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The kitchen at Burghley, 1844. Interior showing the great kitchens at Burghley House, near Stamford, Lincolnshire. The house was built in the 16th century. Here we see Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visiting the main kitchen: '...a noble room situated on the south side of a spacious court. It stands at the east end of the mansion, and measures 48 feet by 30; the roof is very lofty, and has a groined ceiling, of earlier style even than the old mansion. At one end is a large painting of a carcase of beef - an exhibition of the true ensign armorial of English hospitality...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.