Cragend Farm
As seen on Matt Bakers Travels with Mum & Dad More 4: Farmhouse Chic Northumberland B&B accommodation "The Armstrong Wing" "The West Room" both ensuite. Eco Holiday Accommodation East Cottage. Children and Dogs welcome. Historic Tours. Rare Breed Farm. Ancient farm transformed by Lord Armstrong of Cragside in 1880's as a Victorian hydraulic agricultural demonstration centre show piece. Follow us and see our journey from 2011 when we started renovating this farm. New book available about the hydraulic machinery on Amazon: Transformation: Lord Armstrongs Cragend Farm. Green Tourism Award. Historic Houses Custodian Prize.
Cragend Farm
The view...the tranquility...The Armstrong Wing @cragendfarm4611
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For VE day we remember George Thompson of Cragend Farm a farm labourer latterly an RAF pilot shot down in 1944 aged 21. Our celebrations of tours of the farm focus on the lives at the farm and he was one.
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How many rings are there on that huge ladder?
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PH test on Silo sample shoes signs of acidity. #science #farming
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Share subscribe and comment! Let us know if what we are doing helps you understand about natural resources powering our machinery in the past and future #carbonnettzero #hydropower
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A throwback to when we were starting to explore this amazing building and our son made a Minecraft video of the interior and exterior for us, that was picked up by Historic England as a great way to survey buildings.
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Readers of historical fact and engineering innovation will be wanting a copy of this book: 'Transformation: Lord Armstrong's Cragend Farm' by Lou Renwick about the discovery of an amazing Demonstration Centre for technology designed by the Magician of the North , Victorian Lord Armstrong of Cragside , about Cragside's little neighbour with a big story to tell!
1883 Gilkes Thomson turbine No 490 holds the key to the secrets of the farm!
#books #readers #history #archaeology #engineering #industrialheritage
Credit Steve Brock Photography Highlights PR Lou Renwick Cragend Farm Dave Burton
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Samples of the earth found in the Cragend Farm Hydraulic Silo are being taken to test for any traces of historic evidence. Watch this space for more on that! Coming soon....
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2025 bookings are open on Historic Houses website or direct for groups and individuals to visit us.
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Thank you to The Carbon Literacy Project for their guidance in providing us with our Certification.
Our pledge to progress our Carbon Nett Zero aims is real. They can be accessed on our website Blog.
Today we use an array of items powered by assorted energy sources, but very few people want to know where the energy was actually coming from, other than the plug socket! Now, as we become a world more aware of the source of our power, its worth taking a look back in time to when options were limited, to see the bigger picture of how far we have come.
We are custodians of the history and repair of our unique site, Cragend Farm, in Rothbury, Northumberland, England, UK, where industrialist Sir William Armstrong of Cragside built a Demonstration Centre for water powered hydraulics, and how his collaboration with Henry Watson and Gilbert Gilkes led them to influence numerous engineering wonders of their time, harnessing natural resources, such as Tower Bridge, and the Aswan Dam and Niagara Falls hydro-systems.
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