Cragside

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country house historic house museum

Cragside is a Victorian country house in Northumberland, England, famed as the home of industrialist William Armstrong and celebrated as one of the first houses in the world to be lit by hydroelectric power.

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Cragside House 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country house ⓘ
historic house ⓘ
museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cragside ⓘ
surface form: Cragside House
architecturalStyle Baronial ⓘ
Tudor Revival ⓘ
Victorian ⓘ
builtFor William Armstrong ⓘ
constructionEnd 1880s ⓘ
constructionStart 1860s ⓘ
country England ⓘ
designedBy Richard Norman Shaw ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
formerOwner Armstrong family ⓘ
William Armstrong ⓘ
hasArea over 1,000 acres ⓘ
hasCollection Victorian technology ⓘ
art collection ⓘ
furniture ⓘ
hasCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
hasFeature artificial lakes ⓘ
extensive gardens ⓘ
iron bridge ⓘ
rock gardens ⓘ
woodland estate ⓘ
hasGardenDesigner William Armstrong ⓘ
hasMaterial stone ⓘ
hasNearestTown Rothbury ⓘ
hasNumberOfRooms many rooms with Victorian interiors ⓘ
hasPostalCounty Northumberland ⓘ
hasPowerSource hydroelectric power ⓘ
hasTechnology early electric lighting ⓘ
hydraulic machinery ⓘ
water-powered domestic appliances ⓘ
hasView Simonside Hills ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Registered Park and Garden ⓘ
listedBuildingGrade Grade I ⓘ
locatedIn Northumberland ⓘ
Rothbury ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first houses in the world lit by hydroelectricity ⓘ
early use of hydroelectric power ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy National Trust ⓘ
ownedBy National Trust ⓘ
partOf National Trust properties in North East England ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cragside → alsoKnownAs → Cragside ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cragside House
Northumberland → contains → Cragside ⓘ
Rothbury → hasLandmark → Cragside ⓘ
Rothbury → near → Cragside ⓘ
William Armstrong → residence → Cragside ⓘ
subject surface form: William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
Baron Armstrong → residence → Cragside ⓘ
subject surface form: William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong