Projecting avant-corps and perrons (staircases) emphasize the respective ends of the corps de logis.

For example, in 1785 the architect Christian Gottlob Langwagen improved the lighting in the central part of the building by installing a roof lantern with 12 windows.

Brown's intention was possibly to create a peaceful, picturesque, ideal representation of a landscape painting.

From 1830, Duke Wilhelm employed the court gardener Johann Christian Burmester to expand the park significantly.

Between 1833 and 1838, more buildings were added – the Ducal Villa and Schloss Neu-Richmond or Williams Castle (which no longer exists).

The nearly four-acre park, largely neglected after the end of World War II in Europe, was reconstructed in 1987 after the historic original design.