 The house's principal entrance is in the east facade.Prior to the bridging of the Findhorn, visitors would have approach the house from the east, following the road from the Findhorn Ferry; the bridge's construction around 1799 allowed carriages to approach the house from the west.The symmetrical frontage, described by Walker and Woodworth as "almost uncompromisingly severe", has five bays, and a round-headed central door surmounted by a corniced doorpiece and flanked by narrow ionic columns.