The front part of the house was built by Alfred Hooker, a prominent forwarder. The rear wing was originally a farmhouse belonging to James Walker, grandson of Major Edward Jessup.

The property was later purchased by George Heck, great-grandson of Barbara Heck in 1893.

The house, built in Classic Revival Style, is of limestone, covered with rough cast stucco. Many original features remain including four windows and a door on the main level at the front and three dormer windows upstairs. There are original semi-elliptical windows in the gale ends, with two chimneys in each gable end. The rear wing still has a Palladian window in its gable. At the front there is a wainscoting of open ornamental work, made of wood from the old verandah which was removed.