Wuthering Heights’ designer shares disturbing set details: Here’s why Thrushcross Grange feels like a suffocating dollhouse

The 2026 big-screen version of Wuthering Heights isn’t just making noise for its performances — it’s the production design that’s haunting audiences long after the credits roll. Designer Suzie Davies has transformed Thrushcross Grange into something far more unsettling than a stately English home, embedding deeply symbolic and eerie details into nearly every room.




Thrushcross Grange may appear opulent, but its proportions are deliberately exaggerated. Built almost like a dollhouse, the rooms dwarf the characters, making them look small and swallowed by their surroundings. Even the striking blue exterior was chosen to feel visually unnatural against the moors. Rather than blending into the landscape, the house stands apart from it — polished, artificial and quietly suffocating. The effect reinforces the emotional disconnect between refined society and the wild intensity that defines the story.




The most talked-about space in the film is Catherine’s bedroom. The padded wall panels were modelled on Margot Robbie’s skin tone and detailing, complete with subtle freckles and vein-like textures. Strands of blonde hair are draped across furniture, creating the uncanny sense that the room is physically connected to her. Instead of simply reflecting her personality, the space feels like an extension of her body. It turns desire and obsession into something tactile, suggesting how deeply she is consumed by the narrative’s emotional currents.




Elsewhere, darkness is embedded in the decor. A partially obscured “Seven Deadly Sins” painting hangs in the parlour, hinting at moral decay beneath civility. The drawing room walls are studded with crystals designed to resemble vivianite — often referred to as “corpse crystals” — subtly weaving death into the structure of the house. In the dining room, silver-textured walls appear to sweat, giving the space a feverish intensity.

And then there are the hands. Sculpted hands appear in chandeliers, fireplaces and ceiling details throughout the Grange, many cast from members of the design team. The recurring motif reinforces themes of longing and ghostly attachment that define the story.