[1][2] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing Back Causeway; there was an external double forestair containing a blind oculus leading up to a central doorway with a rectangular fanlight on the first floor.

[4][5][6] A wooden panel painted with the royal coat of arms of King Charles I was installed above the fireplace in the reception room on the first floor.

[8] In the mid-20th century, a plaque was installed at the top of the double forestair to commemorate the life of John Alistair Erskine Cunningham Jr of Balgownie (1869–1934), who had served as provost of the burgh for 42 years.

[11] The ground floor was converted into an exhibition area and a room designated for use as a National Trust gift shop.

[1] A plinth surmounted by a bust, depicting Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, which had been designed by the sculptor Scott Sutherland and initially installed at the entrance at Rosyth Dockyard, was relocated to the front of the town house just to the west of the tron, on the closure of the naval base in the late 1990s.