The three-story building has tall fluted Corinthian pillars and ornamented verandas with fretwork and sloping roofs, built in the style of a Chinese pavilion.

Marble Palace houses many Western sculptures, pieces of Victorian furniture, paintings by European and Indian artists, and other artifacts.

Decorative objects include large chandeliers, clocks, floor to ceiling mirrors, urns, and royal busts.

Geoffrey Moorhouse in his book Calcutta says it looks "as if they had been scavenged from job lots on the Portobello Road on a series of damp Saturday afternoons.

"[2] The final scene of the French novel Le vol des cigognes de Jean-Christophe Grangé takes place in the Marble Palace.