The Thatched Cottage

The Thatched Cottage is an estate cottage built around 1750 by Thomas Wright of Durham. It features a rendered exterior and a hipped thatched roof that overhangs and sweeps down to create a pentice, supported by arch-braced rustic timber piers, forming an 'umbrello'. The cottage is designed in the Gothick cottage orne style and consists of a single storey with attics accessed through dormers that are cut out of the thatch.

On the ground floor, there are four windows and a central door, while each elevation of the attic has a single window. The windows are 3- and 2-light casements with depressed ogee-headed tracery and diamond and square lead glazing patterns. The central door also features depressed ogee-headed tracery, and the two taller timber uprights of the pentice create a porch with a thatched roof positioned below the attic window. There is a single-storey thatched extension at the north end. This cottage is an early example of the cottage orne style and is considered one of Wright's most significant works for the 4th Duke of Beaufort during the period from 1748 to 1756.