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Description: | On the Servery we can see some of the dishes, which would have graced the tables of the Hall. Including swan, Boars head and elaborate marzipan creations. The two metal pillars supporting the hatchway are part of the Victorian restoration. They can be dated exactly as they are stamped HBB 1878'.A pair of shutters kept the kitchen closed off. The two wood shutters above the servery are modern reproductions but research carried out in this area shows clear evidence of these are the type of shutters that would have been here. Rebates can be seen in the framing, and on the left of the opening, the original pintles are still in situ. This would suggest that the hatch was originally fitted with two boarded flaps held on full-length strap hinges, which were joined to pintles allowing them to fold upwards when open. It would have been necessary to lift and lower these flaps using a rope and pulley system, which would have secured them when open and assisted in lifting and lowering the great weight. The pulley would have hung from an iron hook driven into a joist in the ceiling. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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