Rothbury, Northumberland

Cragside Garden Cottage

A view across the roof of Cragside Garden Cottage to the formal gardens, Northumberland

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A Northumberland getaway in the blossoming gardens of Cragside.

Guests
6
Bedrooms
3
Acorn rating
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Number of dogs welcome
0
Reference
017005
Stay in the house built by Victorian inventor, Lord Armstrong, on the Cragside estate. This uniquely designed cottage sits in the formal gardens of the estate where views extend over the Italian Terrace to the Coquet Valley and Simonside Hills beyond. Inside a homely space awaits, where original features and classic décor embellish the rooms.

As a guest you’ll have free access to the Cragside gardens, house and woodlands. You’ll also have the shops, pubs and tea rooms of traditional Northumbrian village, Rothbury, nearby too.

Further afield, the Northumberland Coast AONB can be reached within a 35-minute drive. Be sure to visit Embleton Bay, a vast sandy beach with the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle providing the backdrop.

Layout
Ground floor layout
Entrance porch, sitting room with wood-burning stove, three steps to kitchen/dining room, bedroom (double with 5' bed) with en-suite with shower, bathroom with shower over bath.
First floor layout
Two bedrooms (two twins, one with washbasin) in the eaves.
Wi-Fi, available
Garden, available
EV charging, not available
Fridge, available
Freezer, available
Microwave, available
Open fire / wood burner, available
Television, available
DVD, available
Washing machine, available
Dishwasher, available
Tumble dryer, available
BBQ, not available
Cot & high chair, available
Heating: Gas central heating included.

WIFI: We’re pleased to provide free WiFi access at this accommodation which is supported by BT. Please note intermittent connection problems can sometimes occur and therefore should not be relied upon.

Garden: Small terrace is accessed from French window at dining end of kitchen. There is an open lawn area shared with Cragside Park Cottage. While the lawn area is private, it is adjacent to Cragside’s formal garden, and therefore not completely secluded from the public view.

Guests have access to the Cragside grounds except in extreme weather conditions and/or when forestry operations or maintenance taking place in certain areas.

Parking: Parking space outside cottage.

Offers: Holiday cottages guests have free access to the house, gardens and woodland.

Offers: Guests will benefit from a late Sunday checkout of 4pm at this cottage.

Cragside Park Cottage is joined to Cragside Garden Cottage. They share an an open lawn area and can be booked together for a group of up to 12.

Cragside Park Cottage

An Arts and Crafts-style house. Sleeps six.

Cragside House on a spring day. The House is surrounded by green trees and there are some flowers appearing in the Rock Garden that surrounded it.

Place

Cragside

Britain's original smart home which sits at the heart of a grand fantasy garden.

Two visitors walking along a path lined with tall purple flowers in the Formal Garden. They are wearing open light jackets and smiling and laughing as they walk.

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Things to do in the gardens at Cragside

Explore the ultimate designer garden. With spectacular vision, William and Margaret Armstrong transformed the grounds from a bare moorside into a fantasy mountain landscape. Created for beauty and function you’ll discover towering trees, overflowing flower beds, trickling burns, dramatic water cascades and engineered lakes that were created to harness the power of water.

A woman and two young children gaze up to look at artworks on the umber-painted walls of the Gallery at Cragside, Northumberland

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Things to do in the house at Cragside

Cragside House was Britain's original 'smart home'. The Victorian mansion illuminated by hydroelectricity and powered hydraulics.

A sculpture of a face with decorative leaves carved into a fallen tree at Cragside, Northumberland

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Things to do on the estate at Cragside

Stretching your legs in the cool winter air is a great way to blow away the cobwebs and recharge your batteries. You could re-discover some of your favourites hidden gems, or perhaps find a couple of new ones on a walk at Cragside.

A close up of a red squirrel on a branch on the floor of woodland on Brownsea Island, Dorset

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Caring for Cragside's Red Squirrels

Cragside is one of a few locations that has a population of the UK’s native red squirrels. Discover how we care for this tufty-eared species. Discover how we care for this tufty-eared species.

Two girls walking along the banks of the Nelly's Moss lakes

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Nelly's Moss lakes walk, Cragside

North East

Discover the historic lakes, engineered by Lord Armstrong as part of his pioneering hydro-electricity system, on this easy circular walk at Cragside, and spot wildlife like frogs and herons.