This is a great area with lots of walks, interesting local towns and villages, and plenty more to keep you busy; moors and waterfalls, abbeys and gardens - Eggleston Hall is just a mile or so up the road (or path), excellent.. The Coach House is spacious; as described, comfortable, with very good facilities - a well executed conversion and renovation. Lots of walks radiate from the village; Tees Railway Path, Tees-side Way and numerous others based on public footpaths.
There's a distinct contrast between the two pubs in the village; you pays your money and you takes your choice ... literally. The Rose & Crown is a good example of an inn with food, comfy but costly; The Kirk, on the other hand, is an old-school local, hidden in plain sight ... a breath of fresh(ish) air. In a market dominated by artfully contrived ambience, The Kirk offers the real thing; a pile of logs for the fire, a dose of random furniture, a couple of dogs and a landlord who's happy to share wise words and hospitality with anyone who comes through the door - one evening that was nobody, another, there were a dozen or more, all engaged in lively conversation; just brilliant!
We had a great time, despite some pretty mixed weather; snow and ice, brilliant sunshine, lashing rain, gale-force winds. Always a warm welcome awaits back at The Coach House.