[1] When the French architect Paul Sédille saw it, he exclaimed "C'est un petit château!

Eccleston Paddocks was built in 1883 for Cecil Parker, the nephew and land agent of the 1st Duke of Westminster.

The basement and ground floor are in red sandstone, with horizontal bands of lighter stone.

The roof is of red tiles, it is steep and hipped and rising from its apex is a massive brick chimney.

The entrance bay is surmounted by two hipped roofs on each side of which are dormer windows.