Its front has a tall projecting portico, with four fluted Doric columns rising to a full entablature.

The door and window bays on the front and sides are articulated by brick pilasters.

The tower that rises above the front is elaborately styled, with a clock in the first stage and belfry in the second.

In the first half of the 19th century, Shoreham became a remarkably prosperous agricultural community, its success derived from widespread cultivation of merino sheep.

In 1846, the present edifice was constructed under the supervision of Jacob Lamb, a regionally well-known master builder, whose other credits include the Wilcox-Cutts House in Orwell, another of the state's finest Greek Revival buildings.