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Cragside Cragside, Northumberland Type Country House Proprietor National Trust Size 400ha Main feature Victorian country house Other features Gardens Public access Yes Museum Yes Exhibition Yes Country England Region North East UK Grid square NU0702 Address Rothbury, Morpeth, Northumberland Postcode NE65 7PX Refreshments Yes Parking Yes Shop Yes 55°18′49″N 1°53′08″W / 55.31361°N 1.88556°W / 55.31361; -1.88556Coordinates: 55°18′49″N 1°53′08″W / 55.31361°N 1.88556°W / 55.31361; -1.88556 Cragside is a country house in the civil parish of Cartington in Northumberland, England. It was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a 4 km² forest garden, it was the country home of Lord Armstrong and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977. Cragside, named after Cragend Hill above the house, was built in 1863 as a modest two-storey country lodge, but was subsequently extended to designs by Norman Shaw, transforming it into an elaborate mansion in the Free Tudor style. At one point, the building included an astronomical observatory and a scientific laboratory. Cragside In 1868, a hydraulic engine was installed, with water being used to power labour-saving machines such as laundry equipment, a rotisserie and a hydraulic lift. In 1870, water from one of the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siemens dynamo in what was the world's first hydroelectric power station. The resultant electricity was used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was replaced in 1880 by Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps in what Swan considered 'the first proper installation' of electric lighting. The generators, which also provided power for the farm buildings on the estate, were constantly extended and improved to match the increasing electrical demand in the house. The Grade I listed[1] house is surrounded by one of Europe's largest rock gardens, a large number of rhododendrons and a large collection of mostly coniferous trees. The documentary series Abroad Again in Britain by Jonathan Meades focused on Cragside in episode 2 (2005). In 2007, Cragside reopened after undergoing "total refurbishment."[2] References ^ Images of England — details from listed building database (236348) - Grade I ^ Vanessa Thorpe (2007-03-31). "Restored: the world's first hydroelectric house". London: guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/apr/01/energy.theobserversuknewspages. Retrieved 2010-07-17.  External links River Coquet Settlements Alwinton Harbottle Sharperton Holystone Hepple Caistron Flotterton Warton Thropton Rothbury Cragside Pauperhaugh Weldon Felton Guyzance Warkworth Amble Cragside Gardens & Estate information at the National Trust Cragside History and Pictures v • d • e Electricity generation in North East England Power Stations Biomass Active Lynemouth (co-fires) · Wilton 10 Proposed/Future BEI-Teesside · Billingham · North Blyth · Teesport · Tyne REP Coal Active Lynemouth · Wilton Closed Berwick upon Tweed · Blaydon Burn · Blyth · Carville · Chopwell Colliery · The Close · Consett · Darlington · Derwenthaugh Coke Works · Dunston · Forth Banks · Horden · Lemington · Manors · Neptune Bank · Newburn Steelworks · North Tees · Pandon Dene · Philadelphia · South Shore Road · Stella · Sunderland · Whinfield Proposed/Future Blyth Clean Coal · Eston Grange (Gasification) Refused Kepier Gas Active Seal Sands · Teesside · Wilton Proposed/Future ConocoPhillips Teesside · Thor Cogeneration Refused Newburn Hydro Active Derwent · Kielder Closed Cragside Incinerators /Waste Active Teesside Closed Portrack Future North Eastern Energy Recovery Centre · Wilton 11 Refused Blyth Nuclear Active Hartlepool Refused Druridge Bay Oil Active Wilton Wind Active Blyth Harbour · Blyth Offshore · Broom Hill · Great Eppleton · Hare Hill · High Sharpley · High Volts · Holmside Hall · Kirkheaton · Langley Park · Tow Law · Trimdon Grange · Walkway · West Durham Future Blyth Harbour (repowering) · Butterwick Moor · Great Eppleton (repowering) · Haswell Moor · Kiln Pit Hill · Royal Oak · Teesside Proposed Barmoor South · Green Rigg · Kielder · Lynemouth · Moorsyde · Ray Hill · South Sharpley · Steadings · Teeswind North · Todd Hill · West Ancroft · Wingates Organisations A. Reyrolle & Company · C. A. Parsons and Company · CE Electric UK · Clarke Chapman · L J Couves & Partners · Merz & McLellan · NaREC · Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company · Newcastle-upon-Tyne Electric Supply Company · Northern Electric · Northern Engineering Industries · Pre-nationalisation North East electric power companies