 The house itself is at the highest point of the property, a rock promontory in the middle of the wooded, terraced lot.It is a one-story, L-shaped timber frame structure on a stone and mortar foundation, exposed on the north and south sides, on the latter of which it projects several feet to accommodate Copland's studio, which has a wooden deck on the east side.Vertical clapboard siding rises to an asphalt roof, vaulted with a small flat area at the northwest corner.