Our tour of the basement starts in the Old Castle Kitchen.

The original kitchen at Inveraray Castle was last used by the current Duke's grandmother, Duchess Louise in the 1950's.

The kitchen is unique with seven fireplaces for different methods of cooking, two stewing stoves, two baking ovens, a hot plate, boiling stove and a roasting fire with working spit which would have originally been operated by a fan in the chimney.

Visitors can also see a  fine collection of copper utensils known as "batterie de cuisine" together with various utensils of the Victorian, Edwardian and pre-war eras.