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It is the best-known private work carried out by Juan Esteban and the one of greatest architectural quality. The regular proportions, ornaments, and clarity of its internal distribution are clear evidence of this. Esteban, overwhelmed with official commissions in various Royal Sites, designed and directed some of the privately owned houses in San Lorenzo.
In 1771, this building was promoted by D. Felipe Díaz Bamonte, in charge of the furniture and keys of the Royal Palace, to lease it to the Court during the Royal Days.
The house is located next to what was called “Plazuela de la Fuente del Caño Gordo”, currently Plaza de San Lorenzo. Its four detached facades form a perfect parallelogram, with the main and secondary facades facing North and South respectively. The building is organised into three floors. The walls are made of lime masonry, the corners and trimmings are made of berroqueña stone masonry, and the facades are articulated with a uniform rhythm of equal openings.
The building will undergo transformations over time, such as the widening of the upper-level openings and their conversion into balconies. Internally, the units differ only in the number of rooms and are distributed and composed based on necessity. In 1993, the facade was rehabilitated and the roof was repaired.
The most outstanding private work of the architect Juan Esteban in El Escorial, with regular proportions and great architectural quality, an example of 18th-century enlightened urbanism in the Royal Site.