[4] The building was designed in 1899 by George Penrose Kennedy Young in the Renaissance style, built in ashlar stone[1] and was completed in 1901.

[1] Internally, the principal rooms were the general manager's office and the boardrooms which were all panelled with mahogany.

[3] The building was extended along the High Street by ten extra bays to the west in a similar style in 1958.

[7] The building was vacated by General Accident when it moved to a new head office at Necessity Brae in Pitheavlis in 1984.

[11][12][13] Located close to the River Tay, the building suffered severe flooding and was also hit by lightning in August 2020.