[1][2][3] Being in that part of the town north of the River Mersey, the house falls within the historic county of Lancashire.

The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner declared it to be "the finest house of its date in south Lancashire".

The central area consists of a portico with four large ¾-attached Composite columns with a pediment bearing the arms of the Patten family.

An open two-arm staircase, with a wrought iron balustrade, leads to the main entrance on the first floor.

The whole house is built on a foundation made of blocks of copper slag from the Patten's smelting works.

[4][6] The entrance hall is spacious and contains coats of arms of the Patten family, a stone chimney piece and a mosaic floor.

It includes the initials J. W. P. for John Wilson Patten, L. W. for Lionel Whittle, was the town clerk at the time, T. L. for Thomas Longdin, the borough engineer, and Q. V. for Queen Victoria.

[6] The gates were made in cast iron by the Coalbrookdale Company at Ironbridge and had been shown at the International Exhibition in London in 1862.