Arms manufacturer's country palace, sporting ingenious mechanical toys such as hydro-electricity. It's virtually impossible to get there without a car, and the grounds are so extensive that the National Trust actually let you drive around.    The house contains an extensive collection of Victorian pictures, including the best set of Evelyn de Morgans outside the De Morgan Centre (who own these ones too). There is a rather amazing gallery added on to the top of the house, in which many of the pictures are displayed; even so, as usual the NT emphasizes the interior as a whole, and viewing conditions for some pictures are not perfect.    There is some interesting Victorian sculpture, and also stained glass by Morris & Co, after designs by Brown, Burne-Jones and Rossetti. Map

Works at Cragside by Evelyn Pickering De Morgan Walter Charles Horsley John Rodham Spencer Stanhope George Frederick Watts