It has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England.

The building, designed in the neo-Georgian style by architects Rutherford and Syme (one of their final works),[2][3] is of red brick with ashlar dressings.

It has a plain-tile hipped roof, with four chimney stacks.

[1] It replaced an earlier residence of the Dean of York.

[4] The front gate of the property, which opens out onto the cul-de-sac that makes up the northern end of Minster Yard, is topped by the coats of arms of the Diocese of York.