 On the ground floor, the main reception room was the "houseplace" or "kitchen-parlour", by the main door, which contains a cooking range and window seat, used for the main daily meal.A smaller room next to the houseplace was used by the Wordsworths as Dorothy's bedroom.A separate kitchen was used for the more arduous task of the domestic routine, with the fourth room being a small buttery, used as a larder.