Technology in the Country House

by Marilyn Palmer and Ian West

By the 19th century, life in most country houses changed as a result of various technical inventions such as improved water supplies, flushing water closets, boilers and pipes to provide central heating, internal communications by bells and then telephones, and better lighting by means of gas and electricity. Country houses, however, were usually too far from urban centres to take advantage of centralised sources of supply and so were obliged to set...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848022808
• ISBN13: 9781848022805
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Historic England in Association with Liverpoo
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 10.9"