Authors:
David Chatting
The country houses of Victorian England were curious places. Often situated on large estates, away from the industrializing towns and cities, they were the ancestral homes of aristocratic families and the playgrounds of the nouveau riche. It was in these grand houses that many of the domestic technologies that became commonplace in the 20th century were first to be found—namely plumbing, central heating, electric lights, and telecommunication. In their early experimental forms, these technologies functioned to publicly signal the wealth, influence, and learning of their masters. Sites like Lord Armstrong's Cragside were showcases of the new technologies, for the…
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