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DHR received an easement on the Claughton-Wright House and  5.34 acres of land in January 2009. Located on Wright’s Cove, a tributary of Glebe Creek, the Claughton-Wright House is a diminutive house style once common in the Tidewater landscape. Nearly all such small, well-built dwellings of prosperous but unpretentious planters have either disappeared or have been engulfed in later enlargements. The house was constructed in 1787 by William Claughton, owner of some 422 acres and an officer in the local militia. A striking feature is the massive brick chimney with its glazed-header Flemish bond and tiled weatherings.