Discover Historical Kitchens With English Heritage - Membership
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Discover Historical Kitchens With English Heritage - Membership
It is often said that the kitchen is the heart of any home, which is very much the case with many of the English Heritage Properties. So step right inside the places where food was prepared from throughout the ages with Historical Kitchens.
The kitchens at Audley End House make you feel like your stepping back into the Victorian era. With a bank of three magnificent fireplaces on the east wall, it's easy to imagine the stoves being fired up and the kitchen playing a key part in the day-to-day life of the stately home. Discover more about Audley End House here.
The imposing Great Tower of Dover Castle was once a place designed for royal ceremony, a place where the king could welcome and impress distinguished visitors to England. The ground floor houses a large bread oven - a feature of the original building, and is thought to have been heated by fuel from a central hearth or brazier. Discover more about Dover Castle here.
Brodsworth Hall and its pleasure gardens were constructed in the 1860s as an up-to-date new home for the Thellusson family and their servants. A visit to Brodsworth Hall would not be complete without heading into the cavemous Victorian kitchen with it's impressive cooking range and the cosier 'Aga kitchen' and scullery with the original housekeeper's chair. Discover more about Brodsworth Hall here.
Set high on a ridge of Hadrian's Wall, Housesteads Roman Fort contains the remains of a bakery with two horseshoe-shaped ovens built into the fort rampart. A similarly shaped bread oven can be found alongside the west gate at one of the best preserved forts on Hadrians Wall - Chesters Roman Fort. Click here to discover more about Housesteads Roman Fort and discover more about Chesters Roman Fort here.
Find out more about all the Historical Kitchens here, and visit them with a membership from English Heritage. Enjoy the historical kitchens as well as unlimited access to over 400 historic places across the country with 12 months membership starting from just £41. Find the perfect membership for you and your family here.