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Historic England came to visit the Silo and Farm this week to assess the repair work we have done to date. 2012 New Slate roof 2019 New floors and doors The Building at Risk Officer and HE Architect were  impressed with the work we had done and noted that the building still had some serious architectural repairs to be complete before it was taken off the Buildings at Risk ...

Our 2022 Visitors comments on our historic tours ..  all you need to do is now is choose a date in 2023 to come and see us too. Amazing place! We were fascinated. Enlightening tour. Wonderful to see engineering like this preserved. Really wonderful. Most informative. Fabulous and inspiring! Amazing insight into such an intriguing place. Incredible window to the past. Tremend ...

We have recently had Rothbury History Society here to spend a morning looking at our Ancient farm and Victorian hydraulics of Lord Armstrong fo Cragside. We actively encourage people who visit to discuss and relate stories to do with Lord Armstrong and the area. Explore - Hands On Experience - Adventure -  Learn - Discovery We have a few more dates left in the 2022 calen ...

God Save The King. We share in the grief of the nation as we mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. We give thanks for all she accomplished in her long life of service and devotion. May she rest in peace. We are intending to operate in the period of mourning that will now last until the state funeral of Her Majesty,  on Monday 19 September. We aim to continue with the normal ...

Cragside is a National Trust property that has beautiful gardens and walks, as well as a magnificent house to visit.  Cragend Farm is the Model Farm of Lord Armstrong of Cragside and is situated next door. Privately owned Cragend Farm can be visited for tours by appointment. We also have accommodation offering you the opportunity to stay in an original Armstrong  farmworkers c ...

Things to do this Summer:   Call the Midwife! Tours at Cragend Farm have started with unexpected new  information coming to light on the very first day, when Eileen Telfer and her daughter Justine, told the amazing story of her great-grandfather.   Joseph Gall, lived at ‘Craghead’ a small dwelling on the south side of the River Coquet opposite Cragend Farm. He worked for L ...

Cragend Farm Historic Tours are available to book now online or direct through us. Click on the link below to go directly to the Tour of Cragend Farm @historichuses page where there is an easy link to the booking system. They kick off in May 2022 we look forward to seeing you here. https://www.historichouses.org/house/cragend-farm/tours We have information about the far ...

Historic Tours 2022 Booking available for Historic Tours from May 2002 is now open via Historic Houses  website or direct via our contact page: https://www.historichouses.org/tours/upcoming-tours/?region=&q=cragend The dates are most Tuesdays and Wednesdays from May 7th 2022, subject to availability. Booking by appointment only. ...

Storm Arwen took hold on Friday 26th November and we thought that historically it was important to record it. It blew from Friday at 4pm until Sunday with added snow and ice and freezing conditions. We were hosting a supper bookclub and half of the guests were unable to come out at all, and those that did had terrible trouble getting out from here because of the high winds ...

This is Mrs Millard (nee Bowes) who rented East Cottage as a holiday cottage in the 1930's at Cragend Farm. We recently had some visitors here who where driving a beautiful Model T and they said they would research what sort of car Mrs Millard was driving: "We tracked the car in the photo down to be a Riley and below are some details from the secretary of the Riley regi ...

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to your fantastic farm on the Historic Houses tour on Tuesday. We both agree that it was the most interesting HHA visit we have ever done - and we have done many over the years! We had no idea of the extent of the Armstrong connection or what you have there, having visited Cragside on so many occasions in the past 50 years or so. And indeed looked down on the farm from the walks at Cragend quite recently. We particularly enjoyed ascending and descending the ladders to look at the hydraulic equipment and get an idea of how it all functioned, the beautiful and unusual buildings which had housed the cattle, and were intrigued by the contents of your "underground " loo! Peacocks and chicks, hens and a beautiful pet lamb added to the feel of the farm.

Shaun & Lou Renwick are keen to harness the farm's natural resources, using wood to heat their water, to cook with on a wood burning range, and to heat the houses on the Farm. Even if your house is not equipped to totally run on wood there are things you can do to make sure you are using the best quality wood for your fires.

Why use Seasoned Wood?

Seasoned wood is a definition for 'wood drying'. About 5% of the energy of the log is wasted through evaporation and heating the water vapour of damp logs.

Moisture effects the burning process with unburnt hydrocarbons going up the chimney, which can in time create 'sooting' in the chimney, with the possibility of a chimney fire, all of which requires specialist sweeping.

Drying the wood before burning reduces moisture content in the wood before it is used for burning,

Air drying is the most traditional method, and it takes time. usually over and above 2 years! The fire will use less energy to burn the log if the water content is below 20%. Therefore is can give OUT more energy in the form of heat!

Cragend Farm endeavours to provide their customers with the best seasoned wood possible.

if you would like further information on the process of burning wood please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Why seasoned wood?

Thank you so much Lou and Shaun for a great holiday break on your farm at Cragend last week. East Cottage was a super place to stay. Very comfortable accommodation with everything we needed for self-catering and situated next to the beautiful Cragside National Trust gardens. It was super for our dog with fields to walk across as well as a secure fenced place for her to run off lead! Such interesting history too about the farm and how you have restored the buildings, the Victorian silo and so much else of the past farming life at Cragend. We look forward to returning! J&M Nottingham.

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