The East elevation survives from 1550 and its doorway provides the original entrance to the hunting lodge. It comprises four storeys of good ashlar with continuous dripmoulds and with three bays with central projecting window. Other windows on this elevation are mullioned and transomed, double transomed on the first floor. The late 18th century coloured glass of the bay window was conserved in 1984 and the remaining windows restored from plate glass to leaded lights in 1990. The classically detailed entrance has fluted Doric columns on high paneled plinths, supporting an entablature and triangular pediment. The roundel on the pediment represents the Poyntz arms. This doorcase is one of the earliest examples of the classical orders used in English building.
In 1970 Robert Parsons added the walls and iron gates to give a sheltered, enclosed walled garden.

The south elevation was entirely remodeled by James Wyatt to overlook the newly created deer park. The west and north elevations are also the result of Wyatt's remodeling. Wyatt provided the crenelated parapet that runs all the way round the main building.

The garden has been a complete rediscovery; before 1970 the garden had been lost to nature. Lots of hard work and enthusiasm are responsible for what is seen today.

Nothing is known about the landscape before 1790 but it is certain that major landscaping took place after 1790: this involved the formation of a deer park to the south of the house and the development of the immediate ground around the house as pleasure grounds. A lake or carp pond was dug and a wall erected around the lake area and a summerhouse added. A ride was formed in the middle level (today known as the glade). At its west end, where the south drive joins the garden, a picturesque folly was erected, now known as the castle folly. The south drive was also a new creation and made to provide a long approach to the house from the Ozleworth valley: a new lodge was built at the Ozleworth entrance.

The garden is essentially a wild woodland garden at its best in the spring; much of the spring planting was the result of the work by the King family from 1898 onwards.

North East View c1930