The secrétaire section is fitted with a baize lined writing surface, three pigeon-holes, an open compartment, a long drawer and three small drawers. The cabinet is decorated with exceptionally fine carving to the Vitruvian scroll gallery, mouldings, cluster column stand and, most unusually, the cock-beading to each external drawer, a sign of superior quality and workmanship. 
Similar secrétaire cabinets with identical Chinese trellis tops were in the collection of the Duke of Leeds at Hornby Castle in Yorkshire. A mirror glazed linen press from the same collection also features carved cock-beading and similarly carved mouldings.
The cabinet retains all the original ornate brass handles.