The simple task of turning on a washing machine was not a luxury available to the family who once lived at what is now the Honeywood Museum in Carshalton. Here’s a brief look at the old scullery… which is open to the public.
In early Edwardian times you would need to use this big iron furnace to heat the washing water. There would be no mains water, and it would need to be sourced from a well in the garden. Then you could start on cleaning linen…
This large furnace in the corner (known as a Copper, named after the bowl on the top) is original to Honeywood and is in the scullery – an area we would now call a utility room. The kitchen itself was in the room currently occupied by the tea room.
This shallow stoneware sink below is also original to Honeywood.
*The Scullery was most likely built during the time of John Pattinson Kirk and his wife Leah in around 1901 – replacing an earlier wooden structure. They probably had a housemaid.
See this room and find out lots more by visiting the Honeywood Museum yourself. Details here
