A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Larders were commonplace in houses before the widespread use of the refrigerator.

Essential qualities of a larder are that it should be:

In the northern hemisphere, most houses would arrange to have their larder and kitchen on the north or east side of the house where it received least amount of sun. In Australia and New Zealand larders were placed on the south or east sides of the house for the same reason.

Many larders have small unglazed windows with the window opening covered in fine mesh. This allows free circulation of air without allowing flies to enter. Many larders have tiled or painted walls to simplify cleaning. Older larders and especially those in larger houses have hooks in the ceiling to hang joints of meat or game. Others have insulated containers for ice, anticipating the future development of refrigerators.

A pantry may contain a thrawl, which is a term used in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, and is a stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in the days before refrigeration was domestically available. In the late medieval hall, a thrawl would have been appropriate to a larder. In a large or moderately large nineteenth century house, all these rooms would have been placed as low in the building as possible, or as convenient, in order to use the mass of the ground to retain a low summer temperature. For this reason, a buttery was usually called the cellar by this stage.

Jody Lee Latham (born 1 January 1982) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher in the British Channel 4 series Shameless, Calum McKenzie in the ITV series The Fixer, and Rob Grayson in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders.

Latham was born in Burnley, Lancashire on 1 January 1982. Latham attended Walton High School in Nelson but got kicked out. Latham has a son, Jack, who was born in Latham's late teens. Jacks's mother is Naomi

Jody used to attend Burnley Youth Theatre where his acting career started.

The 29 year-old, who used to play Rob Grayson in the BBC soap EastEnders was arrested in the early hours of the morning of 14 May 2011, after police raided his home in Bacup, Lancashire.

He was also arrested for assault and possession of an illegal weapon.

On 15 August 2011 Latham was released with out charge on all the alleged offences.

He made his television debut in "The Cops" Episode #1.7 (1998) As Grant and then went on to appear in 2000 as "Nelson Catchpole" in the series Big Meg, Little Meg. He then played Lee, one of the key characters on When I Was 12 in 2001. Latham has starred in five BAFTA winning dramas, Clocking Off, The Cops, The Street, Shameless and EastEnders.