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Description: | Originally the Kitchen was built as a completely separate structure. The fact that there are trefoil-headed moulded bricks on the southern face of the passageway is good evidence that it was originally an external wall. The need for this separation was due to the fire risk associated with timber buildings. If a fire started in one area then the other section could be saved. Equally if the building has been designed as a single entity there would have been no need for hatches on the servery.Very early on at Gainsborough the need for extra accommodation seems to have overcome the fear of fire and the servery passage was roofed to provide an extra suit of rooms above. The North end of the servery was walled and a window set into it to provide light, for the servers. The South end was turned into a door and to the left the entrance to the spiral stairway was added for access to the new upper rooms. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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