[1] The design of the three-storey building involved a symmetrical main frontage of six bays facing onto Litfield Place.

The central section of four bays featured a recessed colonnade formed by nine Doric order columns placed in antis supporting an entablature.

[2] In the late 19th century, Dorset House was the home of the local member of parliament, Sir Joseph Dodge Weston.

[5][6] She appointed herself medical director,[7] and developed the school such that it taught a wide range of occupational therapies including weaving, bookbinding, and other crafts.

[9] After the war the house in Bristol was restored to residential use and continued in that use until 1963 when it was acquired by the Royal Marines Reserve.