Architectural features
A stone building was erected to replace the wooden five-room house located at the edge of the forest near the village of Babolovo. The construction began on November 2, 1782, the author of the project was architect Neelov. Asymmetrical in the plan, the one-storey structure was erected on a hill on the bank of the Silver Pond. The two main buildings, converging at an angle, were connected by an octagonal tower covered with a hipped roof. The façades were designed in the neo-Gothic style, with parapets in the form of battlements. The walls made of red bricks were plastered on the outside (excluding the anteroom and the bathroom pavilion), painted white and decorated with rustication. The plinth of the palace and its cornices are made of light Putilov stone. The cornices are decorated with light modules. The door and window platbands had two different designs - the plastered ones were painted white or the platbands were decorated with details of light Pudost stone. == References ==