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A pair of Delft vases depicting  eight nationally important Historic Houses that have been mentored by Norman Hudson and the team there to preserve the great buildings of our nation, have been made by Royal ceramicist Deborah Sears, known for her work at Highgrove House for King Charles II. We would like to thank Historic Houses  for including us in this amazing presentation ...

Visit our Turbines and 'The Giant'. From May until October we open our doors to visitors for tours of our unique machinery made by Lord Armstrong of Cragside. Pre Booking is essential through Historic Houses Invitation to View. https://www.historichouses.org/house/cragend-farm/visit/ ...

Things to do in Coquetdale There is so much to do and see locally to Cragend Farm Visit Cragside - The first private house int he world to be lit by electricity. National Trust. Visit Simonside Hills -  Ancient and wild, walking endless trails and finding views that will take you breath away. Rothbury Hight Street -  Butcher, Baker and Hardware store where you can get yo ...

Holiday Accommodation near Simonside Hills Holiday accommodation close to the famous Simonside Hills with farmhouse chic.   Cragend Farm offers B&B rooms and self catering cottage for visitors to the Simonside Hills, near Cragside in The Coquet Valley, Coquetdale. Located near to Alnwick, Bamburgh, Hexham and Edinburgh it is the perfect stop off when visiting Northumbe ...

Cragside's little neighbour has a big story to tell Cragend Farm is a tourist attraction open on Tuesday and Wednesdays for tours during the summer months. Situated in the south east corner of the Cragside Estate and accessed from the B6344 it is open to visitors. Pre-Booking is required. Hosted by Historic Houses, we open our doors to Invitation to View visitors, for a t ...

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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