It was designed in the Italian Renaissance architecture style and was built in 1887, during the reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan of Koch dynasty.

[citation needed] The Palace is fronted on the ground and first floors by a series of arcaded verandahs with their piers arranged alternately in single and double rows.

[3] The Rajbari or the Cooch Behar Palace is a grand monument constructed in the Italian Renaissance form of architecture.

[citation needed] A splendid porch positioned in the center of the monument serves as an entrance to Rajbari through the Durbar Hall.

The dome also is beautifully carved in step pattern and rests on four arches supported by huge Corinthian columns adorned with a lantern on the top.