Comprised of thirty-five rooms, the mansion, with its limestone exterior walls, extensive veranda overlooking the lake, slate roof and decorative hand-curved interior woodwork, stood high above the river, reminiscent of seigneurial manors. The hip roof, originally covered with cedar shingles, is now replaced by sheets of ridged copper leaves.
MacLean en commande alors une copie plus vaste, mais moins ornementée à l'architecte Robert Findlay.