Cragside House showing dressing room & Turkish plunge pool

In addition to the hot room at Cragside, Lord Armstrong's private Turkish bath suite had a cooling/dressing room, and a plunge pool with shower.
The house was originally built for Lord Armstrong to the design of an unknown architect early in the 1860s. It was much enlarged and reconstructed by Norman Shaw at the end of the decade. Shaw's plans for a Turkish bath suite under the library are dated 5 May 1870, but they were considerably altered before they were built. They were ready for use on 4 November.
Norman Shaw is not known to have previously built a Turkish bath, and it may well be that he took advice from the Tyneside architect, James Shotton.
Some time earlier, Shotton had built a private Turkish bath for George Crawshay (who falsely claimed that it was the first to be built in England since Roman times) and also, in 1869, the Cecil Street Turkish baths in North Shields. Five years later, in 1874, Shotton went on to design the Pilgrim Street Turkish Baths for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Turkish Bath Company Limited. The company secretary was John H Armstrong, its chairman was Addison Potter, and its shareholders included two Watsons, one of whom was a Director-all of whom were related to Lord Armstrong.
Quite a few photos here including the gardens which i haven't visited this year .... yet :)
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[@alixakablackcat3739]

👋Hiya Ray, Lovely place for a walk about. Ty for the tour and descriptions of what were seeing. Just one day... .and you know what I'm thinking. Doing okay here seems we get one good day and followed by rain for the rest of the week. Hopefully your doing well. Tc and stay safe Ray. Cya at your next journey. 😉 🤗🥰❤️🐈‍⬛

[@Raybo1uk]

Hiya 😃👋🤗 yes it’s a great place to walk, I’ll be heading back soon to see how the gardens are looking 😁🌹🪻🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼 glad you’re fine, we have had horrendous weather but it seems to be picking up a bit now, at least from what we’ve had lol. Here is pretty much like your weather, one nice day 6 poor ones 😂😂 but I guess if we choose wisely we can get out and about …. YAY!! 🥳 I have another couple of videos to edit yet but hopefully they will be up soon 🤗❤️🐈‍⬛

[@ladyintheskyuk]

Beautiful Craig side. 👌 lovely footage ❤It's an incredible place.

[@Raybo1uk]

Might head for the gardens next time if we get a day without rain 🤣🤗👍🏻

[@jillwanlin9558]

Greetings from Canada Ray! 🍁 Cragside House is definitely one of the best places that you’ve featured on this channel. If people haven’t seen the previous videos, you need to check them out. Lord Armstrong was such a smart, innovative man who lived to be 90 (1810-1900). If the Turkish bath was completed in 1870, that means he would have enjoyed these rooms for 30yrs. So, it WAS Prince Edward aka “Bertie,” heir apparent, that would have been the frequent guest at Cragside enjoying a Turkish bath. That was my guess (had to look it up to be certain), but not in the least surprised lol. A man of questionable character to be sure. Also, not too shabby digs for officers during wartime. Not a bad location for barracks either. Thanks again for putting this all together Ray. I know it takes alot of time and effort on your part. I, for one, am always grateful. Getting a notification from you brightens up my day. Raybo1uk aka a little “Ray” of sunshine ☀️ 😎 take care til next time! 🇨🇦🇬🇧🤗❤️

[@Raybo1uk]

Hiya Jill 😃🤗👋 it is an amazing place. The innovation and design of the house and the whole surrounding area are fantastic. It’s hard to believe how they did everything. Bertie was maybe a “dirty Bertie” 🤣🤣🤣 The officers during wartime would have been spoilt in that place, I wonder if they used the snooker table too 😁 I have a couple more videos currently to do, one is a road trip so might take some time to piece together but hopefully you will enjoy them both once uploaded. Thank you as always for your lovely comments and compliments which for me make this all worthwhile. Doing a 200 mile round trip to get very few views can be challenging to the mind and pocket haha. Until the next one take care 🙏🏻 be safe and look after yourself 🤗❤️🌹🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@FXWalesAnnaAlf]

Ray my comnent doesn't seem to be sticking so I hope you get this. Loved the house, its stunning and in beautiful grounds, you captured it sooo well. I would love to use all of the facilities there especially the pmunge pool with shower 😃 What a fabulous place, wonderful architecture :) ~ Anna 👍

[@Raybo1uk]

Hi Anna 👋 that happens to me all the time, even after trying multiple times so it’s obviously a bug, probably one introduced by KZbin with all their update fixes 🤣🤣 glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏻🤗 Hope you and Alf are doing well 🙏🏻