There was an incline before you got to the coachman's garden, with a stile and a footpath. This was where the cottages were built. In one of the cottages there lived a lady by the named of Mrs. Elvin with her three children. Mrs Elvin had a little small holding there where she kept hens. The hens were given the run of the house as well as her smallholding.

Across from her cottage were the stables. This is where the Coachman's Pub is now situated. In the centre of Burnthouse Lane there were a number of cottages. One at the very bottom going towards Fellside Road called Laundry Cottage, (now Garth Cottage) as there was a well, where presumably they did the laundry for the Big House.

When the Coachmans was built it was not originally meant to be a Public House. It was built for a Mrs Fenteman who was going to live there, but she never went into it as a house. It was commissioned for her by a Mr. Wilkinson and built by Mr. Alex Watson. Mr. Wilkinson who had a pop business in Gateshead lived in Whickham Park. Eventually Watson's Builders bought the building themselves and extended it to make it into a Public House.

The pub has had many alterations over the years including one done by Scottish & Newcastle Breweries when they took the pub over. High standards of building were laid down. Increased accommodation around the nucleus of the existing buildings was required.

The main problem for the architects, Williamson, Faulkner, Brown and Partners, and consulting engineers, R.W. Gregory and partners, was to incorporate the new buildings in a way which would not detract from the appearance and performance of the new premises.

Every effort had to be made to preserve the rural aspect of the area and to preserve most of the existing trees. To succeed in this, to increase rather than detract from the rural aspect, heavily tiled roofs and substantial walls were used. The pleasant looking character of the premises was retained by eliminating windows, which faced onto the car park or the road and concentrating them upon views between the trees.

Some of the Previous Landlords: Mr. Jeff Dunn Mr. Joe Foreshaw was there for six years Mr. Fred Howitt and his wife Jean who were at the Coachmans for almost 17 Years Mrs. Pat Hudson was landlady for six years.