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Kitchen
Alterations to Kitchen
A Brief History
1630s kitchen serving the original house (possibly incorporating B18 Serving Room)
The east window B19a/w2 remains intact from the original construction.
By 1819 Window B19a/w1 altered to accommodate door to new Servants Entrance passage set beneath its upper lights retained as high level window over new external porch. Store B19c indicated in use off south wall. Door 19a/d4 to Still Room Stair introduced small range at north end of original opening with bread oven to south
By 1909 Store B19c no longer in use
1909 Dunn and Watson proposed that window B19a/w1 should be rebuilt to correspond with the north window, in conjunction with the demolition of the external passage, but in the event, part of the passage was retained as a back porch B19b) and the doorway was retained.
What's to do
Window B19a/w1 reinstated to match w2 following removal of door and porch B19b
Door B19a/d4 to Still Room Staircase blocked up (see Still Room Staircase B22)
Blocked door B19a/d5 opened up and store B19c reincorporated and brought back into use.
West wall : Doorway B19a/d2 (1909) blocked up and new blank opening formed to join kitchen to B18.
Walls: plastered in lime plaster.
Floor: take up overlay flooring and reveal existing limestone paving beneath. Extend paving as necessary to any missing areas. Install underfloor heating.
New kitchen fittings introduced. Charcoal stove removed.
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