[1][3] The "white stucco mansion"[2] consists of a "square main block with (two) unequal service wings on (the) north side.

Heald was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and a prominent philanthropist, supporting a number of charitable causes.

The Parrs Wood estate passed to his nephew after his death, and remained in the family until the 1920s, when it was sold to the Manchester Corporation, on the provision that it would be used for educational purposes.

The mansion was formerly the music building and is now the sixth-form centre of Parrs Wood High School.

During the redevelopment, Parrs Wood House suffered damage and theft, and the original stables burnt down.