Range Hoods · English Country & Cottage
Kitchen Range at Pockerley Old Hall, Beamish Museum
The kitchen at Pockerley Old Hall in the Beamish open-air museum, County Durham, with a black cast-iron range set into a large fireplace and a scrubbed table.
Design characteristics
Pockerley Old Hall is presented as a farmhouse of the early 19th century. Its kitchen centers on a cast-iron range set into a large fireplace opening, with a mantel shelf above and utensils hanging nearby. It is an authentic precedent for a range alcove: the range is framed by masonry and a shelf rather than by cabinets, giving it the presence of a hearth. A modern hood cover and mantel shelf can recreate this look over a contemporary range.
Classification
- Category
- Range Hoods
- Material
- Oak
- Motifs
- Range surround, Mantel shelf
- Photograph
- 2011
- Photographer
- Ashley Dace
- Evidence
- Photograph of a documented interior or object
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Architectural context
Painted joinery, dressers and plate racks, plain paneling and beamed ceilings. England and Wales · vernacular, 1600s onward.
