Those eagle-eyed Sink.co.uk fans out there might have noticed a new category on our website today. We now have a few pages dedicated solely to butler sinks.

Butler sinks are pretty similar to belfast sinks and are great because they suit pretty much every type of kitchen style - from traditional to modern.

 Here's one of my personal faves - deep, robust and charming :

 

 

 

One of our most popular sinks are butler sinks. Why? Well, they look good. They're spacious. And they last forever. What more do you need in a sink?

A sink that would do its own washing up would be pretty cool, thinking about it... Mmm, I could be on to something there...

 

Wondering what the difference between butler sinks and belfast sinks? Let the experts at Sinks.co.uk explain:

  "In actual fact they are both butler sinks (ie made to go in the butler’s pantry), but those made in Belfast have a Weir overflow, while those made in London don’t.

 

"This is because, when butler sinks were first made in the late 17th century, each major city had a sanitation officer autonomously responsible for the ordering of pipes, basins, sinks, and decreeing sizes, styles etc. Different patterns were evolved and gave rise to specific types. Hence the Belfast butler sink was different from, say, the London butler sink.

"Belfast, with access to plentiful water housed sinks with overflows, but London , built on clay where deep wells had to be drilled to reach water, discouraged water wastage and no overflows were accommodated. Therefore, the Belfast butler sink has what is known as a Weir overflow built into it, whereas a standard Butler Sink doesn’t."

Cheers guys - I think we've learnt something new today!