Winkhurst reconstruction completed interior

Relocation of Winkhurst Farm and
Reinterpretation as a Tudor Kitchen

Completed Interior

August 2002

The kitchen has been equipped with pots, baskets and cooking utensils copied from those of the Tudor period. Many of the wooden items (treen) were made by museum personnel.

Winkhurst Tudor kitchen

The kitchen is used for teaching school parties and for courses on Tudor cookery. Visitors are able to watch a wide variety of Tudor meals being prepared, led by a fully-trained and costumed interpreter, as well as important processes such as baking, brewing and cheese making.

December 2002

A bread oven and a copper for providing a constant supply of hot water are added, together with a woodstore for the fuel for the fires.

winkhurst bread oven and copper

winkhurst woodstore

The Tudor Kitchen in Action

The kitchen has a fire on an open hearth on which food is cooked, but is used for other food preparation processes as well, such as

	smoking, salting, drying, and other methods of food preserving
	an oven for baking
	dairying
	brewing
	washing

A team of volunteers run the kitchen and explain the processes to visitors. We offer courses in historic cooking, and the building can be booked for functions.

More...

	Winkhurst Farm reinterpreted following new evidence. Tudor kitchen project a first for the Museum. See News Release.
	Dawn of Tudor Cooking. This article reproduced from the Chichester Observer newspaper describes the Winkhurst Tudor Kitchen in action.