Loading Events

Tickets:

Bookings essential

Adults $6
Concession $4
Children $2
Family $12
Members $4

Book now
  • This event has passed.

The Victorian Kitchen

Wednesday May 2, 9 & 16 -

1pm - 1.30pm, 2pm - 2.30pm & 3pm - 3.30pm

Rippon Lea’s kitchen complex is a rare survivor of its kind and offers the visitor a glimpse into a world very different to that enjoyed by the families who lived ‘upstairs’. Come with us on a journey back in time and discover more about the working lives of Rippon Lea’s servants.

Rippon Lea’s kitchen complex is a time capsule: a rare surviving example of a 19th Century kitchen complex. The original basement kitchens were enlarged by the Sargood family as part of their 1882 extensions to the original mansion. They remained in full operation for fifty years, when a new kitchen was installed on the ground floor of the mansion. Abandoned in the 1930s, the rooms offer a glimpse into the lives of those who lived “below stairs”. Tours will include seven rooms – the Servants’ Sitting Room (which was converted into a Laundry in the 1930s), Scullery, Kitchen and Cool rooms, Meat Store, Pantry and Cellar and will be led by one of the National Trust’s knowledgeable volunteer guides. Enjoy a glass of Mrs Beeton’s House made lemonade upon arrival.

Dates: Wednesday May 2nd, 9th & 16
Times: 1pm – 1.30pm, 2pm – 2.30pm & 3pm – 3.30pm

What’s on