In 1880, Carl Jacobsen purchased the property Bakkegården next to his father's brewery and made it his family home.

The house lies pulled back from the street and is entered through a rough iron gate flanked by Carlsberg Museum building on one side and a small round guardhouse on the other.

The lintel bears Carl and Otilia Jacobsen's names in French, Bien faire—laisser dire ("do the right thing and let people talk"), which is also seen on the high walls of the winter garden at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.

The servants' wing is decorated with glazed ceramic reliefs of grasses and fruits created by K. Hansen Reistrup at Kähler's workshop.

[1] On the rear side of the house, a raised veranda with a rough iron balustrade runs along the full length of the building, overlooking the garden.