Built in 1879, the country house is a red brick building with a slate roof, including two towers, one square and the other octagonal.

The tower has gargoyles in the shapes of dogs and griffins, as well as a lead roof topped by a weather vane.

There is a 2 bay arcade with diamond block piers and 4 arches, which is then repeated in the conservatory which has a stone faced front.

[2] David Cave of Cleve Hill, Gloucestershire, acquired land in and about fashionable Sidmouth in the mid-1800s.

His son Rt Hon Stephen Cave was Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1859 -1880 and was twice Postmaster General.