warm). To the left of the roasting range is a pastry oven, used for baking pies, pastries and bread; finally, to its left is another, smaller range, earlier in date than the main one.