Pastry Room

The Pastry Room was used by the Pastry Chef to prepare pastries, cakes, biscuits, pies and confectionary. Sugar, spices, flour and dried fruit were stored along with an array of equipment, including “pastry-cutters, plain and fluted, round, ovals and other shapes suitable for cutting out patterns to be used for various purposes.”

The craft of preparing and decorating pastries and confectionary was a highly skilled one. Elaborate confectionary (made out of sugar mixed with a natural gum to make it pliable) was the hallmark of decorative extravagance in wealthy households.