‘The Herald Range’ is one of two ranges we restored for our clients at Little Tew Manor. The Herald Range would have provided all the cooking services for the main household while the smaller ‘Cottage Range’ would have cooked for the staff.
The Herald Range was in a hell of state when we first visited site for the assessment but with careful conservation practice we were able to preserve the range for future generations.
Below are the before and after shots of the work
We were down in Devon last week to remove this fantastic ‘Herald’ double oven kitchen range. It is going to have the full treatment in our workshops and then will be returned and installed as a fully functional range. We are looking to have the work complete by January so watch this space!
This is a ‘Gradient’ range which is the brother to the much more famous ‘Herald’ range manufactured by R.Russell & Sons Ltd, Peel Foundry, Derby. This was a later addition (circa 1915) to a Georgian property in Bath and likely replaced the original roasting grate. As you can see the original central arch that is flanked by both hotplate and copper has been squared off to receive this range.
This range had laid dormant since the 1960’s when the kitchen moved to the first floor. It still had pots and pans on the top plate and baking trays in the oven when we came to do our site visit. We were asked to bring it back to working order but before we got started we had to have the chimney cleared. The job took all day as five decades of birds nest and general detritus was removed and bagged before the chimney could be swept. It was a mammoth task but the range is now happily at home and in use once again.