Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2016 13:23:30 GMT -5
I am fascinated by the stately old homes from the Victorian & Edwardian eras...This is a older article I just discovered today.
Shrouded in a thick layer of dust and hidden under piles of junk, a complete Victorian kitchen lay forgotten for more than a generation.
Archie Graham-Palmer and his wife Philippa discovered the incredible time capsule when they began rummaging in the basement of the family home.
They found an entire kitchen kitted out as if the cook had just stepped out for a breath of air.
The kitchen was discovered when the room, which had been used as a dumping ground, was cleared
The kitchen's entrance had been blocked since the Second World War with a collection of unwanted belongings
It is a far cry from the stainless stell kitchens of today
The kitchen was stocked with everything the staff needed to prepare meals for the household
As well as a full cooking range, they discovered kettles, pots, pans, pastry cutters, antique fire extinguishers and jelly moulds.
There was a spit for roasting pigs on, as well as a table and benches in the middle of the room which could easily seat 20 staff.
CEFN LEA PARK'S HISTORY
The current house at Cefn Lea Park was built around the turn of the 19th century, the previous building on the site having been destroyed by fire in 1794.
In the 18th Century it had been the home of the Griffiths family before passing on to the prominent Kenyon family of Gredington.
The house was sold in 1830 at an auction held at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel. It was bought by Rev Nathaniel Roberts whose wife, Frances, was daughter of John Matthews, attorney of Chester.
However, another fire that same year meant that the house needed extensive renovations.
What we see today is likely to date from this period.
On Frances' death in 1850, Cefn Park passed to Sir William Henry Roger Palmer, Bt, of Kunure Park, Dublin, who was married to Frances' sister Eleanor. It subsequently went to their son, Sir Roger William Henry Palmer in 1854.
The kitchen is thought to date back to the 1830s when the house had a full complement of servants.
Unused for more than 100 years, the kitchen was apparently briefly recommissioned during the Second World War because it offered protection from air raids.
But it was mothballed after the war and became a dumping ground.
Cefn Park near Wrexham, North Wales, has been passed down through the family since it was bought in 1830.
Mr Graham-Palmer, 41, who worked in commercial forestry, moved back to the family home this year to take over the estate from his father.
With his wife, Philippa, 37, he began investigating the nooks and crannies that had been left undisturbed for decades.
‘The basement had been a dumping ground for years,’ he said. ‘We discovered that the room was as it would have been.
‘We even found a cookbook. Most of the recipes would have needed an army of cooks.’
He and his wife intend to preserve the kitchen because of its links to the estate’s Victorian past and it is being redecorated in colours from the era.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037644/Victorian-kitchen-remained-untouched-60-years.html#ixzz4LTuWhPhP
Shrouded in a thick layer of dust and hidden under piles of junk, a complete Victorian kitchen lay forgotten for more than a generation.
Archie Graham-Palmer and his wife Philippa discovered the incredible time capsule when they began rummaging in the basement of the family home.
They found an entire kitchen kitted out as if the cook had just stepped out for a breath of air.
The kitchen was discovered when the room, which had been used as a dumping ground, was cleared
The kitchen's entrance had been blocked since the Second World War with a collection of unwanted belongings
It is a far cry from the stainless stell kitchens of today
The kitchen was stocked with everything the staff needed to prepare meals for the household
As well as a full cooking range, they discovered kettles, pots, pans, pastry cutters, antique fire extinguishers and jelly moulds.
There was a spit for roasting pigs on, as well as a table and benches in the middle of the room which could easily seat 20 staff.
CEFN LEA PARK'S HISTORY
The current house at Cefn Lea Park was built around the turn of the 19th century, the previous building on the site having been destroyed by fire in 1794.
In the 18th Century it had been the home of the Griffiths family before passing on to the prominent Kenyon family of Gredington.
The house was sold in 1830 at an auction held at the Wynnstay Arms Hotel. It was bought by Rev Nathaniel Roberts whose wife, Frances, was daughter of John Matthews, attorney of Chester.
However, another fire that same year meant that the house needed extensive renovations.
What we see today is likely to date from this period.
On Frances' death in 1850, Cefn Park passed to Sir William Henry Roger Palmer, Bt, of Kunure Park, Dublin, who was married to Frances' sister Eleanor. It subsequently went to their son, Sir Roger William Henry Palmer in 1854.
The kitchen is thought to date back to the 1830s when the house had a full complement of servants.
Unused for more than 100 years, the kitchen was apparently briefly recommissioned during the Second World War because it offered protection from air raids.
But it was mothballed after the war and became a dumping ground.
Cefn Park near Wrexham, North Wales, has been passed down through the family since it was bought in 1830.
Mr Graham-Palmer, 41, who worked in commercial forestry, moved back to the family home this year to take over the estate from his father.
With his wife, Philippa, 37, he began investigating the nooks and crannies that had been left undisturbed for decades.
‘The basement had been a dumping ground for years,’ he said. ‘We discovered that the room was as it would have been.
‘We even found a cookbook. Most of the recipes would have needed an army of cooks.’
He and his wife intend to preserve the kitchen because of its links to the estate’s Victorian past and it is being redecorated in colours from the era.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037644/Victorian-kitchen-remained-untouched-60-years.html#ixzz4LTuWhPhP
