A design by University of Liverpool based architects Gerald Beech and Dewi Prys Thomas was chosen by the magazine Woman's Journal as its 'House of the Year' scheme for 1960.

[4] Upon completion it was opened up to viewing for the general public for four weeks between 25 February and 27 March 1960,[4] during which time it became a local attraction and was visited by tens of thousands of people.

The kitchen and cloakroom form the main traditionally partitioned spaces on the ground floor; the latter's curved cedarwood frame protrudes outside of the front elevation.

[2][3] It is constructed of Western Hemlock timber,[4] balloon framed,[2] supported upon four Douglas Fir[4] glulam crossbeams that rest on the tops of the walls of the ground floor and run from the front to the back of the house.

[1][3] Examples include: stiletto heel coat hooks in the cloakroom, slots for a telephone, directory and coal scuttle in the built-in fire surround, dining room wall niches for wine bottles and concealed strip lights within the wooden pelmets of the bedrooms.