"The Salutation is a completely new building designed for two bachelors. It is a rectangular house in the Queen Anne style with quoins, cornices and elaborate doorways. Its north side has a deep recess for internal lighting purposes, and it is linked to a lower servant's wing which is in a vernacular style, giving the impression that the house is a late 17th century addition to a much earlier structure. The house is not simply imitation Georgian but has an ingenious and complex plan. A formal hall leads by a sequence of lobbies to the staircase, placed on the cross axis as at Homewood. The staircase rises to a booklanding, for the owners not only required a library downstairs but also an extension on the first floor. It is lit by the recess on the north front, and is overlooked by a balcony on the first floor landing. Each exterior elevation is varied, all have a central door but their surrounds are different; the centre of the entrance front projects for a width of 27 feet. The garden is now open to the public."

— from p123.