The Dining Room and Kitchen 



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)INING ROD!- 



window for lighting. The back stairs, which open out of the servants' hall, 

 while convenient enough, are shut off from the kitchen by three doors, which 

 should cut off some of the onion and cabbage odour in its permeating ramble. 



The butler's pantry is provided with a small cold 

 box, on the lift order, for desserts and the like. There 

 is also a dresser (a) above the sink, which last, as is 

 the case in the kitchen, has ample room on either side 

 of it to work with. The slide (b) allows of soiled 

 dishes being passed through from the dining room. 



The china closet is really a part of the passage- 

 way from the butler's pantry to the dining room. 

 Beside the shelves, it is fitted with a case of 

 linen drawers. The dining room is shut off 

 the kitchen 



from 



by two doors be- 

 sides the fly door 

 in the china closet, 

 which, having no 

 striking piece, 

 really does not 

 count as a barrier 

 to odour. 



The front door 

 is easy of access 

 from the kitchen. 

 The distance i s 

 short and there are 

 three doors in the 

 interval. Inciden- 

 tally, the two toilets 

 are conveniently 

 located. 



We will not suppose that this is the only solution of the problem. There are 

 others, some of which may be better. This one is good, and seems to cover 

 the ground fairly well in the solution of the kitchen and service problems. 



The example designed by Mr. Dennett, here shown, is excellent, and worthy 

 of careful study; it seems to be the serious consideration of a serious problem. 



Kitchen and dining-room suite designed by Hartley Dennett, architect 



