[5] A Maltese myth claims that the farmhouse was built by the devil, a tale from which it derives its historic name.

The song (or poem) named Il-Karnival goes to say as the following: Għax il-festa tax-xitan Ix-xitan irid ikanta Għandu denbu daqs ta' Randa.

The building has a simple and modest vernacular architecture,[11] with slit windows, that function as ventilators, and waterspouts.

[5] The features of the building are examples of Maltese traditional architecture that include roofs built with limestone slabs and animal feeding mangers.

[13] The Malta Environment and Planning Authority scheduled it as a Grade 1 National Monument,[11][14] that protects it from being demolished, altered or further developed but allows the reconstruction of damaged parts.

[2] The building is listed as part of the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI).