At that time, "the estate was in poor condition and unenclosed, the chapel was in ruins and the mansion house had gone".
The house has three storeys and a seven-bay entrance front, and encompasses 15,102 square feet (1,403.0 m2).
In 1881 the census records the resident as Rev John Burdon, a widower with two children and ten servants.
In about 1863 the entrance frontage was enhanced by the addition of a single-storey six-bayed palmhouse, and in 1893 a north wing was added.
The property was for sale in late 2020, with 14 acres of land; the castle then included 11 bedrooms and 15,102 square feet of space.