National Trust - Cragside, Rothbury, Morpeth, UK, United Kingdom

National Trust - Cragside

Rothbury, Morpeth, UK, United Kingdom

Cragside, managed by the National Trust, is a Victorian Tudor Revival country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, UK, built on a rocky crag overlooking the Debdon Burn as the home of industrialist Lord William Armstrong and his wife Margaret.

Originally a modest 1860s shooting lodge, it was transformed between 1869 and 1884 by architect Norman Shaw into a lavish "fairy palace" with dramatic towers, opulent interiors featuring pre-Raphaelite stained glass, and innovative gadgets like a hydraulic lift and central heating.

Famously the world's first house lit by hydroelectric power in 1878 using estate lakes and a dynamo, it showcases Armstrong's engineering genius amid 1,000 acres of gardens planted with millions of trees, rhododendrons, and one of Europe's largest rock gardens.

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Rothbury, Morpeth NE65 7PX, United Kingdom

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