Cragside

Cragside is a Tudor Revival country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. Dating to the Victorian era, 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.

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National Trust, Cragside
English country house, historic house museum, United Kingdom, 

• Structurae page^@
• Das englische Haus Vol.. 1 page^@ pp119-121
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Location: 55.3136, -1.8856, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Edlingham Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Edlingham, United Kingdom  

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  Elsdon Castle ⓘ
  motte and bailey castle in Northumberland, England, UK  

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  Rothley Castle ⓘ
  folly in Rothley, Northumberland, England, UK  

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  Warkworth Castle ⓘ
  medieval castle in Warkworth, Northumberland, England, UK  

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  Alnwick Castle ⓘ
  castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK: seat of the Duke of Northumberland, England, UK  

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  Dunstanburgh Castle ⓘ
  castle in Craster, Northumberland, England, UK  

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  Chillingham Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Northumberland, England, UK

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  Belsay Castle ⓘ
  Medieval castle ruins in Northumberland, England, UK  

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  Aln Valley Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in Northumberland  

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  Belsay Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Belsay, Northumberland, England, UK

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  Breamish Valley Archaeology Exhibition ⓘ
  museum in Ingram, Northumberland, England, UK

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  Cragside ⓘ
  country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, England, UK

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  House of Hardy Fishing Tackle Museum ⓘ
  museum in Alnwick, England, UK

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  Wallington Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Northumberland, England, UK

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  Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland ⓘ
  Regimental museum in Alnwick, England, United Kingdom

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  Heritage Centre Bellingham ⓘ
  museum in Bellingham, England, United Kingdom

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  Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum ⓘ
  Bagpipe museum in Morpeth, England

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  Woodhorn Museum ⓘ
  museum, archive and county record office for Northumberland

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  Bailiffgate Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

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  Ferryman's Hut Museum ⓘ
  museum in Alnwick, England, UK

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  Newbiggin Maritime Centre ⓘ
  museum in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, England, UK

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1439 Belsay Castle

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1929 Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland

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1984 Heritage Centre Bellingham

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1987 Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum

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1989 Woodhorn Museum

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2000 Bailiffgate Museum

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2008 Ferryman's Hut Museum

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2011 Newbiggin Maritime Centre

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Prince of Wales and William George Armstrong at Cragside, during the Royal Visit to Newcastle in 1884 by Henry Hetherington Emmerson

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Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 07 lighting in billiard room

Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 02 windows in dining room

Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 05 detail of electric lamp

Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 04 detail of electric lamp

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Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 03 stained glass windows in dinning room

Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 08 detail of light in billiard room

Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 06 lighting in billiard room

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Structurae page@		Wikidata
link	page		Das englische Haus Vol.. 1 page@	pp119-121	Wikidata
site	castle		Edlingham Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Elsdon Castle	motte-and-bailey castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Rothley Castle	castle, folly	Wikidata
site	castle		Warkworth Castle	castle, motte-and-bailey castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1096	Alnwick Castle	castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1313	Dunstanburgh Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle	1344	Chillingham Castle	quadrangular castle, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1439	Belsay Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	museum		Aln Valley Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Belsay Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Breamish Valley Archaeology Exhibition	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cragside	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		House of Hardy Fishing Tackle Museum	maritime museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Wallington Hall	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1929	Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Heritage Centre Bellingham	heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Woodhorn Museum	archive, mining museum, county record office, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Bailiffgate Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2008	Ferryman's Hut Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Newbiggin Maritime Centre	maritime museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Prince of Wales and William George Armstrong at Cragside, during the Royal Visit to Newcastle in 1884 by Henry Hetherington Emmerson		Commons
commons	image		Cragside1		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 07 lighting in billiard room		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 02 windows in dining room		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 05 detail of electric lamp		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 04 detail of electric lamp		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 01		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 03 stained glass windows in dinning room		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 08 detail of light in billiard room		Commons
commons	image		Cragside, the first domestic house with hydroelectric lighting 06 lighting in billiard room		Commons