The two-storey house has a symmetrical facade with projecting wings either side of the central doorway with a Tuscan portico.

The Hippisley family had been lords of the manor of Ston Easton and surrounding areas since the Dissolution of the Monasteries[5][6] in the mid-16th century.

[7][8] Preston Hippisley bequeathed the manor of Ston Easton to his daughter who married John Coxe of Leigh, Wiltshire, a Member of Parliament for Milborne Port.

Her son John Hippisley-Coxe married an heiress, Mary Northliegh of Peamore in the parish of Exminster in Devon, and with his increased wealth commenced the building of the present mansion.

[8] The identity of the architect is not known, and although the design is reminiscent of the work of William Kent modern research tends to suggest Thomas Paty.

[3][10] Henry's widow Elizabeth Anne Horner, of Mells Manor, and her second husband Sir John Hippisley, 1st Baronet, further developed the grounds in about 1814.

In 1958 a Preservation Order was obtained to stop the building being demolished and adding to the growing trend of destruction of country houses in 20th-century Britain.

[15][16] The two-storey house has a symmetrical facade with projecting wings either side of the central doorway with a Tuscan portico.

[17] An octagonal bathroom contains a plunge bath used by Lady Hippisley which is believed to have been designed by Sir John Soane or one of his pupils such as George Allen Underwood.