 The Wordsworths employed a neighbour, Molly Fisher, as a maid to do their washing and cooking.Upstairs, the room over the houseplace was William's study, with views over meadows to the lake, used by William for his composition and as a second parlour for light meals and entertaining.The three other rooms were used as bedrooms, with the small room over the buttery being used later as a nursery for William and Mary's children.