The property occupies a typical house of Porto's bourgeoisie of the nineteenth century. It stands out for its bare stone walls covered with relief patterned tiles, where the colour and brightness of the sun's reflection on the glaze of the tiles cheerfully combines with the dark and sombre tone of the granite. This type of house began to be built by the Portuguese returning from Brazil after the country's independence in 1822, they came prepared to invest their fortunes to socially assert themselves as part of the bourgeois elite. In the comfortable interior, of intelligent and sober luxury, the highlights are the stuccoes ceilings, the enhanced stained glass, the palatial layout of the house's divisions and the central staircase illuminated by a magnificent skylight.