Tree Dedication Celebrating 10 years with 10 varieties of trees. Dedicate a tree in memory of a loved one and help save the environment. A memory or condolence dedication gift is a lovely way to retain memories of a loved one and makes a wonderful keepsake for the family to treasure, and for future generations. Our dedication trees all have registration passports, and ar ...
Historic Tours
Historic Tours 2021 WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATION OF 10 YEARS HERE AT CRAGEND. Booking open now for our historic tours of the Farm, with information and tales aplenty about our links ot Cragside and Lord William Armstrong. Our Grade II* Listed Silo and outbuildings are full of history and intrigue. Bookings taken direct via our website using our contact page ...
Film Location
Cragside, the National Trust property located in Rothbury, was used as a film location for 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'. The main house doubles up as Lockwood Manor, the mansion of the character Benjamin Lockwood. Cragside has also been used for 'The Current War' starring Benedict Cumberbatch about Thomas Edison. Come and stay at Cragend Farm, with heritage directly li ...
What 3 words
What 3 Words is an new App that gives you the specific grid references you need when you are visiting us at East Cottage (self-catering accommodation) or at our B&B rooms at Cragend Grange to show you where to go when you arrive. A great way to welcome you to Northumberland! To get the app: https://what3words.com/daring.lion.race Our references are: Cragend Grange ...
Hedge Maintenance
We have been replacing sub-standard fence post with more sturdy ones during the Covid Lockdown and the results are very pleasing on many levels. Our wildlife that are encouraged to take shelter in the hedgerows are better protected from predators. Our sheep, cattle and goats are now more securely fenced in which means they are now to be found in the field where they were le ...
Northumberland 250
Come and stay in Northumberland - our farmhouse chic accommodation welcomes you to relax and enjoy the countryside. There is a new route with points of interest and mapping information called The Northumberland 250. It is a 250 mile route around the county, with specific points of interest logged on it. Cragend Farm is on the B6344 road from Rothbury to Morpeth and is next ...
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 seasoned wood?
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.
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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