[1] The school and the house were built in 1877 for the 1st Duke of Westminster and designed by the Chester architect John Douglas.

Each of the central three bays has four-light mullioned and transomed window under a stone-coped gable with a finial.

A pair of small outbuildings with hipped roofs are attached to the left side of the house.

[1] Douglas designed schools for other estate villages, including Aldford, Dodleston and Eccleston.

In each case the buildings are contrasted, the house being partly half-timbered while the school is constructed entirely in stone.