Grandma Goes Coastal: Lanhydrock, inside

The lord of the estate, whose name I don't remember, established a hospital for tin miners. In gratitude, they designed and crafted this rather exotic fruit stand of tin, which must be a very high grade because it does look like silver. It is a palm tree, a camel underneath, seemingly on an oasis, and quite beautiful:

Shoes waiting to be polished:

When summoned, you come:

What, you are wondering is this? I will tell you! You see the back of the red chair? That is the seat of the lord (or lady) and the gap between the door and the frame is so that the butler could watch, without being seen, to know when service was required:

Now into the kitchens. On that steam-driven spit, a whole sheep could be roasted! And there were several other rods on to which other animals could be roasted a the same time:

Then, of course, one has to do the dishes in this lead-lined sink:

Sugar was bought is large hunks (two are shown here) and the iron contrivance in front chops off a chunk:

There were a few kitchen items you might not think existed in the late 19th century such as a kind of slow cooker, which was a pot buried in straw, no doubt heated from underneath, a huge ice chest that had a drain in the bottom, and even a primitive pressure cooker.

Now on to recreation:

or perhaps a nice fireside chat:

One feature of the estate that may or may not have been common was a strict separation of men from women, adults from children and servants—also so strictly separated by sex that the male and female servants had separate staircases—and their employers. This was called moral segregation.

In this set-up, the nursery was an extensive suite. There was a large play room, a school room, bedrooms, and quarters for the nanny.

Stella would like these dolls: