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@victurk.bsky.social Oct 13, 2026, 10:15 AM

#onthisday, 13 October 1853, was born the actor and singer Lillie Langtry who visited several #TurkishBaths, and also featured in an advert for the Pilgrim Street Turkish baths in #Newcastle. She may have been to Lord Armstrong's bath at #Cragside with HRH, but we're not absolutely sure. 🗃️ #C19th

Photo of Lillie Langtry advertising the baths, in a letter written in December 1885: "[ I write a line to tell you how much pleased I have been with the way you manage the Ladies Bath.] I attribute my perfect health to the Turkish Bath, which I take twice a week regularly. I find it keeps my skin in excellent condition, notwithstanding the pigments one is unfortunately obliged to use on the stage, and I think for all small ailments the Turkish Baths is the best Doctor to fly to."

Photo of part of the entrance to the Pilgrim Street Turkish baths, to the right of Miller's paint shop.

Architect James Shotton's plan of the Pilgrim Street Turkish baths. At the bottom of the plan can be seen the doorway from the street (partly shown in previous image).

Typical advertisement for the baths giving the opening times, quoting Langtry's letter, and offering refreshments including chops and steaks. Also boasts "The Only Russian Bath in the North of England," though the validity of this claim is unknown.

@listermj.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:05 AM

#PalacesandGardens #ItsAJungleOutThere
The Drawing Room at Cragside House, Rothbury, Northumberland.
The fireplace is carved from Italian marble and alabaster, it stands 6 metres tall from floor to ceiling and weighs 10 tonnes.
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#cragside #northumberland #photography #eastcoastkin

This image shows the magnificent Drawing Room and its massive carved fireplace inside Cragside, a historic 19th century country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, England.
The fireplace is carved from Italian marble and alabaster, featuring intricate figures, book-matched marble patterns, and Ionic columns. it stands 6 metres tall from floor to ceiling and weighs 10 tonnes. It is so heavy that it is seated directly on the bedrock below.
The red walls are covered in a number of important paintings including a Turner watercolour. Between the walls and the glazed ceiling is ornate arched plasterwork. A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling in the centre of the room.
The room was built in the 1880s by architect Richard Norman Shaw for the Victorian industrialist and inventor Lord William Armstrong.
The room was completed just in time for the royal visit of the Prince of Wales and his family in August 1884 who came to inspect the intriguing new technologies of the house.
Cragside is famous for being Britain's original smart home, pioneering the use of hydroelectricity and hydraulic power.
It lays claim to be the first private house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.

@allantadams.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 8:41 AM

We recently visited Cragside, near Rothbury in Northumberland. Plenty to see & draw there, including the clocktower and former estate manager's house.

#Cragside #ArchitecturalIllustration
#pen #drawing
#ArtShare

Pen drawing of a clocktower among tree foliage in the background of a sundial on a stone pedestal with a wooden bench behind. In the formal gardens of Cragside, Northumberland.

A large house with numerous gables drawn from the upper terrace of a garden on a hillside. In the distance the Northumberland hills above the town of Rothbury.

@lincolnmaplady.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 6:13 PM

Beautiful #Cragside in #Northumberland painted on a #VintageMap from 1965
#WomanInBizHour @nationaltrust.org.uk #Gardens #MHHSBD #Prints
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@victurk.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 11:48 AM

#onthisday, 5 Sept 1884, #Whitehaven #TurkishBaths opened—the 1st in the world to be lit by electricity using Swan's Incandescent Lamps as in Armstrong's nearby #Cragside. 3 hot rooms, salt water plunge, needle douche, shampooing & cooling-room. www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... 🗃️ #C19th