Manor House
"Everything in this house shows your status, to really rub your nose in the fact that you are above somebody else and below somebody else." Lady Olliff-Cooper
THE PROJECT|THE HOUSE|THE PEOPLE|EDWARDIAN LIFE|YOU IN 1905|TREATS|SNOB QUIZ
Monsieur Dubiard
Photograph of Rob and Charlie, the two footmen

Unlike the housmemaids, the footman would not have had to buy their own uniforms out of their wages
Snob Status
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"We like our food more sanitised nowadays, we like it plastic wrapped from the supermarket, with no noticeable resemblance to animals."
Lady Olliff-Cooper
Lucy
Edwardian Life: Servants' Wages

How much were servants paid in 1905?
The table below shows you how much Manor House servants would have been paid for a year's work at Manderston in 1905, and how much money that would be today.

Member of staff Yearly wages
1905		 Translated into 2003 money
Butler £60 $5482
Housekeeper £45 $4111
Chef £80 $7310
Ladies maid £32 $2924
Kitchen maid £24 $2192
First footman £26 $2375
Second footman £24 $2192
First housemaid £28 $2557
Second housemaid £22 $2009
Scullery maid £12 $1097
Coachman £18 $1644
Hallboy £16 $1462

 

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