 Nearby was "Toxteth Park", home of the solicitor, George Allen, a grand house built by the Regency architect, John Verge.The presence of this house seems to have influenced Blacket's design as the house he built for himself is entirely of a Colonial Regency style, with a hip roof and French doors opening onto a veranda with open cast-iron pilasters.In 1859, Blacket received his last letter from his father, who died in November 1858.