The Baroque structure consisted of a central main building with two wings attached at right angles, surrounding a court of honor.

The castle was equipped with three main halls and several audience rooms with stucco walls and partially painted ceilings in Roccoco style.

The façade was characterized by solid plasterwork, rectangular windows, simple stone jambs, rustication marking the corners, and a tarred, saddle-shaped roof.

On the court side, the main wing was subdivided by two portals with Doric pilasters, topped by triangular pediments with figurative sculptures.

Originally a more playful version of the castle had been planned, but cost were overrun and extra taxes had to be levied to finance construction.

This wing contained the stables, the coach house, the offices of the Hofmarschall and the castle Church of the Holy Spirit, with the ducal crypt.

In 1867, the castle was partially demolished and modified to serve as barracks for the Second Battalion of the 6th Thuringian infantry Regiment, No.

The Duke financed the canal by the selling his mother's dowry, the town of Culemborg to the province of Gelderland.