Thomas Bewick was born in the cottage in August 1753, he grew up there until the age of 14 when he moved to
Newcastle upon Tyne to become a bound apprentice with the Beilby family. The Cottage and the Farmhouse are now a museum to show what life was back when Thomas Bewick was alive. The Cottage has been furnished with items which would have been common at the time and the Farmhouse possesses a large collection of Bewick's publications, original engravings and printing equipment. File:Cherryburn bed-in-a-cupboard.jpg|Cherryburn bed-in-a-cupboard. It folded away by day, letting the room be used as a parlour. File:Cherryburn kitchen.jpg|Cherryburn kitchen. It was the main room of the cottage, occupying most of the ground floor. File:Bewick's wood-engraving tools.jpg|Some of Bewick's wood-engraving tools File:Printing demo at Cherryburn.jpg|Printing demo File:Box of Bewick's wood-engraving tools.jpg|Box of Bewick's wood-engraving tools File:Thomas Bewick aged 40, unknown artist c. 1793.jpg|Thomas Bewick aged 40, unknown artist c. 1793 File:Bewick's chair at Cherryburn.jpg|Bewick's chair File:Drawing of Thomas Bewick with his pencil and dog at Cherryburn.jpg|Drawing of Thomas Bewick with his pencil and dog ==References==