These artifacts have provided insights into the construction of the house as well as the landscape surrounding it and include a collectible pint corker containing the letters "William Robertson", a silver ring and amber bead attributed to the Coulson period, and a St. George penny token from the 1850s.

It is a red brick house characterized by Second Empire features such as pavilion massing and a grey slate mansard roof with window dormers.

Twelve of the original fifteen fireplaces remain, and the drawing room's polished marble mantel has the initials of George and Anne Brown entwined on the cartouche.

[4] The Coulson family hired Toronto architect David Brash Dick to remodel the dining room in an Art Nouveau style in the 1890s, along with the ornate front hall fireplace.

By the summer of 2000, a Victorian-style garden was planted, and a partnership was formed with the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design to maintain it.