Dumb waiter, detail Digital image of D/12692
SC 759620
Description Dumb waiter, detail Digital image of D/12692
Date 18/4/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 759620
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 12692
Scope and Content 'Dumb waiter', Newhailes, Musselburgh, East Lothian This shows the entrance hatch of the 'dumb waiter' (food lift) in the basement. Food that was ready to be served in the dining room would be placed on the wooden shelves and moved by a system of pulleys up to the ground floor. The cook was a senior servant in the household and she would have been in charge of the kitchen. Scullery and kitchen maids would have cleaned the room and kitchen utensils and prepared ingredients for the meals. If the cook was a 'professed cook' then she would only have done the 'proper' cooking for entertaining guests, leaving the ordinary, day to day cooking to a maid. James Smith (c.1645-1731) architect, designed and built Newhailes House (originally known as Whitehill) in 1686. Sir David Dalrymple (c.1665-1721) bought the estate in 1709 and started the construction of the library wing in 1718 which was completed after his death in 1721 by his son, Sir James Dalrymple (1692-1751). The house was modernised in 1871-3 when Lord Shand was tenant, and has remained largely unchanged since. The National Trust for Scotland became the owners of Newhailes House in January 1997. The house opened to the public on 1 June 2002 after a £12.7 million conservation project that ensured the house was stabilised without losing the patination of the interior decoration. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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