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Cotswold Country House Project | Prep Kitchen

Cabinetry design: Nickleby
Cabinetry interior finish: Oak
Handles: Granger handles and Bardell knobs
Hardware finish: Polished Nickel

Paint Finishes

Kitchen, Island & Pantry cabinetry : HM Farthing II
Cabinetry interiors: HM Linen
Glazed countertop cupboards: HM Farthing

PROJECT DETAILS

The prep kitchen at this beautiful Cotswold Country House Project really captures the essence of the English country house. Nickleby cabinetry – a classic English design – provides the perfect base for this kitchen design and allows the space to flow seamlessly from the main kitchen.

Prep Kitchen

A dual control AGA is positioned in an original chimney with a bespoke overmantel designed to suit the heritage of the house perfectly. Cooking on the iconic AGA really comes into its own in the cooler months, with casseroles and ragûs largely forgotten about for the afternoon and then brought out for an early evening supper. The functionality of the dual control AGA works really well here as the boiling and simmer plates, or the ovens can be controlled independently.

Prep Table

The prep table is finished in pippy oak which has beautiful natural burrs bringing a soft feel to this room with painted drawers below. Two of the large drawers opposite the dresser conceal Wolf warming drawers – a huge undertaking for the project management and installation teams to overcome given that they are incorporated into a table with a stone floor below.

As well as cooking, this prep kitchen also offers a mix of storage thanks to the open shelves and glazed countertop dresser cupboards with large drawers below, providing masses of storage for tableware, servingware and cookware. In terms of clearing away, a large Butler sink is flanked either side by an integrated Miele dishwasher and Eurocargo pull out bin. The aged brass finish on the taps works so well in this understated space and is reflected throughout the hardware choices.

Walk In Pantry

Just off the prep kitchen as you make your way to the back of the house is the walk in pantry and cold room for storing masses of non-perishable and perishable items for when the house is hosting large shooting parties or entertaining on a big scale. Again, a mix of open shelving and drawers within the pantry provide the perfect amount of storage. Painted in HM Farthing II with the cabinet interiors painted in HM Linen ties this room in perfectly with the prep kitchen.

HM Designer: Peter Humphrey

Cotswold Country House Project | Prep Kitchen

As well as cooking, this prep kitchen also offers a mix of storage thanks to open artisan shelving and glazed countertop dresser cupboards with large drawers below, providing masses of storage for tableware, servingware and cookware. In terms of clearing away, a large Butler sink is flanked either side by an integrated Miele dishwasher and pull out bin. The aged brass finish on the taps works so well in this understated space and is reflected throughout the hardware choices.

A large Butler sink flanked either side (under the counter) by an integrated Miele dishwasher and pull out bin. The aged brass finish on the taps works so well in this understated space and is reflected throughout the hardware choices.

This glazed countertop dresser is finished in HM paint colour ‘Farthing’, with large drawers below it provides mases of essential storage for tableware, servingware and cookware taking pressure off the main kitchen.

Located just off a main kitchen is this prep kitchen that offers a mix of open and closed storage, a prep table for food prep (also concealing two Wolf warming drawers), a scullery run and a cooking run featuring an AGA. The prep table is painted in HM colour ‘Farthing II’ and finished with aged brass hardware.

Scullery - Cotswold Country House Project, Prep Kitchen

This prep kitchen offers an abundance of useful storage thanks to open artisan shelving and these beautiful glazed countertop dresser cupboards with large drawers below, providing masses of storage for tableware, servingware and cookware.

A modern day prep kitchen in a Cotswolds country house designed by Humphrey Munson has a dual control AGA set within an original chimney and a traditional English prep table finished with a Pippy oak worktop. Nickleby cabinetry painted in ‘Farthing' and finished with aged brass hardware runs around the perimeter of the kitchen providing ample space for food prep.

Located just off the main kitchen is a prep kitchen that offers a mix of open and closed storage, a prep table for food prep (also concealing two Wolf warming drawers), a scullery run and a cooking run featuring an AGA.

The prep table is finished in pippy oak which has beautiful natural burrs bringing a soft feel to this room with painted drawers below.

Just off a prep kitchen this walk in pantry and cold room for storing masses of non-perishable and perishable items for when the house is hosting large shooting parties or entertaining on a big scale. A mix of open shelving and drawers provide the perfect amount of storage taking pressure off both the prep kitchen and main kitchen. Painted in HM ‘Farthing II’ with the cabinet interiors painted in HM ‘Linen’ ties this room in perfectly with the prep kitchen nearby.