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Cragside – From the Inside
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 20th 2014
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Cragside – The Rock Garden
Information about the rock garden can be found in this previous post of mine.
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2014
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Cragside – The Iron Bridge
The historic Iron Bridge within the grounds of Cragside was re-opened in 2009 for the first time in nearly 30 years. The 19th century bridge spans the Debdon Burn and until that time the grade II listed bridge had been closed due to safety concerns.
It is now possible for visitors to walk across the bridge, [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2014
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Enjoying the Blooms
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2014
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2014
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Cragside Glasshouse
From the Cragside Garden Blog:
The Orchard House, we believe, was built circa 1870′s. We have no official documentation with regards to this but photos from around this time show the Orchard House and the old Top Terrace glasshouse range. However we believe that Lord Armstrong possibly designed the Orchard House and a company called [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2014
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The Cragside Dahlia Walk
Whilst researching for some information to go along with this post I came across a new National Trust blog about the Cragside formal garden. The latest post on the blog shows a little tidy up operation on the clock tower view in my recent post.
Here are some different views of the Dahlia Walk that I [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2014
