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| A '''buttery''' was a domestic room in a large '''medieval''' house. Part of the offices pertaining to the kitchen, it was often a room close to the Great Hall and was traditionally the room from which the yeoman of the buttery served beer and candles to those members of the household entitled to them.<ref>Girouard, p34</ref> The buttery generally had a staircase to the beer cellar below.<ref>Girouard, p34</ref> | A '''buttery''' was a domestic room in a large '''medieval''' house. Part of the offices pertaining to the kitchen, it was often a room close to the Great Hall and was traditionally the room from which the yeoman of the buttery served beer and candles to those members of the household entitled to them.<ref>Girouard, p34</ref> The buttery generally had a staircase to the beer cellar below.<ref>Girouard, p34</ref> | ||
| From the mid 17th century, as it became the custom for servants and their offices to be less conspicuous and sited far from the pronciple reception rooms, the Great Halls and its neighbouring butery lost their original uses. While the Great Hall often became a grand staircase hall or large reception hall, the smaller buttery was often converted to a lesser reeption room. | |||
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A buttery was a domestic room in a large medieval house. Part of the offices pertaining to the kitchen, it was often a room close to the Great Hall and was traditionally the room from which the yeoman of the buttery served beer and candles to those members of the household entitled to them. The buttery generally had a staircase to the beer cellar below.
From the mid 17th century, as it became the custom for servants and their offices to be less conspicuous and sited far from the pronciple reception rooms, the Great Halls and its neighbouring butery lost their original uses. While the Great Hall often became a grand staircase hall or large reception hall, the smaller buttery was often converted to a lesser reeption room.
Notes
- Girouard, p34
- Girouard, p34
References
- Girouard, Mark (1978). Life in the English Country House. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300022735.
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