Musical concerts are held in the house, and the gardens, which contain 20th-century sculptures, are open to the public twice a year.

[1] The present hall dates from 1653, and it was extended to the rear in 1720 when Revd Robert Green added a library.

[2] The house is constructed in pebbledashed brick with stone dressings and slate roofs.

[3] Inside the house is a 17th-century staircase with twisted balusters, flat-topped newels, and added Gothic features.

[2] The present organ has two manuals, It was built in about 1902 by J. J. Binns and rebuilt in Clay Cross Methodist Church in 1922 by Blackett and Howden.

The building has two storeys and three bays, and the windows and entrances have flat arches with stone keystones.

[4] Of these, 23 were cast by the Royal Dutch Bellfoundry in 2007–09, and the other are second-hand, and were tuned by John Taylor of Loughborough.

Included in the garden are sculptures by Jim Heath, Sue Sharples, Judith Railton, John and Carol White, Cilla West (daughter of Roger Lancelyn Green), and Sean Rice.

[8] Hartwell et al in the Buildings of England series describe the house as being "deeply historical but not at all grand".