The Cellars
The rawness of the Servery is displayed to interpret the below stairs spaces, their functions, and how they interacted with ‘up stairs’. We created a large canvas divide which showcased what was behind the blocked walls. In the centre of the space a simple whitewashed tactile floor plan focusing on the cellar rooms and above this, we suspended a backlit canvas with a map of the rooms above, relating the up - and below stairs spaces.
National Trust Arlington Court
Arlington’s cellars are a fascinating collection of spaces and corridors - to which the public have no access. This exhibition gives life to those spaces, and to the people who worked in them.
The Butler’s room was set up to tell the stories of the people who worked in service and the complex community involved in running a house such as Arlington Court. The focus in the room was a large estate map, which connects directly with the kitchen activities. It allows the visitor to explore how the wider estate and community interacted with the house, with supplies being delivered, food being grown and staff living in the surrounding area.
National Trust Arlington Court
