[7] The building is said to provide important information about 17th-century domestic architecture.
[3] The building onsets primarily of a ruined octagonal stair tower that is built onto a L-plan structure.
[1] It includes a "superb broken pedimented doorway of a highly fashionable house, possibly by Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton or William Ayton.
[8] The site originally had a fine fountain which derived its water source from the nearby former Maggie's Loch which was drained in the 19th century.
[5] It had fallen out of use by the 18th century, coming under the ownership of the Earls of Hopetoun where many of its building materials were reused, potentially at Niddry Castle.