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We are members of The Historic Houses Organisation, where membership gives you the opportunity to visit private houses and castles where historic and listed buildings are located. AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE! Historic Houses are offering our guests a £5 discount on a new annual membership, whether as a Christmas or Birthday gift or to use yourself, when you quote our co ...

We have been certified as an Assured Beef and Lamb Farm with Little Red Tractor. If you have any enquiries please contact us about our rare breed cows and sheep. ...

Christmas 2021 We are so thrilled that we are allowed to have guests staying for Christmas and New Year in 2021 and if you would like to book our cottage please contact us using the contact page or call 01669-621533. Log burner with range cooking facilities to keep you toasty warm in the winter. 140 acres of beautiful farm and woodland to explare. Dog friendly. ...

Holiday 2022 Booking is now open for your holiday 2022. As part of Cragside Estate Cragend Farm is a Historic House site with plenty of history, where you can stay in the Victorian workers cottage, or relax in the newly renovated 16th century barn for B&B accommodation. We have East Cottage that sleeps 4 and is self-catering. The Armstrong Wing and The West Room are ...

Bookings now open for 2022 We are now taking bookings for 2022 for our to Bed and Breakfast rooms. If you are planning a wedding and want to save dates for guests please let us know directly as we are able to make both rooms available to you when possible. Family and friends of the Bride and Groom are welcome and our rooms are well equipped for getting ready for the big d ...

Bookings for 2022 We are open for bookings at Christmas and New Year 2021 and also for 2022. Please email us or use the contact form to ask about availability. Cragend Grange B&B: The Armstrong Wing The West Room  Cragend Farm: East Cottage - self-catering holiday cottage. Sleeps 4. ...

This is Teddy a Lakeland Terrier who is staying at Cragend Farm with his family over the Bank Holiday weekend. He is definitely centre stage here and as well as being very well behaved has a fancy for sausages! ...

Cragend Grange, located at Cragend Farm, is a great place to stay for a holiday or short-break, and more people now also booking to stay for local weddings as they are now finally back on track. Our large room with wardrobe space for hats and outfits as well as en suite bathroom with plenty of space to get ready for the big day is a great way to spend a weekend with frie ...

Historic Tours 2021 We have been hosting Historic Tours in association with Historic Houses this year and we thought that we should let this review guide anyone wanting to book to visit us for a Tour: "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 - an ...

Meet Teddy, the most delightful Shih Tzu who came to stay at Cragend Grange at the beginning of July 2021. We have not had people to stay for a long time because of Covid and so it was a delight to have this little chap and his owners staying here for a few days while they visited relatives and toured the Northumbrian countryside. He was so well behaved and very friendly.  ...

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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