Grotesque architecture; or, rural amusement consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and natural grottos, cascades, baths, mosques, moresque pavilions, grotesque and rustic seats, green houses, &c. Many of which may be executed with flints, irregular stones, rude branches, and roots of trees. The whole containing twenty-eight new designs, with scales to each. To which is added, an explanation, with the method of executing them.

"Grotesque Architecture; or, Rural Amusement" by William Wrighte is an early 19th-century architectural guide filled with creative blueprints for unique, nature-inspired buildings. It showcases designs for huts, grottos, hermitages, and even structures like mosques, all intended to fit smoothly within natural settings. The book champions the use of materials found right in your backyard, such as stones, flints, and tree parts, in constructing these buildings. There are twenty-eight different designs with instructions, including layouts, heights, and cross-sections for everything from simple benches to complex cultural buildings. This book acts as both a how-to guide for constructing buildings in harmony with nature and a mirror of the artistic tastes of its time, celebrating the beauty of nature and the imaginative side of landscape design.