A colossal marble fireplace at a Victorian stately home is undergoing repairs after water damage put it at risk of crumbling. The intricately carved feature at Cragside in Northumberland dates ...

A colossal marble fireplace at a Victorian stately home is undergoing repairs after water damage put it at risk of crumbling. The intricately carved feature at Cragside in Northumberland dates ...

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The fireplace dominates Cragside’s drawing room and was finished in time to warm Prince and Princess of Wales, the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, in 1884.

Cragside, the world's first home to be powered by hydroelectricity, ... One of the guests remarks, "It's probably one of the only fireplaces Santa Claus could actually get down".

Cragside, the world's first home to be powered by hydroelectricity, is one of the best-known tourist attractions in Northumberland - and this Christmas, ... the ten-tonne fireplace.

Cragside was a home where all standards of modern living could be found in one place; hot and cold running water, electric light, central heating, and mechanical domestic appliances.

The giant redwood at Cragside stands at 138ft. Credit: National Trust The decorated tree, which can be found on the edge of the Rock Garden, stands at 138ft and dwarfs the Victorian mansion which ...