Also on the property are three outbuildings, as well as a large subterranean brick cistern, now part of the basement to the house.

The first elements of the first portion can be dated to approximately 1699 as a part of Adam Thoroughgood's "Grand Patent."

On the property, there were three outbuildings including a large underground cistern which now serve as a basement.

The Hermitage, located about 50 yards from the northeastern end of Thoroughgood Cove, is a single dwelling accompanied by three outbuildings that was sold by a James Collier in 1954 along with Thoroughgood and Bayville farms to develop the neighborhood of Thoroughgood, the first development in Virginia Beach.

Today, there is evidence of this with the high number of cedar trees in the neighborhood of Thoroughgood.