A room which proved that inventor Lord Armstrong was a bright spark has opened to visitors after a restoration makeover. The industrialist’s Electrical Room is at his Cragside home in ...

Cragside, the world's first home to be powered by hydroelectricity, ... It seems as though the players of card and domino games have just left the room upon my entrance.

The drawing room at Cragside and the ten-tonne fireplace (Image: Daniel Hall/Newcastle Chronicle) Last up is the billiard room, where the table is overrun with more plants as candles twinkle away.

Cragside, in Rothbury ... stately home of 19th century industrialist Lord William Armstrong and his wife Margaret were baffled when they saw room after room full of artwork covered by white sheets.

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

Cragside House, near Rothbury, was built by the industrialist Lord William Armstrong, ... The drawing room, with the ornately decorated Italian marble fireplace as its centrepiece, ...

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.