each facade of the palace have unique traits, constructed on three-floors. in the south, the building has two-and-a-half registers; the western facade has two floors; and the east appears to include three-stories. in the western facade is a chamfered niche, with windows above it, with the central surmounted by garlands and scrolls, similar to those over the palace portico. along the southern facade, overlooking the river, is a state room consisting of three balconies with balustrades, recessed central window and projected staircase. the imponent eastern facade includes a grande staircase, but with recessed central zone girded by the towers, and decorated by balustrades and ornamented platforms (festooned by wrapped garlands and dolphins). the doors in the central corp are decorated with cornerstones that terminate in an interrupted frontispiece, surmounted by the coat-of-arms of the baron of freixo.