Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Cragside

Cragside

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 9, 2018 by Ealdgyth - Talk 16:17, 19 January 2018 (UTC)



Cragside is a Victorian country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist and philanthropist, he made Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. The entire estate, designed by Richard Norman Shaw, was technologically advanced, including early versions of a dishwasher and a dumb waiter, a hydraulic lift and a hydroelectric rotisserie. When Armstrong was raised to the peerage in 1887, he took his title from the name of his house. The building was derived from an original small shooting lodge, in two phases between 1869 and 1882. It was regarded as "one of the most dramatic compositions in all architecture". Armstrong filled the house with a significant art collection. It became an integral part of Armstrong's commercial operations, with guests including the Shah of Persia and the King of Siam. Following Armstrong's death in 1900, his heirs struggled to maintain the house and estate. In 1977 the National Trust acquired the estate and opened it to the public in 1979.
 * Most recent similar article(s): 8 November St Helen's Church
 * Main editors: KJP1, DBaK
 * Promoted: just now
 * Reasons for nomination: 9 February 2018 is the day it opens again after the winter, but could also be any other day.
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:13, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Support - as co-author, and apologies for the delay in getting to it. I think the re-opening for the 2018 season will be very nice and, should the date be confirmed, I shall write to the National Trust to let them know. KJP1 (talk) 22:15, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support - as the other co-author. Sorry; being new to this I didn't realize that I should contribute here. I think it's an excellent idea for the timing, and that tipping off the NT would be a lovely touch. Thanks, and best to all, DBaK (talk) 23:25, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Support. An interesting and appealing article.  Kablammo (talk) 02:35, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: originally requested this for the 9th, but graciously moved this article here to allow me to propose Guadalcanal Campaign on the 9 February, the 75th anniversary of its declared end.  I have gotten sufficiently far into the weeds with sources to determine that the last Japanese troops actually left the island in the evening hours of February 7th.  I am willing to move the battle article to February 7 so that this article can appear on the date of estate's opening for the season.  (I will edit the proposed blurb of the battle article to conform.)  Kablammo (talk) 14:41, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * - That's very kind - many thanks. DBaK (talk) 15:40, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * - Very kind indeed. If acceptable to everyone else, could we move it back to the suggested 9 February date? KJP1 (talk) 12:42, 14 January 2018 (UTC)