[3][4][5][6] It is considered to be one of the finest and earliest examples of Palladian architecture in Ireland, and was originally loosely modelled on Andrea Palladio's Villa La Rotonda in Vicenza, Italy.

Eric Dorman-Smith, grandson of Edward Smith, inherited the property on the death of his father in 1948, after serving in the British army in both world wars before resigning his commission in late 1944.

[13] The property was finally sold by a Receiver to an American lawyer, John Morehart in 2015 for €2m, with part of the grounds leased to the state-owned forestry company Coillte.

[15] The house is a Palladian style square-plan, four-bay two storey over basement villa set amidst a rolling drumlin landscape.

A protruding Doric entrance portico to the front of the building is also constructed in limestone atop a stone plinth, while the broad steps leading up to the villa are sided with ashlar.

[16][17][7] The interior contains marble busts of various members of the Coote family, while the entrance hall is paved with Portland stone slabs and contains a coffered elaborate plasterwork ceiling.