 By the 1900s, he had already moved away from the style and was advanced in age and poor health at the time of the design and construction of the structure.The house, resembling a traditional English cottage, sits on a lush, open garden and has an interesting internal layout and of "asymmetrical" design.The building is on a 5.6-hectare site, which in its time as Furen International School, included six hostel blocks, six academic blocks, dance studio, swimming pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, laundry block and an air-raid shelter.