Spence /(?)/

Spence

n.
  1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10]
    In . . . his spence, or “pantry” were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered.
    Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift.
  2. The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.]