The estate retains the layout of the site created in the first half of the 18th century. At the back of the property is the main three-story house, in front of which stretches a spacious courtyard. On the sides of the courtyard, along the boundaries of the site, are two wings. Previously, behind the main house was a garden, which often included a bathhouse, a gazebo, and from the late 19th century, playgrounds. This layout was typical for wealthy estates in Moscow.

The main house of the estate was built in the first half of the 18th century and was originally two stories, with the first floor lower than the second. The facades of the house are decorated in a baroque style, but in a modest version, corresponding to the tastes and means of affluent, but not excessively wealthy people. From the original decoration, a modified cornice between the first and second floors has survived. In the 18th century, the house seemed taller, but now part of the first floor is hidden under the cultural layer accumulated over the centuries. On the back facade of the house, one of the first-floor windows retains an iron grille with a 'cubical' pattern, characteristic of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It is possible that this part of the house was built at that time, although the grille could have been moved from another old building.

The main house has preserved vaults on two floors. These ceilings were once adorned with moldings, cartouches, cornices, and rosettes. Only small fragments of this stucco decor have survived to this day.

In the early 19th century, the house was raised by a third floor, and the baroque facade was replaced with stricter forms of classicism. Due to the height of the second-floor vaults, the third floor was significantly elevated, creating a large gap between the second and third floors on the facade.

In the 20th century, the last decorative elements disappeared from the facade, and now it shows no signs of any style.

The two wings on either side of the main courtyard have preserved the vaults and walls from the 18th and early 19th centuries. On the second floor of the southern wing, one can see beautiful vaulted ceilings of small rooms.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the estate was owned by the Shamshurins, a family engaged in the trade of Moscow goods and tobacco. The main office of their firm and store were located on Balchug, where paints, solvents, glue, and wallpaper were sold, goods that would now be called household chemicals.

Alexander Fyodorovich Shamshurin owned the estate until 1917. In addition to business, he was involved in public activities, serving as an honorary elder of the Moscow orphanages and a warden at the Church of the Mother of God of All Who Sorrow.

Since 1934, the Shamshurins' house has housed the Moscow River Technical School, which in the second half of the 20th century became a faculty of the Academy of Water Transport. Therefore, the mid-20th-century grille surrounding the main courtyard is adorned with anchors and other symbols of navigation.