The drawing room at Cragside

Date:
1891
Location:
CRAGSIDE, Rothbury, CRAGSIDE, Northumberland
Reference:
BL10962
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Cragside was built in 1864 for the industrialist and inventor William George Armstrong, 1st Lord Armstrong (1810-1900), by the architect R Norman Shaw. It included many technological innovations and was the first to have electric lighting powered by water.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Shaw, Richard Norman

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Client: Armstrong, William George

Client: Armstrong

Keywords

Drawing Room, Victorian Country House