Classic view

The Thatched Cottage, Thornton le Dale

Sunday 14th June 2015

Today we had a run out to visit Penny Piece Cottage's garden at Kirkbymoorside in the National Gardens Scheme. What a fantastic cottage garden. We returned along the A170, stopping for ice cream at Balderson's in Thornton le Dale. We had a wander around the village eventually arriving at Beck Isle Cottage, the thatched cottage that has featured on many photographs over the years. I have photographed it in the past, but it has since got a new thatched roof and it looks 'too new'. The cottage was built in the 1600's and is a grade 2 listed building, but the new thatch somehow gives it a more modern appearance. My photograph is a classic view; it doesn't work in colour, but giving it a more antique look, shows off the new thatch, whilst keeping the chocolate box image. This timeless picture could have been taken in the late 1800's!