Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
On our first visit to Cragend Farm, we spied a little stone building near the farmhouse and did not have a clue what it was for. After much clearing of earth, grass and rust we found a weighbridge.
Made by H.Pooley & Sons it is a two wheel cart agricultural weighbridge, exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1871, when we think Lord Armstrong of Cragside would have decided to buy it.
The Weighbridge is being carefully restored and our main benefactor Mr Roger Kagan has been key in assisting us make it look as it would have done in the 1880's when horse drawn carts would have used it in and out of the farm. We would also like to thank Stephen Lunn the Blacksmith from Red Row for making a crucial missing piece.
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Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.