The Service Yard

Outside in the service yard there were two game larders. Both remain in place today. Throughout the autumn and winter they would have been filled with venison, hares, rabbits and game birds destined for the table. Lord Braybrooke kept pheasants and partridges on the estate, and held regular shooting parties. In fact, there was a much larger game larder down at the stable block where game destined for sale to commercial dealers was stored. During the winter of 1882–3 one dealer, Edward Howard, bought £530-worth of game from Lord Braybrooke (more than £60,000 in today’s money).