CRAGSIDE

Cragside is the creation of the 1st Lord Armstrong (1810-1900), innovator, engineer and gunmaker. The architect of the original house is unknown, but in 1869 Armstrong called in Norman Shaw to transform Cragside into a proper country mansion. By means of his gradual additions over the years, the house came to assume it's wild picturesque outline. To Shaw also are due the grandest of Cragside's interiors, which contain some of his best-preserved and most original work. Cragside was the first house in the world to be lit by electricity derived from water power.

LOCATION
On the B6341 Between Rothbury and Alnwick, North of Newcastle upon Tyne, following the A1 and the A697

OPENING TIMES
31st March - 4th November, Tuesday to Sunday (and Bank Holiday Monday)13.00 to 17.30

ADMISSION CHARGE
Adult £6.70, Child £3.40, Family £16.80

TELEPHONE
01699 620150

ADDRESS
Cragside
Rothbury
Northumberland
NE65 7PX