The Kitchen Courtyard, to the east of the Ballroom. One wing of the courtyard originally contained the kitchen, and another the servants' quarters. Their way of life is recorded in Agnes Stokes 'A Girl at Government House'. She was fascinated by "a wonderful contrivance they called a bain-marie, a large copper base fitted with twelve of the dinkiest little copper saucepans for gravies and sauces, each in its place like a cruet. The range was enormous. You lose a twenty pound turkey in the oven".

When the furnace was alight, it heated the tables with sliding doors and also the bain-marie. The original bain-marie, which the servants called the 'Banbury', has been kept, though it is not now in use.

In 1949 the old kitchen in the basement was replaced by a new one on the ground floor close to both State and private dining rooms. The courtyard retains its original function as an entry point for goods and services to the house.