, Yorkshire A separate building for storing game during the
maturation process improves ventilation, while reducing the odour problem. and numerous examples built between the early 18th and early 20th centuries survive. The structure also existed in other European countries where hunting or shooting game was popular, including Germany and
Austria-Hungary. Game larders were usually situated near the kitchen. , Essex
John Claudius Loudon describes a small game larder in 1842: , Sussex Rails or beams were used to support deer on hooks, with roof-suspended racks, sometimes on pulleys, for small game. Shelves, possibly of marble, were also used. Another necessary fixture described by Victorian architect
Robert Kerr is a dresser topped with slate or marble for meat preparation. A relatively early example is the game larder at
Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire, which dates from around 1750 and is thought to be by
Sanderson Miller; the hexagonal rendered-brick structure has a
loggia with
Tuscan columns and is surmounted with a wooden
cupola. An example of an unornamented square game larder stands at
Studley Park in Yorkshire; built in limestone, it dates from the late 18th century. The square stone game larder at
Rydal Hall in Cumbria has a timber upper storey reached by an external staircase. Although most extant game larders are built in stone or brick, some timber examples have survived. Examples include the structures at
Brodsworth Hall, Yorkshire,
Audley End House, Essex, and the Bird Game Larder at
Ardverikie House, Badenoch and Strathspey. , Cheshire , Selkirkshire In addition to their practical purpose, game larders on great estates often served a decorative function, and could be highly ornate in their design. The game larder at
Uppark in Sussex, designed by
Humphry Repton, has a floor decorated with deer vertebrae, and has been described as "a mannered grotesque advertisement for the pleasures of the chase and the table awaiting arriving guests." Dating from around 1810, the rectangular flint-faced building has an octagonal timber portion. The game larder at
Combermere Abbey in Cheshire, which also dates from the early 19th century and is thought to be by the Irish
Morrison family, has decorative windows in the
Gothic style. The octagonal red-brick structure is capped with a timber roof lantern. The game larder at
Abbotsford House in Selkirkshire, built by John Smith of
Darnick in 1851, takes the form of a circular castle, with
crenellations. The circular interior of the game larder at
Holkham Hall in Norfolk is lined with
alabaster; designed by
Samuel Wyatt, the octagonal building dates from 1803. ==Modern==