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Described in 1880 as 'a palace of the modern magician', Cragside House, Gardens and Woodland is a truly unique visitor attraction in the heart of Northumberland. Situated near Rothbury, it was the family home of Lord Armstrong, Victorian inventor and industrialist. Cragside was the first building in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity and a walk around the National Trust property reveals a wealth of ingenious gadgetry including fire alarm buttons, telephones, a passenger lift and a Turkish bath suite.
Cragside House - Rothbury, described in 1880 as 'a palace of the modern magician'. Cragside House, Gardens and Woodland is a marvellous place to visit with it's superb gardens, woodlands, river and lakes. This unique place is now owned and cared for by The National Trust and situated just outside the village of Rothbury, in the heart of Northumberland. This was the family home of Lord Armstrong, Victorian inventor and industrialist.
So if you're a lover of wildlife, historical houses with fine antiques and beautiful gardens set in an outstanding Northumbria landscape....you'll probably love this! :)
Have a good day everyone, if in the UK, I do hope you're in a nice sheltered place today because although it's bright and sunny....it's blowing a hoolie here in my neck of the woods in Middle England.
HWW :))
A final one from Cragside in Northumberland, this time looking through one of the exhibition halls and processed with just a hint of HDR!!!
Taken at Cragside back in 2011............sometimes we need to Sit by Still Waters and enjoy Tranquillity and other Times to enjoy the Energy that the Waterfall brings to us ...............
The "Cragside Mansion" at Rothbury - literally built of a crag!
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UPDATED: 14th November, 2018
Hydro electricity powered by hydraulics
Yesterday, on route from Rothbury to Scotland, we called at the amazing Cragside estate…
The original beautiful eco home, and gorgeous gardens.
After waiting what seemed to be hours I managed to get this photo with no people or vehicles on it.
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Cragside has a unique place in History. This National Trust property was the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity,
Cragside is a striking North East Victorian house and National Trust property with an extraordinary history, which can be found surrounded by impressive gardens in the heart of Northumberland. It is at Cragside that visitors will discover an engineers dream perched high on a rocky crag. Cragside was the home of Lord Armstrong, Victorian inventor and landscape genius and the imposing Victorian property was the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.
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Cragside is a Victorian country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun, Armstrong also displayed his inventiveness in the domestic sphere, making Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. The estate was technologically advanced; the architect of the house, Richard Norman Shaw, wrote that it was equipped with "wonderful hydraulic machines that do all sorts of things". In the grounds, Armstrong built dams and lakes to power a sawmill, a water-powered laundry, early versions of a dishwasher and a dumb waiter, a hydraulic lift and a hydroelectric rotisserie. In 1887, Armstrong was raised to the peerage, the first engineer or scientist to be ennobled, and became Baron Armstrong of Cragside.
Cragside is a Victorian country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm.Cragside was the first building in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.
Cragside is a country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a forest garden of just under 1,000 acres, it was the country home of armaments manufacturer, Lord Armstrong, and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977. The property was opened to the public in 1979.
A second photograph taken at this spectacular National Trust property in Northumberland.
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Cragside is a Victorian Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong.
The original building consisted of a small shooting lodge which Armstrong built between 1862 and 1864. In 1869 he employed the architect Richard Norman Shaw to enlarge the site in two phases of work between 1869 and 1882.
The house and grounds are now in the care of the National Trust.