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Cragside has featured in an Open University Arts Foundation Course, [129] Jonathan Meades's documentary series Abroad Again in Britain, [130] BBC One's Britain's Hidden Heritage, [131] Glorious Gardens from above, [132] Great Coastal Railway Journeys, [133] Hidden Treasures of the National Trust [134] and ITV's series Inside the National Trust ...
Armstrong decided to live at Bamburgh and gave Cragside, with 911 acres, to the British government in lieu of death duties. In 1977 the house was transferred to the National Trust through the National Land Fund, and Armstrong gave the Trust an endowment.
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
His new house was called Cragside, and over the years Armstrong added to the Cragside estate. Eventually the estate was 1,729 acres (7.00 km 2 ) and had seven million trees planted, together with five artificial lakes and 31 miles (50 km) of carriage drives, and his demonstration centre at Cragend Farm Hydraulic Silo.
The Trust was incorporated on 12 January 1895 as the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, which is still the organisation's legal name. The founders were social reformer Octavia Hill , solicitor Sir Robert Hunter and clergyman Hardwicke Rawnsley .
Both paintings owned by the National Trust and housed at Cragside, the home of Armstrong's son. Around 1801, Armstrong married Ann Potter, [ 1 ] the eldest daughter of William Potter of Walbottle House, and a "highly cultured woman" according to Henry Palin Gurney , writing for the Dictionary of National Biography . [ 6 ]
Historically, the trust tended to focus on English country houses, which still make up the largest part of its holdings, but it also protects historic landscapes such as in the Lake District, historic urban properties, and nature reserves.
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