| Type | Country House |
| Proprietor | National Trust |
| Size | 400ha |
| Main feature | Victorian country house |
| Other features | Gardens |
| Public access | Yes |
| Museum | Yes |
| Exhibition | Yes |
| Country | England |
| Region | North East |
| UK Grid square | NU0702 |
| Address | Rothbury, Morpeth, Northumberland |
| Postcode | NE65 7PX |
| Refreshments | Yes |
| Parking | Yes |
| Shop | Yes |
| Co-ordinates | Coordinates: |
| River Coquet Settlements |
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Cragside is a country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, England. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland North-East England is one of the nine official Regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The River Coquet runs through the Alnwick district of the County of Northumberland, England, discharging into the North Sea on the east coast Alwinton (previously named "Allenton" and sometimes still referred to as this is a village and parish in Northumberland, England. Harbottle is a village and Civil parish in Northumberland, England. Sharperton is a small settlement in Northumberland, England Holystone is a small village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of (and just within the Northumberland National Thropton is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. Thropton is a small village which exists about 2 miles west of Rothbury along the valley of the Coquet river For the town of the same name in New South Wales, Australia see Rothbury New South Wales For the town of the same name in Michigan Felton is a small village in north Northumberland in North East England. Guyzance is a small village or hamlet in Northumberland, England. Warkworth is a Village in Northumberland, England. It is probably best known for its well-preserved Medieval castle, church Amble, known as "Amble-by-the-sea" until 1985 is a small Town in Northumberland, England. The English country house is generally accepted as a large House or Mansion, once in the ownership of an individual who also usually owned another Great For the town of the same name in New South Wales, Australia see Rothbury New South Wales For the town of the same name in Michigan Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water Built into a rocky hillside above a 4 km² forest garden, it was the country home of Lord Armstrong and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977. Sir William George Armstrong 1st Baron Armstrong ( November 26 1810 &ndash December 27 1900) was a Tyneside industrialist who The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organization in England, Wales
Cragside, named after Cragend Hill above the house, was built in 1863 as a modest, two-storey country lodge, but was subsequently extended to designs by Norman Shaw, transforming it into an elaborate mansion in the Free Tudor style. Richard Norman Shaw RA ( Edinburgh, 7 May 1831 &ndash London, 17 November 1912) was the most influential British architect At one point, the building included an astronomical observatory and a scientific laboratory. An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events
In 1868, a hydraulic engine was installed, with water being used to power labour-saving machines such as laundry equipment, a rotisserie and a hydraulic lift. For the mechanical technology see Hydraulic machinery and Hydraulic cylinder Hydraulics is a topic of science and Engineering Rotisserie is a style of Roasting where meat is Skewered on a spit - a long solid rod used to hold food while it is being cooked over a fire in a An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another In 1870, water from one of the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siemens dynamo in what was probably the world's first hydroelectric power station. A dynamo, originally another name for an Electrical generator, now means a generator that produces Direct current with the use of a commutator. A power station (also referred to as generating station, power plant or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of The resultant electricity was used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was replaced in 1880 by Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps in what Swan considered 'the first proper installation' of electric lighting. Sir Joseph Wilson Swan ( October 31, 1828 – May 27, 1914) was an English Physicist and Chemist, most famous The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is a source of electric Light that works by Incandescence, (a general
The generators, which also provided power for the farm buildings on the estate, were constantly extended and improved to match the increasing electrical demand in the house.
The house is surrounded by one of Europe's largest rock gardens, a large number of rhododendrons, and a large collection of mostly coniferous trees, among which one Douglas-fir is the tallest tree in England, at 59 m tall. A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a type of Garden that features extensive use of rocks or stones along Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, "rose" and dendron, "tree" is a genus of flowering plants in the family A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or Douglas-fir is the common name applied to coniferous Trees of the Genus Pseudotsuga in the family Pinaceae.
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