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Freestanding neo-Classical three-bay two-storey Greek cross-plan pleasure house over basement, built 1758-76. Shallow pitched copper-sheeted roof with parapet walls and balustrades having two chimneystacks disguised as Grecian urns, and concealed gutters with drip-chain downpipes hidden inside four hollow columns. Rusticated Portland Stone walls with ornamented stringcourse and corner pilasters surrounded by projecting Doric portico of columns and entablature having frieze of triglyphs and bucrania with projecting bracketed cornice; swag frieze to north and south, with statuary to north and pediments to east and west. Square-headed window openings with raised classical surrounds, having brackets and pulvinated friezes, containing multiple-pane timber sliding sash windows; secondary square-headed window openings with rusticated surrounds and keystones, containing six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway with raised classical surround having ornamented pediment and frieze, containing fielded timber door with inset double-leaf section opening onto limestone terrace with steps vaulting over basement to north and south, having reclining lions to corners and balustrades to basements. Grass margins to front of building in remains of landscape park, with gate screen surviving to north having piers of vermiculated rustication. Interior has sixteen rooms, including reception rooms, bedrooms, kitchen and servants' quarters.
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