It was formerly a private residence, and later a council office, until it was converted into the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel in the 1970s, later adding a restaurant and bar.

The building is of coursed and squared tooled sandstone, with the roof being made of slate and has scalloped bands and ridge cresting.

The building's entrance contains an asymmetric gabled porch with polished granite shafts to a deep-moulded arch engraved with the text "Trust in God" on a scroll.

[3][1] While the interior of the building has largely retained its original layout, with details such as the encaustic-tiled entrance hall, and quatrefoil rossette panelled staircase still surviving.

[3][1] The building was designed in the 1860s by local architect James Reynolds Gummow[5] as a private residence for Edward Jones.