The summer residence, now known as Peter’s House, was a one-storeyed oblong building with a hipped roof. It contained four rooms, a kitchen, a hall and a lavatory. Behind the building, on the town side, was a small garden. By 1714 the building had been redecorated and furnished waiting for the tsar’s next visit.

At the order of Emperor Alexander I, his ancestor’s summer residence was renovated in 1804-06. It was not restored in the shape it had been at Peter’s times, only the 17th-century stone part was preserved. The oven in the hall was demolished and a staircase leading to the first floor was built at its place. The former kitchen was divided into two parts and the bigger part became an extension of the hall. A low room, nowadays called the dining room, was built above the kitchen. The building got a roof of boards; the tiled roof dates from the late 19th century only. In 1806 some pieces of furniture that had been in the palace were brought back to the cottage.

Today the building is the only example of a 17th-century summer cotatge in Estonian architecture.

Hall

Entering the building, one gets into the high hall, the lower part of which at the back is the former kitchen. Two large paintings The Triumph of Peter I and Alexander I as well as the portraits Peter III, Catherine II, Paul I are on the wall. There is also the original painting The Battle at Narva in 1700 by an unknown painter from the second half of the 18th century. A model of the corvette Schlüsselburg is on the window-sill.

Living Room

A big white-tiled stove with dividing cornices stands on the left from the door, a table with the map of the Baltic Sea next to it. The golden circle around the map bears the points of the compass. A magnificent baroque armoire, the so-called Danzig wardrobe, dating from 1756, stands in the back corner. It never belonged to Peter I but is a period-piece nevertheless. An oval table with nine chairs and two mirror-doored cabinets are on the right. Legend says that one of the latter was used for medicines. There is also a wall mirror. All the pieces of furniture are in baroque style, made of oak, Caucasian hazelnut and mahogany. The copies of 18th-century portraits on the walls are Peter I, Anna Joanovna and an oil painting Peter I in a Boat out at the Sea. The crucifix behind a glass door in the corner was painted by Dutch master Jan Tute-Couren in the 17th century.

Bedroom

The canopied bed belonged to Catherine I. Its wooden parts are original, the canvas coverings new. The grandfather-clock of English origin showed not only hours but also dates, months and phases of the Moon. A big mirror in a gilt frame and a portrait painting Yelizaveta Petrovna hang on the wall.

Dining Room

The small and low dining room was built only in the early 19th century. It contains an oak table that can be extended with two leaves and chairs with high backs, the original leather of which was replaced by red velvet in the 1950s.

Basement

The basement that dates from the 17th and 18th centuries was opened only after the thorough renovation in October 2004. In addition to the bust of Peter I modelled by August Weizenberg in 1908, we can see sculptures made for the park in the 1720s: Jupiter, Neptune, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Catherine I and Peter I.