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In September we hosted Heritage Open Days for people to come and visit the farm and see its heritage, its links to Cragside and to have a private visit to The Silo which is Grade II* and a Building at Risk. The visits comprised of a two hour tour of the farm and lots of information about the history of its many owners over the years, with exclusive access to the two turbines ...

Wednesday June 6th 2018 Cragend Farm Open Day: Cragend Farm opened its doors to the public on the 6th June to celebrate the progress of the farm to date. The Grade II* listed Silo was open and tours where held every hour to see the turbines and machinery within it. The gardens and house were also open to visitors to see the buildings and discuss our links with Cragside, the ...

We are always working on projects around the farm, but the major part to be finished so far this year is the Courtyard Terrace and we are thrilled that people will be able to sit out and use it at our Open Day on Wednesday 6th June. It is open to guests in our holiday accommodation. ...

You are invited to come and visit our finished courtyard at our Open Day on Wednesday 6th June 2018. The Courtyard Terrace Story: We moved in to the renovated Cragend Grange in August 2014, having dismantled the middle Dairy barn to create a central space, and work started on the internal courtyard in the south. The Armstrong Wing bedroom suite was also completed during 201 ...

Cragside is one of the National Trust's top properties, enthralling children and adults alike. It was originally the home of Lord William Armstrong. Cragend Farm was also part of this estate, for Armstrongs prize cattle,  and we are located on the south side of the estate. Featured on Channel 5 on Tuesday 27th March 2018  with Alan Titchmarsh, it showcased the great house and ...

This notice has appeared at an office in Birmingham and we thought it was such a great idea we wanted to thank them for their support by giving them a mention: "TO ALL STAFF: In the Kitchen at Stechford is a picture if the 8 Sheep of which 6 may be in lamb. Some have scans  stating 2 foetus seen, some 1 and some are just scanned not confirmed.  The competition relates to th ...

Enjoy a relaxing stay at Cragend Farm at East Cottage (self catering accommodation) or in one of our Bed and Breakfast rooms in Cragend Grange. Book DIRECT or call us for further information. Short Breaks and longer stays available. Other websites may charge commission to sell you the same dates so book DIRECT! ...

This Gilkes Turbine was invented by Lord Armstrong of Cragside and Henry Watson of Newcastle in the 1880's to power milling, threshing, and grinding machines in the Machine Room at Cragend Farm. It is linked by underground pipes to the Silo on the south-east side of the farm, which powered a Jig that lifted 32 x 1 tonne weights to make silage for the cattle on the farm. It wa ...

The Northumberland & Newcastle Society wrote an exciting review of Cragend Farm as part of our Open Day visit in June 2017. Here is the piece in full and further information about the society can be found at www.nandnsociety.org.uk: Cragend Farm’s Armstrong legacy. From the Carriage Drive at Cragside, you may well have looked down on Cragend Farm just south of the estate ...

There are plenty of places to choose from to eat in Northumberland if you are planning a visit to stay at Cragend Grange and Cragend Farm. There are Pubs and Restaurants in Rothbury and in nearby villages and towns, here is a list of just a few of them: Rothbury: The Turks Head Newcastle House Hotel The Queens Head Tomlinsons Bunkhouse and Cafe The Coquetvale Hotel  The ...

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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