Here, in no particular order, are some of the photos I took when touring two Great Houses along our route in the British Isles last week. The families who own these houses, which also have beautiful formal and less formal gardens, lived there until fairly recently, so the kitchens combine historic display items with slightly older equipment for preparing grand dinners and family meals. Some of these photos were in a post I did last week, but I wanted to include them again.
I’m writing this while watching a version of a Jane Austen novel on TV — I suspect that these kitchens would have been quite similar to the ones in the houses she wrote about, though the characters in the novels weren’t generally in any kitchens. They are definitely similar to the ones in many TV series about the British upper classes and their servants!
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| This meat grinder, which has a clamp for attaching to a table, is very much like the one I had until recently. |
That quite the collection of copper kitchenware. And it looks like a big kitchen too, at least compared to my tiny galley style one.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a little girl 60 years ago, my Mom had one of those cast iron meat grinders that clamped to the table edge too. I love that little bird (sparrow?) teapot!
ReplyDeleteLooks like they were interesting tours. Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteWow, looks like you had a great time! I love a lot of the kitchenware.
ReplyDeleteTerrific photos! They definitely bring to mind all those TV shows with kitchen scenes.
ReplyDeleteAll I can think about when I see those kitchens is how much work it would be just to put together a meal. The kitchens are beautiful and those in charge of the kitchens had the ability to create lots of different dishes, I think.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are eye-candy. I tried to imagine living in a time when I would work in a kitchen so outfitted.
ReplyDeleteMy brief Sunday Salon: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/05/sunday-salon-mothers-day-2026.html