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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.  ...

East Cottage is a Victorian workers dwelling built by Lord Armstrong of Cragside.  It sleeps 4, with one Kingsize bed and a twin room. It has a shower and a bath with two toilets. As a dog friendly holiday home you are welcome to walk in our farm fields and make the most of our beautiful countryside. Cyclists who like a challenge with a few hills will enjoy our beautiful ...

We would like to thank everyone who suggested names for our rare breed pedigree animals and especially those who chose to sponsor their named animal. If you are interested in sponsoring the names listed below, please contact us and we will be able to send you details about your chosen name: Whitebred Shorthorn Cattle: 1. Bull calf: Cragend Casper 2. Heifer calf: Crage ...

We are so thrilled with this great review we felt we had to share it: Couldn’t have felt more welcomed by Shaun and Lou. We spent two relaxing nights at Cragend Farm, and it’s safe to say we didn’t want to leave. We stayed in The Armstrong Wing and it was immaculate and so cosy. The bed was like ‘sleeping on a cloud’. Breakfast was superb! Could eat like that every morning. ...

Historic Tours start this month Tours are to re-open after Pandemic shuts down one of  Lord Armstrong of Cragside's enduring heritage sites for the ‘renewables generation’ Despite having to close due to the Pandemic last year, Cragend Farm is pleased to be re-opening in May with Historic Tours of its Farm and buildings including the unique Hydraulic Listed Silo. As well as b ...

East Cottage Self Catering 2 bedroom historic Victorian Cottage available to rent for 7th - 21st May 2021 after a last minute cancellation. Please contact us for more details or use the book now button. ...

Our Pedigree Breed Cheviot sheep have been busy  today as lambing starts here at Cragend Farm with five new lambs born.  If you would like to see more please follow us on our Cragend Cheviot Sheep Facebook page and see all our updates on our  blog . You can also take an active role and sponsor one of our sheep, and even name the new ones. Please contact us for more details. ...

Well-loved Local Rothbury resident plants a dedication tree in April 2021.   Anthea Logan-Wood planted this Red oak tree on Sunday in the sunshine. She is a well known and loved Rothbury resident. As a child, she was evacuated to Cragend Farm during the Second World War, and her family stay is part of the history at Cragend Farm.  Her ties to Rothbury and Cragend Farm are stro ...

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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