clive aslet of "the daily telegraph" describes the "thick lime mortar joints that give a sparkle to berden hall’s facades", and the red bricks used on the house which are longer and thinner than those later used during the georgian period. the house has three straight gables to each side and mullion-and-transom-cross windows, dated to the 17th century. there is a triple arch at the central doorway to the house, and inside is a winding wide tudor staircase. the house has eight bedrooms, one of which is a master suite with two dressing rooms, a reception hall, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, five bathrooms, two studies, a snooker room, a squash and tennis court and in indoor swimming pool, and outer staff buildings and stable block. the gardens contain a lake, footbridge and paddock in about 17 acres. there is a granary to the east of the house, about south of the village church.