Upstairs Downstairs

Here's a snapshot of life upstairs and downstairs at Dunster castle.

The servants were quite well treated by the standards of the 18th and 19th century. There was still a huge difference in the living quarters.

The owner in Victorian times was far sighted and installed central heating with giant Iron radiators. The servants did get heating but they shared one radiator in the corridor.


Their rooms in the attic were plain and small, and the ever present bells were hung on the walls up there to summon the Hall Boy or the Butler.



And the working areas in the basement were utilitarian.


Meanwhile all was elegance and style upstairs



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