The present location where this building stands is the westernmost of the former village surrounded by a moat being, in a manner of speaking, the western key strategic point of that village and, hence, it is considered that the house was built in an architectural style which reminds one of a castle intended to intimidate enemies and to defend the community.
現在、本建物が建っている位置は、旧環濠集落の西端にあって、西の要といったことから外敵を威嚇、あるいは防禦する意味において、城郭を思わせる建築様式を備えさせたものと思われる。