Exhibition: Spaces
Find out about the people who lived and worked as servants
The servants’ hall at Canons Ashby
Servants’ halls are commonplace in British country houses. The one at Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, appears unusual in its decorative scheme, but was in fact entirely typical of servants’ halls which were carved out of existing space….
The hidden pathways of servants: circulation at Florence Court, co. Fermanagh
The clean, imposing façade at Florence Court in Northern Ireland conceals a complex arrangement of rooms, buildings, and courtyards tucked out of sight. This was the servants’ domain, required to run and sustain the country house. A key task for country house architects was to provide spaces for servants ….