Sentence examples for servants area from inspiring English sources

Without even picking up a dupatta, she ran down the stairs and into the servants' area.

To climb the narrow and steep staircase to the third floor or to cross over to the servants' area of the second floor from the family's wing was like entering a completely different building.

All the servants' areas were painted a drab ivory, the trim a dark green.

This meant she was to stay in the servants' areas and was generally not allowed in the parts of the house used by the family.

By 1915, as what was often called "the servant problem" increased, The Record and Guide noted that "in an up-to-date house today" the servants' areas received the same attention as the masters' quarters.

After years of research, Maymont opened a new exhibit in 2005: "In Service and Beyond: Domestic Work and Life in a Gilded Age Mansion" takes visitors on a self-guided tour of the restored, "below-stairs" servants' areas.

The addition of the Clifton Maybank corridor, built in the 18th century from stone obtained from another house then undergoing alteration, allowed the principal ground- and first-floor rooms to have some privacy from the servants' areas and linked the two staircases.

Whenever the old man did visit, Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants' sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood.

They aim to recognise public servants working in areas ranging from children and young people to older people, housing and regeneration, and transport.

Civil servants in major areas of five provinces overrun in a militant offensive led by [Isis] may not have been receiving salaries already due to difficulties on the ground.

Troika envoys are also planning to offer some relief to Greece, according to news reports citing the leaked document, with the lenders backing the implementation of tax breaks intended to attract sorely needed investment and some latitude to hire civil servants in crucial areas, like tax collection.