servants hall
Domestic workers' room
A servants hall is a large room in a manor house or estate where domestic staff take their meals and spend time off duty.
It served as the social center for household servants, separate from the family's living quarters.
The term evokes the rigid class divisions of Victorian and Edwardian households: The butler announced dinner would be served in the servants hall.
- below stairsServant domain of house
- back stairsPrivate secondary staircase
- butlerChief domestic servant
- housekeeperDomestic cleaning professional
- lady's maidFemale personal attendant
scullery · footman · maid · kitchen · domestics · domestic staff · livery · downstairs · pantry · cook · staff · Victorian · estate · manor · country house · bells · uniforms · hierarchy
social hierarchy/class in domestic architecture
servants halldrawing room
Formal reception space
dining room · great hall · parlor · salon · ballroom
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