Abstract
ABSTRACT This article explores the installation of electric bells and internal communication telephones at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, well known for his fascination in all aspects of science and new technology. The installation process of these pioneering new technologies at Hatfield House, their location within the house, how they functioned and their probable impact on the household are investigated through surviving correspondence, receipts, plans and the physical evidence preserved within the house. When identified, recorded and interpreted, this evidence can contribute to our greater understanding not only of the early adoption of technology in the 19th century, but of the complex way that two separate but interdependent groups of people (employers and servants) lived, worked and communicated in a great country house, while maintaining distance, privacy and the division of rank.
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